I received a comment yesterday from the Workout Review asking if I could give some advice to help a newbie blog. I could easily write one hundred and one, or even one thousand and one pieces of advice, but I’m pushed for time and there are probably one million and one other bloggers more qualified than I am.

So instead, I wanted to write the top 3 pieces of advice I’ve picked up from my experience in just under a year of blogging. So here goes, I hope you find this useful Workout Review:

1. post regularly about stories that will interest your readers

Ever heard the expression content is king? Well that’s certainly the case in blogging. Find a niche, do your keyword research (read my post on keyword research) and stick to it. Going off in all kinds of directions is unlikely to please your readers.

2. Read lots of other blogs and contribute.

First of all this will help you to build your profile and meet new bloggers, which will in turn drive traffic to your blog. Secondly you will start to notice features you like and dislike in other blogs which will help you to customise your own. There’s an amazing array of options out there, especially if you decide to buy a domain and host your own blog site - the costs involved in this are literally only a few cents and the added functionality is well worth the investment.

3. Put the hours in.

Every successful blogger I read about invests a lot of time in their blog (see TechCrunch ), but be careful, plan what you want to achieve and don’t just rush in like a bull in a china shop. The best blogs seem to be on a mission to add value to your lives, the worst are always selling and never giving.

There’s really a heck of a lot of work that goes into writing a good blog, but for absolute newbies these few thoughts should help to get you on the road to blogosphere stardom.

Oh and Workout Review, I like your blog. Nice, simple, clean and what looks like the start of some pretty decent content. Anyone looking for some fitness advice, check it out here.