Things to avoid
If your blog focuses on your professional life, you probably do not want to include too much content that is unrelated to your career. Some people like to include personal details on their site so that people can get to know them on that level. A moderate amount of that is fine if you want, but for the most part, you will want to focus on your career.
Another thing that you want to avoid is having a blog and then not posting to it for many months or even years. If your last posts are very old, visitors will assume the whole site is outdated and not being maintained. Contributing to your blog takes time, just like the other activities that are being suggested in this chapter. However, you should think of it as an investment ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access