About 2 and a half years (and 207 posts!) ago today, I took the advice of Rob Miles and started this blog. I've learned a lot since I started from some wonderful people, and the quality of my posts on here has improved immensely. I've been meaning to write a post on what I've learnt about running this blog, but haven't gotten around to it until now :-)

The first, and most important, thing you can do is to post often. By posting often you keep people coming back to read more. If you leave it too long between posts, people may forget about your blog and may not come back.

Of course, while having regular content is good, having a posting schedule is considered by some to be even better. While I'm not particularly good at this yet, if you do manage to achieve it you can ensure that people know when they can come back and expect another post.

It's also important that you post about something you find interesting. Doing so improves the quality of the post, and it makes for a much more interesting read. If you're passionate about what you're writing about, people will generally come back for more.

Next, blogging is something that you have to persevere with. You certainly won't acquire readers overnight. It's worth bearing in mind that most of your readers will be silent - only a very small proportion of readers will actually leave a comment, no matter how easy you make the process (I hardly ever get comments).

Also, don't set out with the goal of getting $x$ number of regular readers, or earning $y$ amount of money. They are bad motivators to have, and you will surely be disappointed. Rather, you should set out to just write about something you love, without expecting anyone to read what you've written. Then you'll be pleasantly surprised :D

That's all I can think of right now. There are surely other things that I haven't mentioned. If you have any tips you've learnt from running a blog of your own, post about them in the comments :D