5 Uncommon Tips for Bloggers.

If you've thought about starting a blog or if you've just started blogging, then I'm sure you've done quite a bit of research for tips and tricks. There are so many blog posts from experienced bloggers who've been in the game for quite some time. While I'm currently only working on year two of blogging, I still think I have some insight about small tips to make your blog successful. No two blogs are the same and things that work for some may not work for others, so you can take my tips with a grain of salt, but these are a few things that I think are important to consider when you're thinking about getting serious about blogging. They're easy to implement, but make such a huge impact. 

MAKE YOUR EMAIL COPY AND PASTABLE Nothing is more annoying than when I go to someone's blog and their email is written like this: email{at}gmail{dot}com. It's inconvenient for people who are trying to contact you. You are causing them to take an extra step, and some people may not want to do that when they see your email address written like that. Not only are they having to copy and paste, they have to delete the {at} and the {dot} and replace them with the correct symbols. Some may not think it's a big deal, but others may choose not to email you at all. I know I've done that in the past. This is something that I've never done and something that I've never understood. I don't think it makes your email address look any cuter. It's just an email address.
EDIT: My friend, Dee informed me that writing your email address as I disguised above helps to prevent spam, so if you're worried about spam, then do what you do. I haven't much had a problem with spam, so I just keep my email as is.
PUT YOUR BLOG URL ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS When someone I don't know follows me on Twitter, I usually visit their Twitter profile to see if a) it's someone I know or b) a blogger who I don't know but would like to read more. I've had cases where bloggers have followed me, but I didn't know they were bloggers because they didn't put their blog URL on their Twitter profile. I understand if you want to keep your blog separate from your real life, but if that's the case, then you should either create a separate Twitter account for your blog or not advertise your Twitter on your blog page. 
When it comes to Facebook, you want to give your users easy access to your blog. Including your blog URL in your short description will give your followers and potential followers a super easy way to find your blog rather than having to click through to your general information page.
If you use Instagram for your blog, I highly recommend putting your blog URL in your profile description. Instagram doesn't allow you to post clickable links in comments, so it's almost pointless to share URLs on your picture descriptions. Instead, you can say "link in bio," which will direct people to your personal Instagram profile with your blog's URL.
PUT YOUR BLOG URL ON DISQUS Ever since I installed Disqus for my blog comments, I swear by it. It was pretty easy for me to switch my comments over and import past comments. I recommend getting Disqus for your blog comments because several bloggers are no-reply bloggers. There are many different avenues to start a blog, and not everyone will have a Google profile in which they know how to not be a no-reply blogger. Having Disqus ensures that anyone who comments on your blog will be able to get a reply because when you reply to it, it automatically goes to their email. With Blogger, if you reply directly in the comment section under your post, that person won't receive a reply email and most people won't check back to see if you've replied. You have to reply by email, and not everyone has that set up correctly.
With Disqus, if you have a blog, you should spend some time updating your Disqus profile and including your blog URL, even if you don't use Disqus for comments on your own blog. If I have time, I like to visit bloggers who have commented on my posts and return the favor. If you don't have a blog URL on your profile, then I won't be able to do that. As much as I'm grateful for the comment, which I will reply to because I reply to all of my comments, I won't take the time to go on a search for your blog, and most others won't either.
POST AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY I don't mean that you should post every day at the same time, but on the days that you do post, you should try to post at the same time consistently. If you post at the same time, your readers will know when to expect to see your post up. It will be easier for them to come back to your blog and know whether or not you plan on posting on that particular day. When I first started blogging, I would post sporadically whenever I wanted, mostly to get more posts up so people wouldn't see me as a newbie blogger anymore, but what a noob move. Now, I post consistently at 8 am CDT on the days that I plan on posting, and I've found that my posts have gotten much more success (and engagement) than when I posted at random times throughout the day. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, such as major news that's come out and you want to join in on all of the malark by posting on your blog about the subject, in which case, it's good to get your blog in on the mix. For the most part, though, I would recommend posting at the same time. 
IF YOU READ SOMEONE'S POST, COMMENT ON IT If you're ever browsing through your stats and you notice that a post has a large amount of visits but no comments, doesn't it make you wonder and wish that the amount of comments reflected the amount of views? If I ever read a blog post, I make sure that I comment on it if I have something meaningful to say. I want that blogger to know that I took the time out of my day to read their post and that it impacted me in some way, shape or form. I don't bother with the "nice post" or "thanks for sharing" comments because I know when I get those kinds of comments, I can safely assume that that person didn't take the time out to actually read my post. In my opinion, if you read someone's post and you liked it, you should comment on it and let them know why. Trust me when I say, comments make bloggers happy!
What are some of the best blogging tips you've heard?