Common Blogging Myths and How to Approach Them

Last updated on 25 June 2025

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I don’t know about you, but no matter what I’m doing – whether it be something that I’ve done a hundred times before or something I’m completely new at – there are myths that creep into my brain, settle in with a cuppa, and refuse to leave. Much like those mindsets that we also need to shift when it comes to writing a blog.

But you know what? That’s totally normal. We’re all subject to thinking things should be a certain way or have a belief that is really hard to shake. The same can be said for creating content for your blog.

When I first started blogging I was pretty darn ignorant as to what I was getting myself into. I had no idea about things like keywords or ALT text, didn’t know that actually, no one was going to read my posts if I just rattled out random thoughts for the day (sorry, past Anjali) and didn’t provide any value of some kind.

As well as doing what I felt like on the day (not a great strategy, I can assure you), I had certain beliefs that were hindering my blogging.

Let’s chat through some common blogging myths, and what we can do about them.

I need to be on all the platforms

While it would be lovely to be on ‘all platforms’ and be totally rocking it at Facebook, Instagram, TikTok … as well as maintaining a blog, it’s
just not feasible.

But the good thing? You don’t need to be creating content for all those platforms, and here’s why: Your audience isn’t going to be on all platforms.

Okay, well they might be. But if the majority of your audience is on Instagram, it would be a waste of your energy and time creating and
recreating content for Facebook. If you have a travel blog, for example, then that’s a great niche for Instagram. People love travel pics and tips on the visual platform. But it might not be a goer for X.

If you have a business blog that offers readers advice on being a female entrepreneur, then having a Facebook Group where you can get your audience interacting, asking questions and forming a supportive community is going to be a great option.

Focus on one or two platforms that your audience is on, and get those one or two nailed down before you look into any others.

You might get to a point where you can be on more platforms, but if you’re spreading yourself thin across platforms, then it’s time for a rethink.

If I build it, they will come

Oh how we all wish this were true, right?

Unfortunately for us bloggers, just because we post something on our blogs or social media doesn’t mean that people will start flocking to our
pages.

There’s more to blogging than just publishing blog posts.

We need to be active on social media (the platforms we’ve chosen to focus on from the point above), to let the readers and audience know
where they can find our content elsewhere.

We need to make sure our posts are optimised for search engines (SEO) so that Google can point people in our direction when they need help we can provide.

If we had a physical store on a street front, full of beautiful items, but we kept the doors shut, we didn’t put up the OPEN sign, none of our items had prices on them, and we didn’t spread the word that we were open for business … tumbleweeds would float past the windows, crickets would make their home on the shelves, and generic awkward silence would be the only sound from within.

I have to write a certain number of words for my blog post to do well

While SEO studies have shown that bloggers generally receive more traffic and rank higher on Google if their posts are 2000+ words, long articles are not always necessary.

Yes, some blog posts might do better if they’re longer, but only if the article calls for length. It completely depends on the nature of the post. You’re unlikely to write 2000+ words for a roundup post of great Instagram accounts to follow. But you might write a long post that covers a 4-day itinerary for a trip to the south of Portugal.

If you do a quick google on ‘best length for a blog post’ then the majority of articles on the first page of Google are going to recommend that, in order to up the chances of your post being pulled to the first page of a search, then the word count needs to be at least 2000.

But if you dive a little deeper into those posts, then you’ll discover that they all say something else too: it’s okay to mix it up.

Yoast, an SEO plugin, suggests at least 300 words for a blog post, but I generally aim for at least 500. I’m ranked on the first page of Google for several posts which are under 1000 words, so that just goes to show that long posts aren’t the be-all-and-end-all.

I need to post something every single day

Can we shout this myth back to 18-year-old me? For years on end, I was posting something new every single day. But it wasn’t good content. I was posting for the sake of posting.

Now I’ve cut it back to 3 blog posts a week, and that’s what works for me. If you’re new to blogging, then it’s important that you set yourself some goals and set up a posting schedule.

You don’t need to post every single day. Calm that farm down, my friend. It’s better to post good content less frequently than to bombard the world with drivel that no one will actually read.

Harsh? Perhaps. Accurate? For sure.

If you have a time machine to head back to 2009 and let Past Anjali know about this, that would be grand, thanks.

Blogging is all about writing great posts

I mean, yes? It helps if your posts make sense, can be read easily, use words that aren’t of the 1700s or are too jargon-focused… but a blog post is much more than just good words on a page.

Good words are just the start.

Creating a blog post involves finding great images, writing ALT text for said images. It involves keyword research and figuring out how to insert those keywords in your ‘good writing’ that’s natural and not jarring to read. It’s about using headings that are going to captivate your audience, and formats that will keep them engaged.

It’s about repurposing your content to form new pieces of content and working smarter, not harder. A good blog post is all the juicy bits around the words, and it’s how you communicate your content outside of your blog (socials, emails, guest posts etc).

So there we go! Just some of those pesky common blogging myths well and truly busted. Like the blogging version of MythBusters, but with fewer explosions. Probably. Possibly.

The truth is, there’s no secret blogging formula for us to follow. Not really. No magic number of words. No gold star for posting every day until you absolutely hate your blog.

You get to do this your way. Which is surely a relief!

If any of these myths have been living rent-free in your brain, consider this your gentle eviction notice. Let them go like Elsa, shake it off like Taylor, and keep creating blogging content that feels good and actually works for your life.

And hey, if this post gave you a little clarity, or even just made you say “yup, same”, then come hang out with me on Instagram or jump into my membership, The Blogging Room, where we dive into this stuff all the time.