Help Needed: Blogging

I don't often talk about my day job on here, and to be honest, I'm not about to start now. However, I've been tasked with delivering a masterclass session about blogging for those foundation degree students who need to set up and produce a blog throughout their time here. I'm doing it because, being a writer with an active social media presence, I'm deemed to know what I'm talking about. OK, so a lot of my experience has come within blogging as a writer, not a designer, but the skills are transferable.



BUT. It's difficult to remember what it was like when I set up my first Blogger blog back in 2009 (first ever post is here), and a lot of what I know has been steadily accrued over that time. I've covered the likes of use of images (and copyright) and how to find blogs to follow, as well as drive traffic to your blog, but what I want to know is...


Have you got any specific questions about blogging that you want addressed?
What do you wish you'd known when you first got started?
What do you worry you're doing wrong?
What advice would you give to a new blogger?

Any answers will be helpful, just to make sure I give the students everything they need to start blogging and, more importantly, enjoy it!