21 Quick Tips on Writing Great Blog Posts
For more blog writing tips check out the new ProBlogger Podcast.
In preparation for an interview on writing great blog content, I jotted down some ‘quick tips’.
While they are all short I hope that they might spark some ideas (I've included a few links for further reading on some of the points) – enjoy!
- Tell your story– it is one of the key things that will make your content stand out of the crowd
- Share how you feel – it will take your readers to a deeper place and make it more relatable
- You’ll never please everyone – the sooner you make peace with this reality, the better!
- Write about things that matter to you – passion is infectious and your readers will catch ahold of it. Tell the world something important.
- Inform, inspire and interact – aim to do these things every week (read more on this)!
- Experiment with different styles of writing – it will help you find your voice
- Mix up the length of your posts – short can be sweet but long can be epic!
- When an idea strikes – drop everything and capture it!
- Do everything you can to understand who is reading your blog – it will make you much more useful to them.
- Before you publish – ask what you want your reader to do after reading your post – and edit accordingly. Calls to action are important!
- Become hyper aware of problems – and obsessively write posts that solve them.
- Put aside time to come up with ideas to write about - here are 180 suggested topics.
- Put aside time to create quality content – it doesn’t just happen!
- Put aside time to edit and your posts – it will take them to the next level
- Get a life – you’ll be a much more interesting writer if you’ve lived a little
- Ask your readers questions – it will make them feel like they belong and you’ll learn a lot from their answers!
- Take your readers on a journey – posts that build from one to another can be powerful. Build momentum and create anticipation and you'll hook readers for the long term.
- Brainstorm regularly – generating ideas for future posts now can save a lot of pain later and help you keep things rolling. I highly recommend mind mapping.
- Not every post needs to go viral – shareable content will help you grow but it may not serve your current readers best.
- Write, Write, Write – the more you practice, the better you will get
- Publish selectively – you don’t need to publish everything you write
What quick blog writing tips would you add?
For more blog writing tips check out the new ProBlogger Podcast.
Update: I brainstormed 180 ideas for content for your blog, podcast, youtube channel (or any other kind of content). Download them here!
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2yIt helped me a lot. I was looking for this sort of stuff. 😍
Associate Project Manager at Expleo Group
6yproblogbooster.com : If you correctly edit every page of your site, then you ll be definitely stand out from the rest. Editing & proofreading are some of the most important areas for successful blogging. For me, initially, it becomes difficult for editing and remembering all the techniques, but then I made a checklist for editing the posts. I used to refer it on the go. It helps me to minimize the work and I also suggest to new one to do the same. Anyways, thanks for sharing these tips, its very useful for the person like me, as bcz I just started my blogging journey and want to grow as a quality blogger. Here is so much things to learn for me. Also on the web, I have noticed various blogging tools and advices that help to make things easier. But you need to keep all in an order to work best for you. Thanks, and keep sharing.
Content Lead
6yI would like to add one more point which is to come up with interesting titles as most of the readers will judge your content by the cover only. Read More on http://blog.qoruz.com/write-great-blog-content/
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7yIt seems to be very much beneficial tips for my upcoming blogs.
Founder | Owner | Blog Strategist at Shemeansblogging
7yAbsolutely loved the quick tips on writing a great content for blog.