Monday, February 11, 2008
How to Write Good Blog Post : An Introduction
Content creation is an art and comes by experience. If you carefully look at the work of some popular blog author, then you will notice that his old posts are quite different from latest posts. As you will traverse his posts in reverse chronological order, you will notice the refinement in his writing skills. No matter how expert you are in your niche, putting it creatively on blog needs some special treatment. Following are some guidelines to write a good post on your blog: 
Appealing Title
The headline of your post makes immediate impact on the reader. Pick a startling title with keyword phrase in it. Keep it 5 to 10 words long and capitalize words. If your title is impressive you will attract more readers to your post.
Opine Honestly
Put your thoughts and opinions with open heart. Pour out all your thoughts on the topic you are discussing. Your visitors are reading it because they want some good tips, tricks and resources from your post. When visitors are coming to your blog, it's your obligation to give them the best.
Put Link to Resources
In every post, do not forget to put some links to free useful resources relevant to post topic. It will make your post extremely popular. You can provide link to free e-books, free web tools and links to similar hugely popular posts.
Engage in Discussion
Ask questions from your readers and get them involved in active and lively discussion in the form of comments or mail. Allowing the readers to interact and take part in the discussion popularizes your blog.
Proofread and Copy Edit
Needless to say, before you click the publish button make sure you have checked the grammar, punctuations, commas and other mistakes in text of your post. Remove all the clutter and arrange the lists properly. Making your post free of any typographical and grammatical errors makes it good reading experience for your readers.
24 Responses to "How to Write Good Blog Post : An Introduction"
kiviniar said on February 14, 2008 5:50 AM
Neat advice and I guess simple thing that we need to remember about post construction.
You could also add the fact that for longer posts we should divide it into subheads. I am working on this one as I tend to get carried away when I am writing.
Rajeev Edmonds said on February 14, 2008 11:45 AM
Pet Memorials and Coffins said on November 25, 2008 11:12 PM
Nice post!
I have just launched a Pet Loss blog which is attached to an online store.
This is a useful insight into crafting a good blog post.
You can view my pet loss blog here.
James said on December 12, 2008 6:55 PM
Thank you for this information.
I'm new into this blogging stuff, so I was wondering how I can write a good article on my blog so that the visitors keep coming back to my blog, because that is what I want, visitors who keep coming back to my weblog!
Again, thanks for sharing this information with your readers.
Rajeev Edmonds said on December 12, 2008 7:05 PM
renantech said on January 6, 2009 8:55 AM
Nice and great post.. The most important to have more readers is a good content of blog post..
Shafar said on January 26, 2009 5:24 PM
Very helpful article.. Thanks..!
Rajeev Edmonds said on January 26, 2009 5:34 PM
@Shafar - Thanks for the appreciation buddy.
Radith Prawira said on February 18, 2009 4:06 PM
Hi.. i'm in query. wether to write one full articles or separeted it to per topic. ex :
what's the best OS? --> post title
linux, blablabla...
Windows, blablabla...
Mac, blablabla...
or
article 1 :
Microsoft Windows
blablabla...
article 2
Linux
blablabla..
sory if my question confuse you, i don't know how to write well in English
Rajeev Edmonds said on February 18, 2009 5:02 PM
saskboy said on February 19, 2009 3:38 AM
"Content is king" is the expression I know.
Good blog post, it's solid advice.
Rajeev Edmonds said on February 19, 2009 8:43 AM
Glad you found the post useful.
Glen Allsopp said on February 20, 2009 1:58 AM
What do you mean by 'opine'?
Glen Allsopp said on February 20, 2009 1:59 AM
Ignore that, I used Google. I honestly thought you had just made a spelling mistake :)
May bad
Rajeev Edmonds said on February 20, 2009 9:59 AM
Once, I was also scanning my dictionary after your observation :)
Goki said on March 18, 2009 6:42 PM
Thank you for the post? What about the categories? What is the best way to determine the categories in the glob ? Meanwhile, I have also written about the topic in my blog, you can check out : http://dogangokhan.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/how-to-write-a-blog/
Rajeev Edmonds said on March 18, 2009 7:38 PM
I would suggest not to create too many categories. Keep the count at most 10-25. More categories lead to confusion/dilemma while assigning them to new posts.
Your post is wholesome and very good. I particularly enjoyed your blog's theme and layout. Clean and crisp.
Pro-Vamsi said on May 12, 2009 12:30 PM
Great tips for beginners but I think the article looks too short. Can you add few more tips!!
Rajeev Edmonds said on May 12, 2009 7:31 PM
Glad you found the tips useful. Here are some related articles that may quench your thirst.
1) How To Write A Killer 'How To' Post That Brings Tons of Traffic
2) Blogging Basics: Anatomy of A Blog Post
3) How To Write Killer Post Titles
ckk said on June 9, 2009 2:46 AM
Hey there, I enjoyed the post.
I was just curious as to what pda/computer/doohicky you have in the picture up top, and where you got it (along with that compact keyboard)
Cheers
Rajeev Edmonds said on June 9, 2009 7:18 AM
This image has been taken from flickr. You can freely use images with appropriate license for your blog posts from flickr. Hope this helps.
Fitness Equipment Hire East London said on June 19, 2009 8:51 PM
Really helpful information, i would like to tell to all my friends.
Thanks,
Funny Pictures said on June 20, 2009 11:07 PM
Nice blogging tips buddy, thanks for sharing. I will implement those on my blog before posting.
Rajeev Edmonds said on June 21, 2009 10:39 AM
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