The blogger’s world: 10 tips for blogging well
Lyndon / Flockblog.com
Here are 10 tips that help me with my blog writing.
- Make your opinion known
- Link like crazy
- Write less
- 250 Words is enough
- Make Headlines snappy
- Write with passion
- Include Bullet point lists
- Edit your post
- Make your posts easy to scan
- Be consistent with your style
- Litter the post with keywords
1. Make your opinion known
People like blogs, they like blogs because they are written by people and not corporations. People want to know what people think, crazy as it sounds they want to know what you think. Tell them exactly what you think using the least amount of words possible.
2. Link like crazy.
Support your post with links to other web pages that are contextual to your post.
3. Write Less
Give the maximum amount of information with the least amount of words. Time is finite and people are infinitely busy. Blast your knowledge into the reader at the speed of sound.
4. 250 is enough
A long post is easier to forget and harder to get into. A short post is the opposite.
You’re right, Zuri. I’ll be tackling this topic from time to time in future posts. I do want to give young sportswriters some structure, some issues to weigh when entering the world of blogging. As I’m sure you know well, blogs are as plentiful as weeds — and often as bad as weeds. Anybody can blog, but not everybody can blog well.
My aim is to keep young sportswriters from going off the deep end here. If I can do that by offering them a range of tips — on blogging and just on writing well — I will have succeeded with my website. I’m using it as an educational tool for people who want to get better.
Justice B.
Great point, Zuri. Rules, of course, are made to be broken, but it’s best to know the rules first, right?
Justice B.