Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The 5 Top Tips on How to Write an Excellent Blog.

The 5 Top Tips on How to Write an Excellent Blog.
An Excellent posts are the back bone of any blog and how well a blog will survive in the face of competition depends mainly on the quality of the content that it has.
There will be huge traffic to any blog, when such blog has offered a well written post. There are some factors you need to consider when writing your post. A well composed post is not just about the quality of the content; it’s far more than that.Format, design and post layout also play an important role.
Listed below are the 5 top tips of high importance
1. Plan, Research and Gather Data
Before writing a blog post, there must be proper planning and research on the intended topic, after identifying the topic, research and gather as many data as possible, read articles from different authors, relate multimedia images and videos. Proper researching will help you in creating a well crafted, perfect and highly informative blog post.
2. Pick a perfect post title(Headline)
Your post title is the only thing that people see in search engines, it is the post title that appears in search engines results, social media sites, RSS feeds and others, it must draw readers’ attention, otherwise, all the time and efforts that you have invested on the content of your blog will be of no use.
3. Make a list of points and make them perfectly clear
Your post formatting and organization is very important. Your blog should start with an introduction that will cover the important questions that lies in the heart of the readers and let them know that you are up to the task, what they stand to gain in your blog, let them have the feel that they are in the right place and that you have answers to whatever question they may want answers to. Stay on the topic, do not deviate. Make your blogpost on point.
1. Add multimedia
A single image they say is worth a thousand words. Chart, graph,snapshot, diagram or an image will further clarify the content of your post. If you include an image at the start of your post,this gives your readers an insight into what they are about to read. Mind you, too much or unnecessary image in a post will affect your blog layout, it may piss off your reader and eventually affect your traffic.
1. Call to action
At the end of every post, it is always advisable to drive your readers to perform an action, tell them to subscribe to your blog, let them you know how valuable their comment is.
Your own opinion is welcome
All the points listed above are based on my knowledge and I am sure I am still learning, your suggestions and additional points will be appreciated. Help us increase the list, drop yours in the comment box below. Thank you.

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