No doubt that every blogger in the blogosphere wishes to have his/her entries read, enjoyed, appreciated by his/her readers. At some point, maybe some only wish to make their readers feel what they, the blog authors, feel about the topic. Nevertheless, it all boils down to one thing. When one person blogs, sooner or later, one way or another, there will always be someone out there who would read what you've written. (unless of course, you opted to limit the viewers of your blog to no one but yourself ^_^)
Here are some tips I've personally organized in creating effective blog posts or entries.
(1) TITLE
-Create catchy titles. As much as possible, use W5H. WHO. WHAT. WHERE. WHEN. WHY. HOW. Why Blogs have No Traffic Policemen. How To Earn A Million Dollar In Blogging. From Which Planets Do Hackers Come From. What Kind Of A Homo Sapien Are You. Catchy. Something that would capture everyone's interest.
-Numbered List. Include Numbers in Title. Numbers signify ranks.
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-Use adjectives.
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-Add some emotion. Humor. Drama. You name it.
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-Think like Search Engines. Be Friendly!
Use common words that would most likely yield search engine results. Instead of using "Featuring: GMAIL Notifiers", why not try "How To Open Multiple GMAIL Accounts" instead. For online users who are unaware of the add-on name, they would more or less tend to type "open multiple gmail accounts" in Google or Yahoo to gather information.
(2) CONTENT
-is the king! Make sure that your content is really worth spending time to read on. Check out the web for writing tips, Do's and Dont's.
-Be original. Creativity is the key. As blog press suggested, do a niche topic research for creative content.
-Think of ways on how readers can relate to your posts. Make them participate. Add a hanging question in the end as needed. "How about you? Which one works best for you?" "Are you in or out?"
-Add your targeted keywords on the main content. When we say keywords, these are the words that would help search engines find your post over billions, zillions of published entries in the blogosphere. If your topic is about "Customizing a Blogger Widget", add words like "add background color", "put border" or any phrases that would define what kind of customization were you referring to.
-Create an element of surprise. Stun the readers with a "plot" twist.
(3) IMAGE/ALT TAGS
-Find images that would be most appropriate to your post. Images that would liven up and capture readers' attention.
-Add ALT TAGS on the image so search engines would find it easier and faster. To add ALT tags on the newly added image, go to EDIT HTML portion of your "Create New Post", look for
<img src="http://sourceURLhere">
change it to
<img src="http://sourceURLhere" alt="keyword or tag here">
(4) LABELS/TAGS
-Use label names or category names that would be closest in relevance to the topic of your entry. This will aid the readers to understand your entry better. Tag as much as you can.
(5) RESOURCES/RELATED POSTS/BOOKMARKS
-Show your resources on each entry. If you can install related posts (by category), much better!
-Add social media icons for easy bookmarks. Digg. StumbleUpon. Reddit. Join the buzz!
For more information about the topic, you may check these resources out.
How To Create Great Blog Content
24 Simple Tips For Creatinng Great Blog Content
10 Tips of Writing Bookmarkable Content
Resources:
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Who+What+Where+When+Why+How
http://digg.com/technology
http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/avoid-bad-blog-posts-with-these-3-writing-tips/
http://weblogs.about.com/od/bloggingtips/tp/TipsWriteBlogPosts.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Write-Fresh-And-Creative-Posts&id=597848
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