6 Tips To Make A Good Blog Post Better
This is a guest post by Ramkarthik of Blogging Tune. He gives tips on blogging, and making money online. He is also a freelance writer for hire. If you want to guest post on this blog please contact me.
Everyday or at least once in two days we write in our blog with high expectations like getting linked from big blogs or getting popular in social websites like StumbleUpon and Digg. In the end, most the times we don’t achieve it. There are many reasons for not getting linked from big blogs. Maybe the following six tips might help you to get the A list bloggers to notice you (Though I cannot assure you):
List Posts Work
If you see the blog posts which are famous in StumbleUpon or Digg, most of them would be list posts. It is because List Posts work. This is because the reader gets a feeling that they can read the post in just few steps. Say, you write a post "10 Steps To Master A Language", then readers will feel that they can really master the language in 10 easy steps. List posts make it easy for readers and they would love it. But I won’t advice you to write only list posts in your blog.
Magnetic Headlines
"First Impression Is The Best Impression"
You can get your readers attention by using magnetic headlines . If the headline is impressive, 50% work is over. But when you have a magnetic headline, you should also give the headline’s worth. If I write a blog post "Warning: The information in the post will make you earn $1000/day" and if I don’t provide any valuable information, then the readers are not going to return the next time to your blog just by reading the headline. So fulfill the hype that you have created.
Give Quotes
Quotes will provide value to the post. Don’t create your own quotes but add the ones which people know. In my last paragraph I have given a quote which everyone knows. Quotes will give your post a professional look. You also make your point clear by using the quotes. Make sure you choose the right quote.
Link To Relevant Articles
When writing your blog posts, link to the most relevant articles. Link out to posts that add value to your post. The links should provide the necessary information to the readers. If I write a post about StumbleUpon, then I will link to the article which talks clearly about StumbleUpon.
Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Pictures express your thoughts more than anything else. That’s why it is said,
"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words"
Use pictures that are 100% relevant to your blog post. Use funny pictures at times. The picture you use should convey the message which you are telling in your post.
Tell Examples
People normally catch the message easily if you tell a story or give them an example and make them think. It maybe a real life story or an incident or it can also be a practical example. This is the main reason why we used to have practical classes during school time. We can understand anything when we think practically.
What things do you consider when writing a top notch article? Do you give examples? Do you use famous quotes? Share the factors which you would consider in your top notch article in the comments.








pcguy
November 6th, 2007 at 5:03 pm #
Sounds all so simple and obvious, but this is some very helpful advice or at least a good reminder for new bloggers like myself.
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Innovations & Interesting Ramblings
November 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm #
good list…list posts work many a times because the readers find them useful and they indeed make use of some of the alternatives from the list…
Any blog post that answers the readers’ question “What is in it for me?” will definitely make it big…
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Shankar Ganesh
November 7th, 2007 at 2:23 am #
List posts and catchy headlines really work. People are just in a hurry and it’s important for us to attract them and make them read our articles
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Jared
November 7th, 2007 at 6:44 am #
Keith,
I agree with both you and Shankar. The list posts and posts with what you’ve termed “magnetic headlines” really do seem to grab the attention of most readers because they pretty much know what they are going to get just by the title, which is how any good post should be.
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BONTB
November 7th, 2007 at 8:36 am #
Nice post, I agree with you as well. Link to relevant articles is good recommendation
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keith Reply:
November 7th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Quite rightly said BONTB.
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keith
November 7th, 2007 at 9:07 am #
@Jared Quite rightly said you should thank Ram Karthik for that
@Shankar – Yups its quite right that people have less time to read so a quick glance should get them the message.
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Rishi
November 7th, 2007 at 9:34 am #
Great list Keith. Expressing personal examples is very important to makea post more friendly and attractive, this is very obvious!
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Aseem Kishore
November 7th, 2007 at 1:21 pm #
I think titles are the most important aspect of a blog post (of course you need good content), but the title needs to be not only catchy, but also good for search engines too. Good post.
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Ramkarthik
November 7th, 2007 at 6:53 pm #
@ Everyone
Glad you all liked the post. Thanks to Keith for offering me the guest post opportunity.
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Alfred
November 8th, 2007 at 4:24 am #
Thx for these awesome tips
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