Surefire way to write the best blog post ever

May 30th, 2008 | by Brook Durant |

I don’t want to waste a lot of your time so I’ll get right to the point. If you follow these tips you will be well on your way to writing a blog post that can easily become your best. There are only 5 steps and a two year old could do them. Isn’t your blog worth a little effort?

Get to the point
Tell your readers exactly what you are going to do immediately. Don’t mess around with wordy prose just stuff it in their face and tell them how things are.

Follow through on what you tell them
If you promise the moon you damn sure better show up with the moon. People don’t like to be jerked around or lied to. Deliver as promised.

Make it interesting
It’s not the subject that is interesting it is what you do with it. Make your blog article to be interesting by what you do with the information and how you present it.

Spelling and grammar count (for something)
The internet isn’t an English class, but you can’t expect to be taken seriously if your “best blog post ever” is riddled with basic spelling and grammar errors. Take a few seconds to proof-read what you’ve written BEFORE you publish it

Be interested in what you write about
No matter how much you might pretend people will know immediately when you’re writing about something that doesn’t interest you. Don’t bother trying to fool them. Write about something that interests you and don’t waste anyone’s time.

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3 Responses to “Surefire way to write the best blog post ever”

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    By Roger on Jun 6, 2008

    One thing about grammar that improves word density is to never use pronouns unless there is no doubt at all who or what a pronoun refers to - and even then I still sometimes don’t use a pronoun.

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    By Jamie Harrop on Jun 27, 2008

    Hey Brook,

    I think your last point is the most important. If you’re not passionate about what you’re writing, it comes through in the words. It sounds slow. Boring. And laboured.

    When you’re passionate, everything flows and is energetic.

    Excellent post.

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    By IronBlogger on Jun 27, 2008

    You will have to deliver and you better not lie to your readers. Doing so could tic a few people off and really jeopardize your blog.

    Grammar is also something I notice on EVERY single blog out there. Even The A-Listers have grammar issues, but it’s best to try to keep it to a minimum.

    Even as I write this comment I am checking it over for grammar. You would be surprised by how much these little things build up.

    Thanks for the post :) .

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