What makes a good blog post? An ironic topic for my first ever blog post, but lets give it a go.
Steve Wheeler, a fellow blogspot-er thinks that the most crucial elements to a good post are a snappy heading - "provocative and intriguing" - to draw in your readers, as well as well written, informative but brief content - make your point and stay there to keep your readers interested without making them feel like they're reading an essay. He also recommends useful hyperlinks - to take your readers deeper - and relevant images - for those visual people who aren't going to sit and read a paragraph if they can't look at something pretty while they do it.
As I scrolled through my feeds, a few of these crucial elements jumped out in the first line of this post by Fashion Gone Rogue
Givenchy's fall 2011 collection gave way to a plethora of prints for the new season"
-Catchy headline then straight to the point, top of the class!
Jomar Lipon blogged that 'Keywords' are the most important thing to remember when posting, keywords being the words that the people interested in your topic would be typing into their search engines. A valid point I guess, considering no matter how good your blog post (<-- keyword) is, what does it matter if nobody's going to find it?
While these are all winning tips, the best tip I have found so far is one raised by 'ProBlogger's' Darren Rowse in Ten Tips For Writing A Blog Post with his point number 6 - "Write with passion!".
While this may be my first blog, I have been subscribing religiously to many for years, and in my opinion, this is the make or break of a blog post. Be yourself. Speak your mind. Your personality is what sets you apart from everyone else, and thats what your readers want to see in your writing.
So, in conclusion, and in answer to the question 'What makes a good blog post?'
You're most important tools in blogging are:
Passion & Personality.
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