Get ahead of the pack and get more hits with effective blog writing
You spend all day (or all night), hunched over your keyboard, typing away at your blog’s next masterpiece.
Finally, when you’re convinced it’s perfect, you click “Publish”, and then you wait. You wait for a reaction, or even a sale!
Of course, the purpose of your blog is to get people to read and react, and if you have a product or service to sell, you want to get them to buy.
Internet marketers will tell you that you need a great design and effective blog writing to be successful, but we know that’s easier said than done.
So how do you make your blog hot enough to be visited frequently, commented on sincerely and recommended to other people?
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Here’s the thing about effective blog writing: it can make or unmake your blog and even your reputation. You need to imagine an outcome, and trust to your writing skill to get your visitors and readers there. Like any effective advertisement, an effective blog post leads the reader to take action. To attract visitors in, keep them reading and convince them to take action:
- Draw them in with a catchy title and a great introduction.
The power of a great title should not be underestimated. A compelling headline is essential because a post that doesn’t get read in the first place is obviously not an effective post!
- Make your posts very easy to read.
Putting your key points or in boldface, and using bullets and subtitles can attract repeat viewers who have limited time and want to get the point as fast as possible.
- Link like crazy and never forget your call to action.
Effective blog writing always involves the use of relevant internal and external links. If a blog owner notices that you are linking to his content, he might try to link back to you too. Finally, tell readers what you want them to do at the end of your post – after all, you are blogging with a purpose!
If you’ve got a blog of your own or just starting out on your blog, I’m sure you’re looking for plenty of ideas all the time. You may leave your name and email address on the opt in box below to get more blog writing tips like this.
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To Your Success,
Elmar Sandyck
July 25th, 2010 at 12:00 am
You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the work you write. The world hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren?¡¥t afraid to say how they believe. Always go after your heart.
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July 25th, 2010 at 11:57 am
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admin Reply:
July 25th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Thanks for stopping by Lenita, glad you like it!
Elmar
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September 21st, 2010 at 4:51 am
Excellent tips! I think the most important is creating catchy titles since that’s what draws people in. A well-written blog post is useless if you can’t get people to read them.
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admin Reply:
September 22nd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Hi Chris,
I appreciate the kind words and thanks for dropping a note!
Elmar
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October 6th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
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October 9th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!
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admin Reply:
October 11th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I’m really glad you like this post Mayme! Thanks for dropping by.
Elmar
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October 12th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Thank you for another fantastic blog. Where else could I get this kind of information written in such an incite full way? I have a project that I am just now working on, and I have been looking for such information… Regards…
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admin Reply:
October 13th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Hi Harris,
Thanks for stopping by and good luck on your project!
Best regards,
Elmar
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December 6th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Great post. Writing well is the key. Some people are born with it, but most of us have to work on it like any other skill.
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admin Reply:
December 6th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Hi Drew,
You’re right!
Some people just HAVE it!
But people who don’t have it CAN learn it!
Thanks for your awesome comment!
Elmar
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