22 very simple ways for a new blogger to improve

By on 3 January, 2009 | Comments (1)

I have found myself coming back to this post by Abraham Piper over at 22 Words over and over. He’s got some great points. I’ve given my favourites below:

22 very simple ways for a new blogger to improve
Abraham Piper

Writing

1. Keep paragraphs 5 lines or shorter. (If this post were a list of one, this would be it.)

2. Don’t get hung up on whether posts should be long or short. Just make each sentence motivate your audience to read the next one.

3. Interesting titles are good, but it’s more important that they’re informative.

4. Break up longer posts with helpful headings.

5. Put either your main point or a story in the first paragraph of posts.

Community

16. Interact with readers in your comment section.

17. Comment on other people’s blogs.

And Finally…

22. Write posts that are lists. People love lists.

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‘Just make each sentence motivate your audience to read the next one.’

good point.

Comment by Robert Apps on 13 January, 2009 @ 9:29 am

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