Tips on Writing a Great Blog Post

Mirror yourself in the “About Me” page of your blog

The first page most new visitors of your blog view is the “About Me” page.

This page should reflect your personality and the content or your blog. The people visit your bio page in order to know the person behind all the content in your blog. People take interest in reading blogs of people who they look up
to, like a celebrity; or someone they can relate with; or someone who shares the same interests as them; or someone who has a solution to their problems. Hence it is important to write about yourself and the purpose of your blog.

Now that we know why it is necessary to write an “About Me” page, let us look at how we can go about writing the page.
Let the page be a mirror of you and your blog, in simple terms, let it summarize you and the content on your blog. Blogs do not have to be formal, so is the bio page. Keep it as casual as possible, like how you would talk to a person you are meeting for the first time.  You can make it witty, people always gel well with lighthearted people.

Amongst all these, let the visitors understand your level of expertise in the content of your blog, for example, if your blog is about cooking for first timers, share your experiences in cooking as a first timer and that you have a solution to all the common mistakes one tends to make, since you have done exactly those mistakes yourself.  Mention your contact information, so that the people can reach out to you if needed. Include links to other websites where people can find you, for example, social networking sites. Include a photograph, it is always better to let people see you, than imagine you as a faceless person.

Make sure that you do not rumble on to give a complete biography, just highlight your personality and the content of your blog, a little mystery keeps you fresh.

 

How to Write Good Blog Post Headlines

If you’re just starting out a blog, one of the biggest keys to your success is getting people to read your blog. The only way you can do that is to capture their interest. While you may have the world’s best blog post, if your headline doesn’t capture their interest it won’t matter. In fact, it would be more beneficial to have an average blog post with a great headline than to have a a poor headline with an amazing blog post. You need to get the potential reader engaged and the only way you can do it is by making them interested at first.

How to Write a Good Headline?

Some of the best headlines you can write deal with numbers and tips.

Example-

5 Tips to Losing Belly Fat and Getting 6-Pack Abs

People love to read tips.  They know that most of the tips they’ll read will be short and concise and what they want. Also, writing about a specific number gives you an idea of how you can outline your blog post. Instead of running into a wall, you’ll know that you need at least 5 tips to make your blog post complete.

Another great way to create an interesting headline is to use a benefit. If you’re writing about weight loss, you want them to see the benefit of losing weight. Such as looking great in a swimsuit.  However, one of the most powerful headlines you can use is the benefit+curiosity to create a  headline that will guarantee to get read.

Example-

3 Unwritten Rules to Losing Weight and Looking Great in a Bikini.

This is a great example of a benefit+curiosity based headline. They’ll want to find out what the “Unwritten Rules” are and they’ll be more likely to open your blog post and to read it. It’s also important to have a sexy headline so people looking at RSS feeds will be able to  see it. If your headline isn’t interesting to them, there is no way they’re going to click on it.

How To Write Product Reviews For Your Blog

Writing a product review is a great way to not only drive targeted traffic to your blog, but it’s also a chance for you to distinguish yourself as someone who truly cares about giving an unbiased review about the products he or she tries out; however, there are some tips you should consider following if you are going to be writing successful product reviews.

The first and most important rule that you need to remember while writing a product review is not to sell or push it; instead of descriptions and opinions based on what you have experienced with the product. Second of all, you must keep your target audience in mind and change your writing style according to that: for example, if you are selling some type of high-end electronic for experts then you will want to keep the review very factual and straight to the point. Third of all, while it does seem tempting, you should refrain from pointing out that your product is clearly better than all the competition because: first of all it simply sounds like a phony and cheesy cliché, and second of all you will actually give your competition some recognition and your potential clients may be tempted to check it out.

When writing a product review on your blog, people are mostly going to read it to find out whether your experience with the product was conclusive, so don’t spend time being vague and making meaningless statements; give your customers what they are asking for.

Finally, remember to finish every product review with a mild call to action that would invite your potential customers to either learn more about the product, or directly buy it; otherwise, the people reading your content will simply be likely to go back to their search engine of choice and look for the product manufacturer’s official website.

 

How To Make Your Blog Posts Go Viral

Some bloggers do it by accident when they make posts that suddenly go viral and popular in the Internet.  If you are looking for ways on how to make your blog posts go viral, however, then it is obvious that you do not want to make it accidental.

Yes, you can proactively make it happen.

1. Pick the Right Topic

Some subjects are just better built for blogosphere greatness than others.  Viral topics are either those that are useful or controversial.  Issues where you can make a well-informed stand are good topics to initially work on.  Keep yourself updated with current events and trends and jump on the opportunity once you sense the opportunity to strike.

2. Do Your Research

A viral blog post needs content that is full of useful information.  Unless you are well-versed in the topic of your choice, you will need to research to provide this.  Before you even write your first few sentences, make sure that you have spent about 10 minutes or so researching.  This can also help you make a compelling headline and introduction about your topic.

3. Dedicate Time to Your Headline and Introduction

Your blog post’s title and introduction are the first things that a reader is going to see.  Your title and introduction should be catchy, informative, and concise.  Take a look at past blog posts that have left a mark in your chosen topic and observe how their titles are constructed.  Titles that shock but give appropriate justification later on often make it to the halls of fame.

4. Interact

Blogs are good avenues for interaction with people that you would normally not talk with in public.  The world is full people coming from different backgrounds and opinions.  Some of these opinions may contradict the position of your blog post, but take time to interact with them and grow your online home to a budding community.  It is by this time when you have really learned how to make your blog posts go viral.  As an added bonus, you may have also established online connections that could last for years.

 

Coming Up With Content Ideas For Blog Posts

When you’re getting started with blogging, sometimes it can be difficult to come up with enough topics to write about. This can be a form of writers block that prevents you from even deciding on a topic to write about. However, if you know the right places to look, you will discover that the topics you can write about really are unlimited.

The first thing you should do is start a list. Anytime you come up with an idea for a future post, write it down somewhere. You should even keep a paper and pencil next to your bed because sometimes the best ideas happen late at night or when you first wake up. You may think that you will be able to remember your great idea but it usually doesn’t happen that way – write it down. You should also keep this list visible as a constant reminder that you’re looking for possible topics. Once you get into a habit of keeping track of your ideas, you list will eventually become large enough so you have multiple topics to pick from.

Visiting several websites that are related to your topic is another way to come up with ideas for your blog. An easy way to do this is to subscribe to an RSS feed or set your home page to show the latest headlines from these websites. Once a week, scan the headlines and look for ideas to add to your list. Sometimes it will be helpful to also keep track of the url for the article you saw to use as a reference when you start writing your blog post.

Looking at forums and communities related to your niche is another place to look for ideas. Find out what everyone else is talking about. Better yet, find out what they are asking questions about, then you can answer those questions in a blog post.