{"id":765,"date":"2010-05-11T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2010-05-11T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T13:47:58","slug":"how-to-make-your-next-blog-post-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/11\/how-to-make-your-next-blog-post-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your next blog post a winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here are some tips to think about before you hit publish on your next blog post:<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong>Write an SEO-friendly headline.<\/strong><\/a> Tell me the “who” and the “what” in the headline, so readers and search engines know exactly what you are writing about.<\/p>\n

2. Include at least two links<\/strong> that help readers find more valuable information on the topic. If those links are to previous posts on your blog, then all the better.<\/p>\n

3. Make the most important text bold.<\/strong> If your readers only spend a few seconds trying to decide whether to read your post, make sure they are drawn to the best part<\/a>. Also consider bolding all names, if you’re a name-dropping kind of person.<\/p>\n

4. Pick the appropriate blog category.<\/strong> Categories are a great way to organize your content into the main themes you write about. Kind of like the older brother of tags…<\/p>\n

5. Give your post some tags<\/a><\/strong>.<\/a> Think of the keywords or key phrases people might search to find your post, and use them as tags. Names of people and names of towns or neighborhoods make for great tags.<\/p>\n

6. Add an image or a video<\/strong>. Don’t have an image, try searching millions of royalty-free images at Flickr Creative Commons<\/a>. If you’re not sure where to put your image in the post, put it at the top (near your headline).<\/p>\n

7. Is your post long?<\/strong> Use subheads to break up the text and make it easier to scan.<\/p>\n

8. Preview your post.<\/strong> Make sure everything looks the way you intended. Then hit “publish.”<\/p>\n

9. Tell the world.<\/strong> Do you have Twitter<\/a> or Facebook<\/a> friends who would want to know this news? Share it with them.<\/p>\n

Interested in starting your own blog? ChrisSniderDesign.com is happily hosted on Fatcow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo by parislemon<\/strong> on Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n

[ratings]<\/p>\n


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