How to Make Efficient Posts for your Blog
At the birth of blogging, it was just perceived as an online journal. Instead of just providing static information (and sometimes, not updated), bloggers have redefined how a website works. Now, a single entry in your online journal is called a post.
Before writing a post
- Think of any topic. To have enough sources of factual information, research.
- Think of your keyword. What is a keyword? Get a catchy and creative title that will encourage, persuade, and tempt your readers to read your post. Great titles may start with:
- How to …
- What is …
- What if…
- What to Do when…
- My Top Seven bah-blah-blah…
During writing your post
Always start your post with an introduction. It may be a follow-up question to your title. Whatever. If you jump right straight to the meat of the topic, your readers misses the appetizer. Actually, this is really up to you. Be creative enough to make your readers read your post further.
Using Keywords
- Use your keywords in post and page titles
- Use your keywords in URL of page
- Use your keywords in outbound links
- Use your keywords in bold tags
- Use your keywords in heading tags
- Use your keywords in image alt tags
- Use your keywords throughout your post
- Use your keywords in meta tags
Make sure you mention your keywords to 5-15% in your whole article. If you exceed, search engines will see keyword-stuffing. Besides, who wants to read an article with words repeated again and again? Even a first-grader can notice that. You need not check on your keywords religiously while writing your post; just write with the keyword guiding you through.
Useful Questions to Ask Yourself when Writing a Post
- What will people type into Google if they search the topic that I’m writing?
- What are the results when I type these keywords into Google?
- Will Google find my post relevant regarding my chosen keywords?
Using Numbers and Bullets
Highlight important points using numbers or bullets. This technique avoids your post being unfriendly to the eyes and confusing to your readers.
Using links
In every post, provide enough relevant links that direct readers to a source website (outcoming links), your other blogs (outcoming links but incoming link to your “other” blog), or your other posts (link within). These links may also direct your readers to your advertising network.
After Writing your Post
Now here comes SEO:
- Use Technorati Tags to make your post searchable in Technorati.
- Optimize your blog for search engines by using the All-in-one SEO pack if you are using Wordpress.
- Submit your post to Article Submission website(s) so your post can generate enough backlinks. Use Submitterbot.com for easier submission to 34 articles. Take note though, your article is subject for approval. Subscribe to their newsletters so you can learn and be updated on their tips and tricks. Their helpful information can polish your English writing skills too.
- Ping the world. In this way, web directories know that your blog is updated.
Thanks for reading. Hope you found this post helpful. Please leave a comment so we may know what you think.
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