So you want to create great steemit blog posts?
Look no further…
...I have been researching and researching and compiled some tips to help you.
After reading this post there is no reason why you can’t blog everyday with more confidence and do it quickly..
So, this is admittedly one of the hardest parts of writing a post. That’s because the first sentence should be able to reel in the reader, and at the same time, give them an idea what your post will be all about.
You could do one of many opening sentences:
Question - “Do you want to earn a million £?”
Quote - ““A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
― Diane Arbus ”Story - “The other day, I finally realised what was happening. That is, when the penny dropped.”
Stats - “According to the Official Federation of Bloggers*, 99.9 percent of bloggers experience writer’s block.”
It is proven that the internet users’ attention spans are shrinking daily, you as a content creator have to work harder than ever to hold their attention from the start to finish of your post. To do that, every word, phrase, sentence, and even punctuation mark must add something to your piece.
A pretty useful tip is to read your draft out loud. If it feels like you’re explaining things too slowly, or you’re falling asleep to your own voice (:o), you may need to edit the tedious bits.
Keeping hold of the reader's attention is admittingly the biggest hurdle to blogging. The attention span of the average internet user is considerably low. You need to keep the reader reading, and long drawn out sentences will deter that.
Do your eyes glaze over while reading a sentence? Do you read a sentence out loud, and lose your breath by the end of it? Do you see too many adjectives, adverbs, and other words that don’t add anything to a sentence?
If any of these happen, shorten it!
Okay, so your English teacher would probably hate me for saying this but readers hate to be bombarded with over complex jargon.. Not only do these words spoil our reading experience, but they make your blog posts seems pretentious.
Instead of trying to sound smart, try and sound sensible. Use words that can be understood by everybody. For example, “to utilize resources” can be shortened as “to use resources”.
Blogging is like dating. It’s not enough that you make a great impression on the first date. You also have to show, again and again on your following dates, that you’re a person worth someone’s time, commitment, and love.
See how this works?
I’m sure you’ll all agree, coming up with 100% original blog post ideas is anything but easy. If you run your topic through a quick Google search, chances are someone else has already written about it.
So, what should a blogger do in this scenario?
It’s simple, really...
Find a new angle.
If someone already came up with “8 Reasons to start a Youtube channel “, you can write a post about the darker side of Youtube like “10 Reasons To Say ‘No’ To being a Youtuber“. Or you can run with “5 More Reasons Why You Should Try Youtube”.
So, you’re done with your introduction and body. Now, it’s time to write the conclusion, which is just as hard to write as (if not harder than) the introduction. The easiest way out of your dilemma is to summarise all your points in the conclusion. Then again, that would be boring, since that’s what most bloggers do.
Instead, you can either end with a thought-provoking question or a call-to-action; or restate your main point, and persuade your reader to care about your point.
Hopefully you took something from this post and have learnt a thing or two. If you have then an upvote and Resteem would be appreciated.
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