How To Write A Blog Post for Beginners

How To Write A Blog Post for Beginners 

How To Write A Blog Post for Beginners 

let's face it for some sitting down to write a blog post on a regular basis seems like a daunting task all kinds of questions swirl through your head and I have the same questions where do I start what am I going to say how many words do I use how do I get my point across all of these questions swirl around in the mind of a novice blogger even more experienced bloggers have them but see here's the thing you don't have to be an eloquent writer Or prose grasp to put in writing a weblog post you just ought to have something to mention with the intention to resonate along with your target audience they aren't looking for a masterpiece from you usually just some useful information on a subject they're interested in so what do you do when it's time to start writing and you're feeling like a deer in the headlights sometimes just having a general outline can help kick-start your creative juices so I'm going to construct a template to help you get started first things first have a compelling title more people will read your title than will actually read your blog post so you need to have a title that will make people want to read the article if your title isn't stronger interesting you've already lost some readers next you need to have a lead paragraph that sums up the blog post this is very important the lead paragraph needs to get proper to the reason of the submit and make it applicable to the reader after the identify this will be the most vital part of your publish if you take too long to summarize what the thing will deliver to the reader you could lose them preserve it quickly keep it concise maintain it strong now you need to find a good image for your blog post images are used to draw your readers in to the post itself 

How To Add A image Blog Post

find an image that relates to your article and feature it prominently but that doesn't mean you can go online and search for any old image to use remember there's copyright rules in place so don't just go swiping images online there are plenty of websites where you can get copyright free images make sure you only use those if you don't have a subscription to a paid stock image service or licensing to use the image you want it's always good and fun to put yourself into the post when possible this helps your readers connect better with you try to share a personal experience or a twist with them let them get to know you make the main body of your blog post I scannable what does this mean use numbered lists bullets and small headers to allow your reader to quickly scan the article up-and-down to get an idea of what it's about nothing's more daunting to a reader than looking at a page that just seems like endless long paragraphs use these call-outs to break the page up some other ways to make your blogpost more readable include using shorter paragraphs try to stick to three maybe four sentences per paragraph if you do more than that the page starts to look like it's going to be a chore to read write in shorter sentences I personally struggle with this one because I'm the queen of run-on sentences but I do suggest you try to avoid them shorter sentences make reading faster sometimes one of the biggest obstacles to get people actually writing on their blog is the fact that they think every post has to be long while it's good to have some longer form posts not everyone needs to be filled with tons of information keep many of the post short I would aim to have at least 3 to 500 words though to help you with your SEO another thing that a lot of people forget is adding links to their posts when you write a post be sure to include not just links to outside sources but also internal links to other blog posts on your own site that are relevant this helps keep your article shorter since you can direct your reader to a different post to expand on a point you're trying to make plus you keep your reader on-site and moving through other pages of your website that's always good for SEO and finally end your post with a discussion question try to end your post with a question to the reader to encourage comments this is of course if you have the commenting system turned on for your blog hopefully this outline has given you some ideas to kick-start the blogging process if you would like to have this information in a forum you can print out and keep head over to my blog at Nora Kramer designs comm and search for how to write a blog post for beginners