Thinking about Blogging

How To Write A Great Blog

• Tell your story – it is one of the key things that will make your content stand out of the crowd
• Share how you feel – it will take your readers to a deeper place and make it more relateble
• You’ll never please everyone – the sooner you make peace with this reality, the better!
• Write about things that matter to you – passion is infectious and your readers will catch ahold of it. Tell the world something important.
• Inform, inspire and interact – aim to do these things every week (read more on this)!
• Experiment with different styles of writing – it will help you find your voice
• Mix up the length of your posts – short can be sweet but long can be epic!
• When an idea strikes – drop everything and capture it!
• Do everything you can to understand who is reading your blog – it will make you much more useful to them.
• Before you publish – ask what you want your reader to do after reading your post – and edit accordingly. Calls to action are important!
• Become hyper aware of problems – and obsessively write posts that solve them.
• Put aside time to create quality content – it doesn’t just appear
• Put aside time to edit and update your posts – it will take them to the next level
• Get a life – you’ll be a much more interesting writer if you’ve lived a little
• Ask your readers questions – it will make them feel like they belong and you’ll learn a lot from their answers!
• Take your readers on a journey – posts that build from one to another can be powerful. Build momentum and create anticipation and you'll hook readers for the long term.
• Brainstorm regularly – generating ideas for future posts now can save a lot of pain later and help you keep things rolling.
• Not every post needs to go viral – shareable content will help you grow but it may not serve your current readers best.
• Write, Write Write – the more you practice, the better you will get
• Publish selectively – you don’t need to publish everything you write
• NEVER EVER SELL! - if readers think your are just selling something, you will lose them