A couple of days back I tweeted this question:
“Question: what’s your #1 blog tip in 140 characters or less? GO!'”
Over the next hour or two a lot of great responses came in – so I thought I’d post a link to them today because I think in the midst of them is a lot of wisdom. Below is a screen shot of the first 11 responses – but for the full thread of all replies to that original tweet check out the thread on twitoaster.
What would you add? What’s your #1 blog tip (keep it short).
Include how-to-tips. They’re popular.
Rita Blogging at The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide
Keep blogging!
Post in bunches.
Read, listen, learn, the write from your heart for those you can help. Do it for love not money.
Put yourself in the shoes of your preferred listeners. What do they want to know about? The give it to them every day.
Entertain, educate or enlighten –otherwise it’s all about you.
Focus on helping people.
Be genuine and provide what you have promised… The most important tip. Dont be a mumbler. Do what you’ve promised.
Give something excellent to the readers !
Always do the free give away
Write for people not for SEO
Engage, entertain, and educate your readers
Write often and with passion! Don’t forget to add a bit of humour as well!
Must be clear and eye catching
Write with passion.
Make the posts fun to read.
Be Honest with your Readers
If your purpose becomes confusing, don’t force it. Take a week off and let clarity come to you.
Be funny.
Hey, you have a nice list here. I’m not sure but I think everything have been mentioned. I really like “write something you’d like to read” because that’s exactly how I think. But I would prefer “Write Something People Want To Read” because you write for your audience, not for yourself, right? Anyway, thank you for sharing this Darren.
don’t force your post. Em..thats weird and interesting. :)
Write in the third person, and like you speak
leave room for the reader in ways other than asking a question
inspire
Shoot, missed this party. But not too late to reap the wealth of info here! Thanks.
Cool I managed to get my tweet in the list, Thanks Darren.
Be consistent in posting. Post daily.
Golden Rules: 1. Post good content regularly. 2. Join the community and network.
Write posts which involve your users, like this post which is asking for reader inputs in the comments.
Just be the best of what you can be and be able to inspire others.
it exceeds 140 character if you also count the comments :-)
tell a story and be interesting and honest
the shorter – the cleverer
Do what you need to do to achieve your purpose by understanding the needs of your audience. It’s always that simple, and that hard!
Your English needs to be sufficient when writing blog post otherwise many will click on the X button.
Raise your heart rate, then write.
Target concisely to the people you want to reach.
Be authentic. Build relationships.
Write something interesting and let people comment on it.
Create a title without putting the content. A very short and very useful title. But I want to ask… what is the point if we post only 140 characters post?
Nice tips about blogging
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