Darren Rowse
- Tell your story — it is what makes your content unique
- Share how you feel — it will take your readers to a deeper place
- You’ll never please everyone — the sooner you come to peace with this, the better
- Write about things that matter to you — passion is infectious
- Inform, Inspire and Interact — aim to do these things every week!
- 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 more useful to them
- Before you publish — ask what you want your reader to do after reading your post — and edit accordingly
- Become hyper aware of problems — and obsess over writing posts that solve them
- Put aside time to create quality content — it doesn’t just appear
- Put aside time to edit and polish 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 too!
- Take your readers on a journey — posts that build from one to another can be powerful
- Brainstorm regularly — generating ideas for future posts now can save a lot of pain later
- 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 write, the better you will get
- Publish selectively — you don’t need to publish everything you write
This post was originally published at ProBlogger — 20 Quick Tips on Writing Great Blog Posts.
