Sunday, March 18, 2007
Writing Great Blog Content
Writing Great Blog Content
This post @ the Big List blog provides a big list of blog resources that address the topic of writing great and useful blog content which can in turn attract good traffic If you know of a useful resource that could be added to this list, please send it to me at [narsi]@[esource].[in] (pl remove the [] for my mail address).
How To Grow A Great Blog Without Writing It Yourself - a detailed March, 2007 blog post by Yaro Stark. Many useful ideas and links
The Only Blogs I Always Read - this post from the Cre8tive Flow blog provides a list of blogs - in various domains - that author reads regularly amidst the avalanche of blogs and blog posts flooding the RSS readers. Sifting through the blogs mentioned provides us a good idea of the type of (and the form) content provided by these blogs that have made them stand out. Excellent read.
How to Create Great Blog Content by Writing "Evergreen" Posts - Well-written blog posts can be very valuable sources of search engine traffic that can help raise your profile and that of your blog. The trick is to come up with content that has "evergreen" value - in other words it doesn't become immediately dated shortly after posting, says Chip Griffin in this useful Pardon the Description blog post
Is Content Still King, Or Have Titles and Summaries Taken Over?, asks Brian Carr in this blog post and does an excellent analysis. His conclusion? If content truly is the number one way to get people to your site, then having the ability to write catchy titles and interesting summaries has to be an extremely close second. Excellent post @ The New Business Blog
Do These Headlines Work For You? - a relatively short, but excellent post at CopyBlogger. A good list of examples provided in this post to give us a peek of what kinds of Headlines could make great headlines. Most of us normally think of headline as a necessary evil, and just do enough to make it search engine friendly, but boy, aren't we missing much better ways of doing a headline! As an aside, not sure if Brian intended it, but this sort of a post has a viral quality (actually that is a euphemism, I mean link-bait quality) as well...see the comments section to see the folks who have responded...
Screencasts Add Great Content, New Revenue Streams - a post at ProBlogger
How to write a successful blog - The author Chris Bunting provides a (small) list of what not to do and (a pretty long and useful list of) what to do. Excellent post at the BUYO blog
A Comprehensive Guide to Going Viral on Digg (Part 1) - by Daniel Tynski @ SEOmoz - this detailed and thorough article lives up to its title. Don't miss this post
When your blog posts are shit! - This Jan 2007 post by Steven Aitchison dwells on writing high quality blog posts and provides 10 steps / points for the same. Useful post from the Change Your Thoughts blog
Don’t believe the Hype: Unique Content is not Enough - Well, this post is not about writing great content, but it about the fact that writing great content is not enough. Thought I'd add the post link to this list as well because at the end of the day we all want great content to be read by the most number of relevant people as well, don't we! Posted by Ahmed at the Tech SoapBox blog
Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well - cool blog post, succint and useful - from CopyBlogger
Why I Blog - this post from the Evolving Times blog gives a good idea of the mindset of a good blogger; extending this thought, such a "positive" mindset is likely to produce "positive" content, OK that is just my hypothesis...all the same, read this post, interesting...
Copywriting 101 - from CopyBlogger - excellent guide, a must-read
This post @ the Big List blog provides a big list of blog resources that address the topic of writing great and useful blog content which can in turn attract good traffic If you know of a useful resource that could be added to this list, please send it to me at [narsi]@[esource].[in] (pl remove the [] for my mail address).
How To Grow A Great Blog Without Writing It Yourself - a detailed March, 2007 blog post by Yaro Stark. Many useful ideas and links
The Only Blogs I Always Read - this post from the Cre8tive Flow blog provides a list of blogs - in various domains - that author reads regularly amidst the avalanche of blogs and blog posts flooding the RSS readers. Sifting through the blogs mentioned provides us a good idea of the type of (and the form) content provided by these blogs that have made them stand out. Excellent read.
How to Create Great Blog Content by Writing "Evergreen" Posts - Well-written blog posts can be very valuable sources of search engine traffic that can help raise your profile and that of your blog. The trick is to come up with content that has "evergreen" value - in other words it doesn't become immediately dated shortly after posting, says Chip Griffin in this useful Pardon the Description blog post
Is Content Still King, Or Have Titles and Summaries Taken Over?, asks Brian Carr in this blog post and does an excellent analysis. His conclusion? If content truly is the number one way to get people to your site, then having the ability to write catchy titles and interesting summaries has to be an extremely close second. Excellent post @ The New Business Blog
Do These Headlines Work For You? - a relatively short, but excellent post at CopyBlogger. A good list of examples provided in this post to give us a peek of what kinds of Headlines could make great headlines. Most of us normally think of headline as a necessary evil, and just do enough to make it search engine friendly, but boy, aren't we missing much better ways of doing a headline! As an aside, not sure if Brian intended it, but this sort of a post has a viral quality (actually that is a euphemism, I mean link-bait quality) as well...see the comments section to see the folks who have responded...
Screencasts Add Great Content, New Revenue Streams - a post at ProBlogger
How to write a successful blog - The author Chris Bunting provides a (small) list of what not to do and (a pretty long and useful list of) what to do. Excellent post at the BUYO blog
A Comprehensive Guide to Going Viral on Digg (Part 1) - by Daniel Tynski @ SEOmoz - this detailed and thorough article lives up to its title. Don't miss this post
When your blog posts are shit! - This Jan 2007 post by Steven Aitchison dwells on writing high quality blog posts and provides 10 steps / points for the same. Useful post from the Change Your Thoughts blog
Don’t believe the Hype: Unique Content is not Enough - Well, this post is not about writing great content, but it about the fact that writing great content is not enough. Thought I'd add the post link to this list as well because at the end of the day we all want great content to be read by the most number of relevant people as well, don't we! Posted by Ahmed at the Tech SoapBox blog
Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well - cool blog post, succint and useful - from CopyBlogger
Why I Blog - this post from the Evolving Times blog gives a good idea of the mindset of a good blogger; extending this thought, such a "positive" mindset is likely to produce "positive" content, OK that is just my hypothesis...all the same, read this post, interesting...
Copywriting 101 - from CopyBlogger - excellent guide, a must-read
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