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My best piece of advice is to always include an image in your posts. It could be a family photo, a graphic, or a map, but always include some type of image. Written content is, afterall, the whole point, but images really tie a piece together and make it visually appealing. This is especially important if your post has a lot of text. As a reader, it is hard for me to get through even fascinating content if there are no images to break it up. I'm not sure if that is because I'm a visual learner or because I still read picture books! Long posts can also be separated in to more than one post. It's a win-win: you have more posts and your readers don't get lost in a 10-scroll long post.
There are many places to find free images online for your on your blog. See my post here for some great links for open-source images. Also check out this Wikipedia article which includes many links to public domain images.
What is your best blogging advice?
12 comments:
Have a catchy/interesting title. I find that the posts I publish with a catchy title get more traffic than others. As for myself, I tend to get drawn in by the title, too.
That's a great tip, Debi. Especially important when people read your blog through a reader...they may not even open it if the title isn't appealing.
I haven't been blogging long, but one thing that I do is to write my post in a word-processor, limiting myself as much as possible to a single page. This helps me to keep my posts short, and hopefully readable.
I really appreciate seeing the blogger's name at the end of a post, either typed, an image, or as yours is, Heather: "Posted by Heather Kuhn Roelker." Then when I leave a comment, if I want to use the blogger's name, I don't have to search all over the blog for it. This is a great topic, Heather. Thanks for opening it.
I got started in August, 2012 and I believe a catchy title, pictures/images of documents and not too lengthy is key. In addition visit other blogs once a week to stay updated.
Elroy, that is a good tip. I've typed whole posts in blogger only to have the internet crash and lose them. And I concur with minkyadoo, reading other blogs keeps us in the loop and at least in my case, gives me ideas for other styles a post themes. Great feedback everyone!
I agree with including an image and not making the post too long. I have often written a post, then split it into two posts because it was too long. I also like a catchy title, though sometimes it's hard to come up with one.
I also am less likely to follow bloggers if there are lots of typos and poor grammar in their posts - so my biggest tip is to proofread!!
Such a good point, Elizabeth! Errors also make me cringe. Blogger does have spellcheck, but it only helps to spell the wrong word right. ;)
What a fantastic post and so inspiring too! Thank you, Heather, and thanks to everyone for their comments.
Thanks, Chris! I plan to pool these together for a post down the line.
This is a great topic, Heather! Hope to see more comments & tips :)
Thanks, Dawn! I plan to gather these tips and do a wrap up post later on.
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