December 15, 2008

Web Coach Tip: 40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content

Donna Payne the Web Coach SEO content developer
Written by Donna Payne

Good Day!

I found this great post by @chrisbrogan’s blog.  He always has awesome resources, here’s a snipet:

40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content

The Basics

  1. Brevity rules. Can you say it briefly?
  2. Start at the main point, then work the story up. (Make the main point in the first paragraph.)
  3. Use small words. You don’t have to impress people. You have to be clear.
  4. Analogies help people understand things better.
  5. So do stories.
  6. You don’t have to write complete sentences, even though your teacher taught you to do that. But treat it sparingly. Like this. Like a condiment.
  7. Keep paragraphs small, if possible. We balk at large blocks of text.
  8. Make your point from the reader’s side of the fence. Who is your audience?
  9. Depending on how you write, go back and see if you can cut out more. Reduce. Reduce. Reduce.
  10. Use the word you’re thinking about, not a fancier, or more polite word.

Read the full blog post by Chris Brogan