The abilities you need to create a great blog, and one would hope, lead to be known as a great blogger, are many and varied. They are not always driven by you. They may be driven by the topic, the audience, or the events of the day. Most people are interested in the topic and nt who is doing the writing. This may change as you become the famous blogger you hope to be, but for now, lets stay in the real world!
As you strive to reach the pinnacle of bloggerdom, you will need to understand some basic needs to become effective and as a consequence, well read.
So let’s start out with some things to consider before you venture off into the blogosphere:
- Why are you writing this blog?
- Taking the time to get it right?
- How is your blog received/perceived?
- Why will they come back?
Why are you writing this blog?
Is it thought provoking? Is it relevant? Is it topical? Does it have a historical bent?
These among other things, should be though of before you begin submitting your blog. You want people to find you interest in some manner.
Taking the Time To Get It Right
Okay, so you are typing away all “hell bent for leather” to get it done so you can post your masterpiece! Hold it right there! Have you really though about what you are saying. Are you rambling on using long, poorly constructed sentences, which no one can understand? Is the point of the blog clearly stated somewhere at the beginning?
You will quickly loose you reader if you bury your point at the end of your blog. There are many words wasted because of this trait in writers.
How about your title? You need one that will grab the attention of your audience. This is sometimes the only thing they will see in a blog list, so you need to spend time on it. Make it eye catching, intriguing, so much so that the reader will want to see what you have to say. It is your first impression on the reader, make it count!
How Is Your Blog Received/Perceived
Who is your audience? If you try to be objective, how do you think someone will react to what you are saying, or how you are saying it. If you are angry, you will certainly attract an audience, but it may not be the audience you want and anyway you will end up preaching to the converted. If you are constantly sour, you may turn people off. So think about what you write and get your strong point across, or your information relayed, but do it good taste and with a certain amount of reasonableness.
Will They Come Back?
Good question!
The answer is “yes”, if you have something useful, entertaining, and/or informative to say. The answer is likely “no” if you use profanity, you slight other cultures and efforts, you don’t have a point and state it early, and you repeat yourself over and over and so become a bore.
Remember, take some time, make it interesting, capture your audience at first glance, and make your point early. You’ll be on your way to being a great blogger!
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I am a blogger but not a Great Blogger but reading to this post and apply this points practically in blogging i will be a great blogger, thanks for the nice post.
I think one of the traps a lot of bloggers fall into is becoming too repetitive. A lot of blogs could probably do away with about half of their posts because they all seem to say the exact same thing.
@Chelle: You made a very interesting point there. I see alot of blogs with post that almost given the same information. I made such mistakes in the past too. I think that blogs becoming too repetitive is due to the reason that bloggers are out of ideas to blog about.
Thank you for this useful article. It is very simple to understand. I totally agree to the point stating title should be eye catching. Keep posting.
Before point 2 you should add “who is your target audience”. You need to know your readers to appeal to them. Otherwise noone will read your stuff.
Too satuarated with same blogs. it is tough to be a great blogger.:)