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WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN EVERY BLOG POST

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WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN EVERY BLOG POST

Hello Everyone,

When I decided to start a blog, I told myself to just focus on the launching part and figure out the rest later on. Little did I know what was ahead of me, I never thought that writing one blog post had so much more entailed than just hitting publish. A blog post has much more entailed than just typing down words and sharing it to your readers, which I did learn along the way after making my share of many mistakes. So what should a blog post have? Every blog post requires certain properties for it to make a good post and here are some points on what you should include in every blog post.

Disclaimer: I am not saying that these are the only things you should include in every blog post because I know there are lots more out there and that we learn as we go. My posts are not perfect and I am just sharing what has worked for me and how I use them in my blog posts.

What makes a good blog post?

  • Should have images
  • Should be easy to read
  • Have good SEO
  • Good grammar
  • Have headings
  • Gets you more traffic

Now that you know what a good blog post is let’s get on with it and see what to include in every blog post.

WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN EVERY BLOG POST

1. USING HEADINGS

Have you ever got on a page and all you see are just long paragraphs that never seem to finish? Not pleasing I know. That’s what am talking about, using headings to at least separate some of those paragraphs makes it easy to understand and doesn’t make the reader think that they are never going to reach the end of your article. When you use headings, it makes the reader get your topic even more and makes it easy for reading which takes me to my second point.

2. MAKE IT EASY TO READ

I am not telling you not to use good vocabulary and all which I know you already do but make sure your posts have a flow to them to make it easy to be understood. Make the reader not to have to go back and repeat a sentence again all because they never really got what you were talking about the first time, that’s why having good grammar in your content is really crucial and thanks to technology you can use spell checkers. People just want to reach to the solution instead of waiting for it. Be straight to the point without beating around the bush.

3. INTERLINKING

When you are writing about a particular topic and you know you have another post that will interest the reader or would be related to it, then that’s where interlinking get involved. Let’s say you have just decided that you want to start a blog and have no idea where to begin, well this simple beginners guide will definitely be of help. See what I did there? Interlink in a way that seems natural and help the reader get to more of your content thus boosting your pageviews at the same time.

WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN EVERY BLOG POST

4. IMAGES

Almost everyone is usually attracted to anything that is visually appealing and is the same when it comes to blog posts. Good images are ideal and if you are in pinterest and need to pin your images, they need to be appealing and just not dull looking images. I usually create two to four images for each blog post in order to pin them at separate times and without being too repetitive. Also make sure that the images you use in your blog posts are also relatable to what your blog post is about. Like a recipe requires a picture of what you made, but you can still get away with random pictures sometimes if you know how to edit them. If you’re a beginner when it comes to Pinterest, use it effectively with these simple tips.

5. OPTIMISE FOR SEARCH ENGINES

This is where good SEO comes to work, If you want your post to be able to be found in google then learning more about SEO is really important. I am also still learning more about it and once you get a hang on that, we know what that means, more traffic to your site which is a plus when it comes to boosting your pageviews. When I started, I never knew about SEO but just some basics like this wordpress SEO by Yoast which is what I use. Also SEO just doesn’t stop there but has much more from keyword research and how you come up with blog posts. Once you install it, it will tell you all the steps to do in order to optimise your blog post.

6. AFFILIATE LINKS

Now if you’re just getting started, then you can skip this part and go to the next but if you’re already involved with some affiliate companies then this is also another point to add to what you should include in every blog post. If you’re reviewing some products or have something you’re talking about that would benefit your reader and you are an affiliate, then adding some links to the products is also good and you may end up making some pocket change too if done correctly. Make sure to also add links tastefully and not bombard your readers with too many links for no reason.

7. CALL TO ACTION

Lastly, don’t forget to make your audience want to come back to your blog for more by either saying what your next post would be or ask them what they thought about it and if they have any questions, better yet ask them a question because, why not? Never hurts to try.

So there you have it, what you should include in every blog post. If you’re just getting started with blogging then these points are definitely good to start with. Also do check out why you need evergreen content and how it helps your blog traffic. I hope that you do get to use some of these tips and that they make your blogging journey easier, after all you just have to tick off one by one from the list. Any other tips you would like to share with me? Feel free to comment below.


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97 Comments

  1. Good advice on writing a blog. I’d also add bullet points or a numb list as this allows the reader to better orient around the post and adds enough white space.

  3. Yes, there are lots of things one must do while writing a post – it´s also good to have a checklist of all this not to forget anything.

  7. Just the perfect post, although I happen to follow all these unknowingly while post, it’s nice to have a checklist so that I never forget any of those in my coming posts. You must know, we get a little carried away while writing and such things can get overlooked, it is a nice reminder.

  8. Well done…One suggestion regarding
    MAKE IT EASY TO READ
    use at least 16 pt type and always light background and dark Font color

  10. Good advice. Needless to say though, that first and foremost, every post should have good content, otherwise, no bullet points, SEO or grammatical excellence will help it. 🙂

  11. I totally agree- especially about engaging and asking questions! This makes the audience feel like you want them to tell you more.

  13. Great post. Good advice and I like a blog post with bullet points. It really helps me see what the reader wants me to understand. I also feel that if it’s something really important that you want the reader to know, make it stand out by bolding it or something.

  21. Great tips! SEO is sososo important! I’d also add to make sure your posts are valuable to your reader. Valuable content is easy to share!

  24. Exactly. I try my best to make sure that my blog includes these all. I used this as a checklist to make sure that I am doing this. Thank you for sharing.

  25. Thanks for the tips! SEO has been something I’ve been putting off because I don’t completely understand it. But I think I will just go for it at this point. Thanks for the push! 🙂

  26. I love this post! I am going o save it because sometimes we all need a good reminder and depending now what you are creating it can be difficult to include all of these but reading this it has reconfirmed what we all know and I want to thank you for sharing this info!

  27. Great checklist for what to include in each blog post. It can be easy to forget to optimize for SEO or include a description for links. I would also include to check FB debugger to ensure that the thumbnail and description are showing up properly.

  30. So true all of this! Wish I had seen this when I started hahaha I will keep in mind for my next post

  31. Great tips. Making your content easy to read is probably the most important thing. I would also add writing actionable content.

  35. I’ve started doing some of the things. I just can’t figure out the SEO.

  36. This was very informative and extremely helpful for me as a new blogger! I totally agree with having headings because Blog Posts without them seem very overwhelming. Great post!

  37. Thats ver good advice. I agree with you…grammar and good images play a very important role. I am very particular about that quality of images I post on my blog

  39. Great post! I sometimes struggle with how many headlines I should post. Do you think that you should have a lot of headlines or just a few?

  40. Such a great tips for us to learn, there are some blogger who does ignore this important matters. As a blogger there are such things that we must consider that’s why as much as possible I proofread everytime. Thanks for sharing this will surely help others!

  42. You have great tips! SEO is so important. I really wish I knew what I know now when I first started blogging.

  43. This post was a good reminder to be thinking about images. I usually grab a title image, but sometimes that is the only image in the post and I could use some more to break up the text and liven things up a little

  45. Great tips for what every blog post should include. I love leaving a call to action at the end of the post, this gets conversations started!

  52. Great tips! I will be using them on all future blogs. Will probably go back a tweak some older ones too!

  55. Nice list. I think a good call to action is the most often missed by beginner bloggers. This is often because that may not have figured out the main purpose of their website yet (ads, affiliate, sell own products, etc.)