This is a post by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke Do you ever use lists in your blogging? They might be bullet points, tips that you’re sharing in a list post, or even a simple list of three or four items in a sentence. If you’ve been writing blog posts for a while, coming up […]
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This post is based on Episode 186 of the ProBlogger podcast. I’m often asked how I write a blog post. What does the process look like from start to finish? ProBlogger readers and podcast listeners have asked about where in the process I do specific things, such as writing the headline and the introduction. In this post
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This is a post by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke If you’ve been blogging for a while, I’m sure you’ve come across the advice to write short sentences and paragraphs. There are good reasons for this. And it has nothing to do with “dumbing down” the language or short attention spans (though they can certainly
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It’s more common than you would imagine for content writers to write content for web visitors as if they were human beings who loved to read! Writing content for your website gets a little challenging because you’re writing for two main elements: Google’s algorithm and people hunting for information, products, or services. When a person
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This is a post by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke If you’ve been reading ProBlogger for a while, you probably know the basics about writing blog post titles such as: Be clear and specific Use numbers where appropriate Use powerful words and phrases such as “how to”, “easy”, “quick”, “great”, “little-known”, and so on. Using these guidelines,
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This post is based on Episode 108 of the ProBlogger podcast. One day, you come across someone else’s blog online that has surprisingly familiar content. Very familiar content. Yours, in fact! In most cases, they’ll have taken entire posts for your blog – images, links and all – by “scraping” your blog’s RSS feed. Occasionally, it might
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Today’s post is by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke Whatever topic you write about, you’ve probably seen a lot of ideas that have already been done to death. If you’re in the weight loss niche, you might have seen a dozen posts on “How to beat the weight loss plateau”. If you’re in the freelancing
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By Mark Zeni – 2 minute read The attention span of the average user has declined rather drastically over the last decade and a half. In order to engage with your blog readers in any meaningful way, you have to grab their attention right away. Learning to use titles, headlines, and headers in a strategic
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By Mark Zeni – 3 minute read The most important step in starting to write a sports blog is actually starting to do it! And there are some other aspects we want to tell you about. So You Want to Write a Sports Blog… 4 Essential Tips! It`s a
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By Mark Zeni – 3 minute read Writing skills are important today more than ever. In the twentieth century, people used to call each other to chat or discuss business. Now we email and text. Not only do we produce more text per capita than we used to. Our
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