Is the content of your blog too little, too big or just write? If you say yes, then you need to break it apart in a clean organized way so your readers can take in all the good information you are trying to share. What draw others into your site? There are so many pictures that just make you want to see what is being said, so at least for me, I click and read. I love when an article pulls me off of what I am doing because I get curious. Have you ever just wrote down what you look for in a day and what you actually read? I do find that the pictures and the keywords to an article make me want to check it out further. So how can we begin to make our blog better. Take those ques from other pages. Did you read the whole article after the initial click to it?
In 2014, Googles statistics for searches done per day were shown 5,740,000,000! WOW! Google has grown from 1998 where their searches done per day were a mere 9,800. Take note of what you are searching for in a day and really see what it is that interest you.
Check out these first 6 tips from Haley Marketing groups ideas from their article 50 Ways to Grab Attention
- Write headlines in the form of a question. People just can't resist answering a question-even if they only respond to themselves.
- Create headlines with "ego appeal." Everyone wants to be respected and liked and will gladly read beyond a headline which promises how to accomplish this.
- Use "you" in your headline and beyond to involve the reader and personalize your copy.
- Be brief. Get your point across in the fewest number of words possible if you want to grab and keep the reader's attention.
- Use sidebars to draw attention to important points and for visual relief.
- Use buzzwords like FREE, SALE, WINNER, and GUARANTEED to get people emotionally involved and excited.
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- Always put breaks to your information by using pictures, different size letters, bullet points, quotes, links and headers. This helps pause the input going in to your reader so they can stay interested. Pictures say 1,000 word, quotes can bring a different insight to your material. Make the picture sing about the information with detail and captions.
- Link can help the reader feel you are really looking out for them by making sure they have the full information.
- Use bold, italic and underlines to emphasize specific words and phrases.
Do not rush your article:
This makes it easy to make mistakes, misspelled words and it could make your article incomplete. Read and reread your article so it is coherent, precise, to the point and does not run on. If you have to, read the article out loud. If you stumble on what you wrote, than it needs a quick rewrite. Many people reading blogs understand when stuff is a little off but when you are working up to become a more professional writer you need to have quality content to offer future employers and professional clients.
Research everything thoroughly:
Giving out misinformation can make you look bad and it could mislead your readers in a direction that may not lead them back to you. When you do research on what you are writing, it makes development of your article easier to write because you end up with more drive with a better understand of a subject.
Don't plagiarize:
As we have seen from an article that Justina put up about using others pictures in our blog, remember to never use other people content without citing your source. If you feel that you cannot write a better article than someone else has check with the author to see if you can use their information verbatim. There is a website is software that checks content of an article. It is called Copyscape and it will check to see if you have used other peoples information (copyscape.com)
I am and have been doing a lot of research for my classes in school. Citing your sources is so important because think about it, if someone copied your work as their own it sure would hurt, you would not be recognized, and they may get all the readers instead of you.
On the flip side, I am still working on my site, boy am I slow but keep priorities in line for what needs to be done on a daily basis. Keep your calender and planners updated and marked. Next time, you tell me what you want to see for blogging! I am here for you and we need to help each other out so, let me do that for you.
Come by and check me out, leave me a message or follow me at silverwineadditions.blogspot.com
Have a great valentines weekend!
References:
Google Anuual Search Statistics - Statistic Brain Institute
http://www.statisticbrain.com/Google-searches/
50 Ways to Grad Attention
http://www.haleymarketing.com/how-to-tips/50-ways-to-grab-attention/
The Art of Freelance Blogging, kindle book by Kevin Muldoon, 2013
http://www.kevinmuldoon.com
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