Essential Blog Post Writing Tips That Increase Traffic
Traffic to a website usually depends on the quality of the content on this website. And to get display quality content you have to publish your best articles on the site or blog. A lot of times, bloggers post hot topics written with great expertise, yet they fail to generate any attention and ultimatively traffic. This is because the writer fails to write quality posts.
Let me share with you some helpful tips to write fine posts that will increase targeted traffic to your blog:
1. As long as you do not have a sufficient amount of traffic, try to concentrate on topics involving your main theme only and do not stray from it.
2. You must publish original thoughts and ideas. It is important that you do not just rephrase or copy from other websites.
3. Ensure that your grammar is perfect. Do not make grammatical errors.
4. Try and write on different and rare thoughts. Write on ideas that have not been discussed before.
5. Visitors like to read clearly structured articles with numbers and bullets.
6. Try and be organized in your writing. If you follow a proper schedule, it will result in good quality writing.
7. Your content must be written with correct use of language. Try and use subheadings and headings wherever possible.
8. Writing must be done in a refreshed state of mind. You cannot write a post in hurry within a time frame. A good idea is also to write some sentences about a topic and then stop, sleep over it and proceed writing the article.
9. When you get good ideas, you must jot them down. Then you can elaborate on them as and when you get time.
10. Try and share your knowledge, ideas and experience generously with the readers. This way you will end up creating good quality posts and more visitors.
11. Try and avoid the use of abbreviations and slang words. Many readers do not understand them. If you are using them, explain their meaning also.
12. The keyword must be used correctly throughout the text including the article headline. Add words that are semantically related to your main keywords or phrase. Apply keywords only where it makes sense and do not repeat the keyword more than necessary.
13. Your vocabulary must be simple, clear and decent. Only then will the readers understand it well.
14. Try and pen only original and creative thoughts.
15. You post must provide useful information to your target audience. Try and make it unique and complete.
16. Your post must be written in a way like you are speaking to your audience.
17. The comments and feedback of the visitors must be given importance. You must respond to them so that they feel good about it.
18. Before you post your write-up you must take feedback from someone. This will help you rectify any flaws in it.
19. Your topic must be divided into several different arguments – some in favor, some against, the pros and cons of an idea, etc.
If you follow the above tips, I am sure it will help you in writing better posts. There will be more visitors on your site and your traffic will increase.
This is a pretty thorough informative article. I particularly agree with 8 & 9, as I always tell people never to force the muse!!! Words and ideas should come naturally and flow flawlessly. If you force an idea, or an article it just won’t have the same effect. It’s funny because at times, the combination of phrases, thoughts, experiences and others, have come together in one article even though I jotted them down separately.
Thanks for the information, it would have been nice if there was a round 20 points instead of 19. Another thing I find which you mentioned above is spelling. Some words are spelt differently in Europe and America. For example jewelry is the correct spelling in America and in Europe it is jewellery. With this example I often wonder which one I should use. My site is from Europe but I may be writing on an American site. If anybody has I view I would appreciate it. Thanks
Thank you for your comment, Aine. For me, it depends on the website audience/readership.
If your (potential) audience is mainly from US and or mixed International, I would suggest American English spelling.
If the majority of your (potential) audience comes from Britain/Commonwealth, I’d go for British English spelling.
In all other scenarios or if its unknown where your readers come from, I’d still go for American English just because the spelling is more common internationally.