Read More, Blog Better
You can’t always write about personal experiences as a blogger unless, of course, you are a personal blogger. When you write to monetize, earn money online, generate leads via digital marketing, and lure others to your perspective, then here’s the absolute secret: READ MORE. When you read more, you write better. I promise you this is true; I know this …
Read More →12 Most Snappy Headline Writing Tips For Bloggers
Do you know that many blog headlines suck? No, seriously, they do, and here’s why… the headline is the single-most important aspect of a blog and writers often stop short by featuring a less-than-pizzazzy headline.
In this era of time constraints, a headline has to describe the gist of the story, draw readers in, and be creative. With that said, here are 12 tips to get you thinkin’ on better headlines to attract and keep readers coming back:
1. Summarize the story in the title. Give readers the low down of the story right on top. A headline provides the gist of the news, content, story angle, etc. Be descriptive in a concise way. Spend the most time writing the headline FIRST; trust me, this is the best way to get it right.
Read More →Get Blogging Voice: Part 2
Yesterday, we addressed how better to understand blogging voice beginning with a look at video blogging. By using examples within others’ writings, voice becomes more apparent. In the first part to this series, there was a quick exercise to get a baseline of your own blogging efforts. Today, we’ll further our quest for blogging voice with several exercises to identify and develop a strengthened voice on your blog.
So, here’s a quick review:
Determine the type of voice you want to portray and write with
Observe others’ styles of voice and begin to emulate that approach to a degree
Use the exercises yesterday and today to strengthen your purpose and “sound”
Develop your voice with consistent writing and get comfortable
Read More →Get Blogging Voice: Part I
Just how does one find blogging voice?
The answer is…elusive! Not sure there is a solid answer, but at the bottom of this article we ought to have a much better understanding of what the hoopla is about a vlogger’s voice.
Omgosh.
When I typed “blogger” in the last sentence, it came up “vlogger,” and I am so grateful that happened whilst sitting in the middle seat in a full airplane cabin pecking letters one by one because the batteries died in my iPad keyboard.
So, instead of using merely a blogger to understand voice, let’s first explore the world of vlogging as it relates to that. Video blogging is so much more visual which makes it easier to illustrate the concept of voice.
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Blog Tips 1: Blogs Need Two-Way Comments
This marks the occasional blogging tip series inspired by a comment on a blog that warranted a tip series about comments on blogs. Make sense?
While I didn’t read the actual blog post, I did read a comment on the post (not sure how that happened), and it went something like this:
“Thanks for this post about whether I should comment on my own blog when someone comments. I now won’t do it because I think the comment section is for the voice of the reader and not me because they already heard my voice in the post.”
GASP! I AM AGOG!
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