Want to improve your posts?

in #blog7 years ago

Have you ever wondered why your posts don’t do so well? Or why some websites do better than others?

Two of the most important things:

Short and sweet:

  • First: How are your titles? How do they grab people’s attention? How dynamic are they? Is the wording `catchy’ and witty? Is it a bold statement? Can you follow up on that?
  • Second: What is your sub title like? Your sub title is also an attention getter. Do you repeat your title again? People are searching it to see what your post is really all about. If you reap yourself here, you have lost people’s interest straight away. And they move on without even checking what could possibly be in your blog. 

Provide an image: 

People love images. It has an emotional appeal. And when people’s senses and emotions are involved, they catch the vision of what you’re promoting. 

Okay, now that people have clicked on your post (url): 

How do you keep them reading on? 

Provide an introduction. This is another attention getter, but somewhat different. You provide a reason for them to continue reading.

  • Get to the point. What is your motive or objective? What statement do you supply that gives a purpose for them to read further? Does it possibly answer peoples’ request? What does it suggest? 
  • Sometimes you can put a contents list of subtitles to each fact or paragraph presented below. Other times it isn’t necessary. It all depends on the subject or how you want to introduce the subject. 

Link facts: 

We know what we want to say, but other people aren’t in your groove yet. They can’t read your mind or what your motive is. So link your facts logically. Draw them in. Take them step by step towards your objective’s punchline. This helps to get your point across. 

When you are familiar with your own niche or career’s jargon, other people aren’t. The technical stuff could `go clean over their heads’. Drawing them in is a learning curve to them. What you are trying to put across? Is it put in such a way that everyone can understand and appreciate your analogy or proposal? 

Wherever possible, put humour into the `mix’. Add a story or experience people can relate to. If they can relate to it, they will understand what you are referring to. Now you `have them eating out of your hand’. 

That is the main body of your content, but have you got to the point of what you really trying to say?  

At last the conclusion: 

You have to give them a final clarification. You can’t drag them through all that reading and not provide a decent solution!

  • What is so important, that had to be said? 
  • What benefit will they get from your objective or title’s statement? 
  • Does it answer their problem or fulfill their request? Was it helpful?
  • Was it motivating? Could they got home and do something about it? 

Sometimes you can add a PS or last word: 

  • A dynamic statement or punchline that confirms your point. 
  • Does it give them a last, but happy chuckle? 
  • Something they will always remember with fondness and appreciation. 

Hope this has helped you!

Sort:  

Really Amazing stuff and beautifully written by you...
Thank you for sharing and have a good day :)

Thanks for vote. I think a post should provide decent content, so I put my all into it.

I love this post it is a true reflection of what happens to most of us steemians and aome of us feels like going around in circles. I didnt notice untill just now that i might have had some of tge greatest post but title and sub titles were not different that much. You just open up a door to a flood of effectiveness in creating articles

I am getting ready to start a series of blogposts very soon so this was very helpful - thank you. 'Was it motivating? Could they got home and do something about it?' that part is what I want to inspire in my future blogposts!

i tried hard to use a appealing title, but i dont have much follower. I can't share my post to many people, thats the problem;(

Things don't just happen all at once. Keep writing awesome titles and content, and in time things start to happen. When you love doing something, others start to feel and enjoy our enthusiasm too.

Considering that this post made $300+ in 42 minutes, I think you can trust that @artguru knows what he is talking about!

Hi. I am a women! But thanks for your comment. It made me smile.

Quality content

Awesome! I was just looking for templates for how to write a post, thank you :D TIP: You guys heard about power words? I get a higher CTR (click-through rate) with power words, especially when I use them in headlines and buttons. (https://sumo.com/stories/power-words)

That link you have there, talks about emotional impact. You Know how long I've been trying to tell people about the emotional factor! I think perhaps people think I'm a little overboard on that theory. So its nice to see someone else has also pick up on it too. People don't look at the practical side of what a thing can do. The object must appeal to their senses and emotions to clinch the deal.

Great article thank you

@artguru Wow, really nice and insightful. I try my best and normally work quite hard on my posts. I have been messaging some people to check out my posts (NOT FOR UPVOTES) simply to give me some feedback of what I am doing right or wrong. No one gets back to me though.

I you would be so kind to check out these 3 posts. PLEASE. I don't want upvotes or resteems. I just want honest opinions and feedback.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@scrooger/how-steemit-has-changed-me-or-one-month-in-or-400-followers-or-raw-post

https://steemit.com/steemit/@scrooger/pimp-your-post-2-or-formatting-and-editing-your-blog-made-easy-or-cheat-sheet-included-or-just-copy-and-paste

https://steemit.com/steemit/@scrooger/voting-power-101-how-to-vote-when-to-vote-when-to-stop-simple-and-easy-explanation

Well I read the first one and laughed so much, I nearly cried. It was fun to read what you wrote and hear of your experiences as a new Steemit blogger. Really, it has been like that for most of us. But the blog was a bit long, you could have broken it up into more than one post, so we could have a great time reading your blogs on a regular basis.

Thank you so much for checking it out. Means a lot. Really appreciate it. Yes that was a long personal one that I wanted to do after my 1st month here.

The other 2? Any advice ideas? They aren't as long and are more guides for the new people on here.

Once again thank you so much for taking your time to check them out.

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.21
TRX 0.14
JST 0.030
BTC 69508.29
ETH 3366.22
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.74