Hi Steemians,

Steemit rewards content creation and curation. While curation requires only an upvote, content creation requires certain skills. You can of course create content without any skills too but chances of it being curated are limited. With this post, I aim to help Steemians learn how to create amazing blog posts on Steemit.

The post is going to be short, concise and visually attractive. I would request you to record your impressions in the comment box after going through this post.

This image is part of the recipe of a good blog post. Image created via Canva using its free image directory.

Let's move straight to the ingredients.

9 Ingredients of a Good Blog Post

Listed below are the 9 ingredients of a good blog post to help Steemians learn how to create amazing blog posts.

Being a blogger, I can share with you an astonishing fact.

*80 % will read your headline. 20 % will read the whole post.

Out the 20 % people, only those will read the whole post who find your introduction interesting or engaging.

After capturing attention of your reader through your headline and introduction, your promised content needs to be of good value.

When the main content is over, write a conclusion which summarizes the post.

Call to action does not have a separate heading. It's generally part of the conclusion. It's okay to call your reader to do something of value, like a resteem or an upvote, and the reader will happily do it if he or she is satisfied with your content.

Do not write a post about A using irrelevant tags of another topic B. Chose the right tags.

I told you under the first image that it was part of the recipe. While headline is the textual gateway to your post, a thumbnail is the visual indicator. Make it attractive.

No matter what platform or editor you are using to create a blog post, you call always have a look at the preview before posting. And you must do it. Also review your content for minor errors, if any.

Some people, including me, did all the steps right but at the end pressed the wrong button. All our content had to be rewritten from the scratch.

Conclusion

Improving content writing skills is very important and this post helps in doing exactly that. Here's the list of ingredients discussed in this post.

1. Title/Headline
2. Introduction
3. Main Content
4. Conclusion
5. Call to Action
6. Category/Tags
7. Thumbnail
8. Preview/Review
9. Publish the Post

If you need detailed guidelines on each of these ingredients, you may like to read the detailed blog post creation guide which I created 5 months ago. For any queries, comment and you will get a reply.

Note:- Audit this blog post in light of what you read and share your analysis in comments.

Please consider resteeming for community's benefit and upvoting to support the author.