Ten Tips to Improve The Quality of Your Blog Content

fannychou · 03-16-2011, 12:52 AM

1, Blogging Schedule

You have probably heard this a thousand times, but keeping a detailed blogging schedule will help you tremendous in growing your blog and creating high-quality content. Many bloggers struggle with what they should write about, because they don't think to jot down a good topic as it comes to them. Furthermore, many bloggers have other jobs and responsibilities so your blog can be put on the back burner many times.
However if you keep a calendar with which days are "blogging days", along with post topics/headlines for each day, it will help you to not only plan your day accordingly, but streamline the blogging process.

2, Weekly/Monthly Columns

These are just a few examples of how blogs are using regular columns to fill their blog with useful content. Of course there are thousands of different ways you can create content like this. The idea is to not only come up with unique ideas for regular content, but to make sure the quality doesn't suffer.

For example, SEOmoz does a regular video column called Whiteboard Friday, where he visually explains SEO tactics using a whiteboard.

3, Milti-Part Posts

One way of turning a single post into numerous posts is to create a multi-part post. This is a great idea for not only turning what could have been an in-depth single post into multiple posts, but a way to keep users coming back to your blog to read the rest.

4, Various Content Types

Many people automatically think content is only text, but it's not. You may want to think about changing it up and adding a video, podcasts, infographic, or e-book to your site. This can help break up the monotony for you and your readers of the same type of content being published every day.

One thing I will say is that if you are going to publish different forms of content, make sure you adhere to the same quality standards as your typically content.

5, Re-purpose Old Content

There of probably dozens of ways that you can reuse your older content to make it new and fresh. This can be one of the easiest ways to take existing content on your blog and to shine a new light on it for your readers. Try some of these tactics.

. Write an update to an old post
. Write a post as to why the old post does not apply anymore
. Write a post that adds additional value to your old post
. Create a page on your blog that gathers similar posts from your blog
. Poll your readers to something you mentioned on your blog
. Write a post that takes the opposite point of view of your original post

6, Guest Bloggers

Allowing guest bloggers to your blog can be extremely beneficial and extremely detrimental to your blogs success. From the one side, having bloggers write content for your blog is great…its free content. On the other hand, many of the guest bloggers are in it for the link, so the content they create is sub-par.

7, Bloggers for Hire

For some blogs this may be out of the question. If you simply do not have the funds to pay for professional bloggers, you can probably skip this section. Many of the best bloggers out there are the best for a reason and in return, require you to pay them for their services. However professional bloggers typically have a lot of experience in the industry, so they can add valuable content to your blog that will many times gain a lot of industry recognition.

8, Interlinking Your Posts

This is probably the simplest tactic, but making sure you have a great internal linking structure. One of the reasons why Mashable is the most popular social media blogs on the web (obviously killer content) is because they are constantly linking to other related content throughout their blog posts. This is keeping readers engulfed in their content.

9, Tell the World

Get Social! Start spreading your blog posts on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Industry-related social bookmarking sites, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Delicious… Of course for each of these sites there are going to be different tactics you should use to gain maximum exposure, so learn about each of them and see how you can utilize each of them to help drive traffic back to your site.

10, Blog Authority

Probably the tactic that takes the longest to achieve, is having blog credibility. Once you have the domain authority, it is going to be much easier to get people to contribute to your blog.

03-16-2011, 12:52 AM	#1
fannychou Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ten Tips to Improve The Quality of Your Blog Content 1, Blogging Schedule You have probably heard this a thousand times, but keeping a detailed blogging schedule will help you tremendous in growing your blog and creating high-quality content. Many bloggers struggle with what they should write about, because they don't think to jot down a good topic as it comes to them. Furthermore, many bloggers have other jobs and responsibilities so your blog can be put on the back burner many times. However if you keep a calendar with which days are "blogging days", along with post topics/headlines for each day, it will help you to not only plan your day accordingly, but streamline the blogging process. 2, Weekly/Monthly Columns These are just a few examples of how blogs are using regular columns to fill their blog with useful content. Of course there are thousands of different ways you can create content like this. The idea is to not only come up with unique ideas for regular content, but to make sure the quality doesn't suffer. For example, SEOmoz does a regular video column called Whiteboard Friday, where he visually explains SEO tactics using a whiteboard. 3, Milti-Part Posts One way of turning a single post into numerous posts is to create a multi-part post. This is a great idea for not only turning what could have been an in-depth single post into multiple posts, but a way to keep users coming back to your blog to read the rest. 4, Various Content Types Many people automatically think content is only text, but it's not. You may want to think about changing it up and adding a video, podcasts, infographic, or e-book to your site. This can help break up the monotony for you and your readers of the same type of content being published every day. One thing I will say is that if you are going to publish different forms of content, make sure you adhere to the same quality standards as your typically content. 5, Re-purpose Old Content There of probably dozens of ways that you can reuse your older content to make it new and fresh. This can be one of the easiest ways to take existing content on your blog and to shine a new light on it for your readers. Try some of these tactics. . Write an update to an old post . Write a post as to why the old post does not apply anymore . Write a post that adds additional value to your old post . Create a page on your blog that gathers similar posts from your blog . Poll your readers to something you mentioned on your blog . Write a post that takes the opposite point of view of your original post 6, Guest Bloggers Allowing guest bloggers to your blog can be extremely beneficial and extremely detrimental to your blogs success. From the one side, having bloggers write content for your blog is great…its free content. On the other hand, many of the guest bloggers are in it for the link, so the content they create is sub-par. 7, Bloggers for Hire For some blogs this may be out of the question. If you simply do not have the funds to pay for professional bloggers, you can probably skip this section. Many of the best bloggers out there are the best for a reason and in return, require you to pay them for their services. However professional bloggers typically have a lot of experience in the industry, so they can add valuable content to your blog that will many times gain a lot of industry recognition. 8, Interlinking Your Posts This is probably the simplest tactic, but making sure you have a great internal linking structure. One of the reasons why Mashable is the most popular social media blogs on the web (obviously killer content) is because they are constantly linking to other related content throughout their blog posts. This is keeping readers engulfed in their content. 9, Tell the World Get Social! Start spreading your blog posts on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Industry-related social bookmarking sites, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Delicious… Of course for each of these sites there are going to be different tactics you should use to gain maximum exposure, so learn about each of them and see how you can utilize each of them to help drive traffic back to your site. 10, Blog Authority Probably the tactic that takes the longest to achieve, is having blog credibility. Once you have the domain authority, it is going to be much easier to get people to contribute to your blog.
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