8 Important Elements of a Great Blog Post

8 Important Elements of a Great Blog Post

It is a must for bloggers to consider the important elements in order to improve the quality of their blog posts. These elements differentiate a blog with an ordinary daily newspaper. The internet has various interesting visualizations that are eye-catching to the readers. That is why you need understand these essential elements to make a great blog post. Here are some must-have elements you need to pay attention to.

1.    Images

Human are visual creature and the internet has made us even more so. You will never find a blog post without any images. It will be odd to see the whole plain blog that contains only text. Add some vibrant and meaningful images to catch readers’ attention. The more interesting the image, the more appealing a blog will be. In addition, it helps you to deliver your content successfully.

2.    Structure

Structure is the most overlooked aspects of a blog post. To deliver a concept you need to organize your thoughts. Otherwise, you will have scattered sentences that accomplishes nothing.

You need to reflect the structure in the layout of the article. It will be headings, subheadings, paragraph breaks and probably bullet points. All these features allow the readers to skim and digest content easily.

3.    Internal Linking

Internal linking strategy enhances and deepens the overall value of a blog. Put some links between the content of your post. Make sure that the text of the links doesn’t contain keywords.

A good example is linking to pages other than you home page or linking to major pages on your website. Use about 3 to 10 meaningful and relevant links per post to support your content.

4.    Spelling and Grammar

Mistakes and typos in writing mostly happen unexpectedly. Even so, try to avoid it by having proofreading and copyediting before publishing your blog post. It is recommended to read you writing twice. You may change some paragraphs and section to make it read well. Pay attention to comma, capital letter and spelling issue then feel free to proofread it again.

5.    Meta Description

Meta Description is some text that appears below each link in Google search result. It gives readers more detailed explanation about what they may get from clicking the link of your blog post.

6.    Call to Action

Call to action is a request to the readers in the end of the post. You need to tell your readers what you would like them to do next. Whether to visit your another page or share their thoughts in the comment section, they will not do it unless you ask. You must have an explicit call to action for each post.

7.    Keywords

Choose the right keyword for each post you write because these words or phrases bring the readers to your blog from the search engines. A good content of certain keyword have higher rank in the result of search engines.

8.    Topic Tags

Topic tags are some categories that you put in your individual blog post. It aims to organize and categorize the content of your writing. In addition, it will make the readers find your content easily.

Have you check the existence of those elements in your blog post? Feel free to check and improve the quality of your writing.

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