Ninety percent of everything is crap. Wait, is that true? Oh yes, it is. That theory was formulated by Theodore Sturgeon. But why such an opening remark? Well, simply because when you try to write everything in your blog giving too much effort in using all the topics brewing in your head all at once, then your blog entry might just end up in the trash. Blog entries don’t have to be that long. Many bloggers believe that a full 600-word entry is enough for a blog. Trying to cram all those things up just to finish your first draft is never a good thing. This should be included along with the other standards of a blog entry in your checklist.
Many blog experts suggest editorial calendars for the bloggers to know their backlog of topics so that they will not run out of ideas. Aside from the editorial calendar, a checklist is known as one of the blogger’s best friends. I am not preaching here about the goodness of having an editorial calendar and a checklist nor am I trying to persuade to use as such. However, the point of such things lie in the efficiency they can provide you as bloggers. Think of the time that you are going to save from cramming all those ideas. Think of the time that you can already spend just reading instead of trying too hard just to finish your first draft. Think of the time that you can use for you to rest for another day’s work. If these aren’t enough to drive home the point, this I will tell you: checklists will help you save time and effort.
By simply complying with the standards of a good blog entry, you will surely stand out from the worst ones. You don’t have to be the best, you just have to be good to get noticed and be properly indexed by search engines in the information superhighway. In this way, you’ll just be watching your blog entries getting those traffics that you surely need.
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Great post Isabel!
However, I think when you’re writing a blog post, you should only write from your experience or something you have knowledge of, you could always extend and elaborate on one specific topic again, so you’ll have a lot more ideas to work around with.
Great article, Isabel!
Keeping a checklist ensures that you go over everything. I do the same thing to organize myself throughout the day.
Also, loving the new design! Keep up the good work
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May 24, 2010 at 9:24 am
Thanks Joe – Yes I have been working on the new design. It’s not completely done yet. Thanks for your feedback, it really motivated me.
Isabel !!!
I have to agree with you. Not on ninety percent of everything is crap. But on trying to cover a lot of grounds on a single blog post. Quite a few of my blog posts have ended in trash because I did the same thing. And you are absolutely right on saying that a blog post doesn’t have to be long to be effective.