Blogging has now become an easy money making method, especially for the youngsters which has badly affected the quality of contents i.e posts. Posts are delivered in a very bad manner in some blogs but most of the bloggers who are well aware about blogging, tries their maximum to post something relevant and good. And so all good bloggers are trying their best to make their post outstanding which is often difficult unless you are a professional blogger. So there are some points to be taken care of before we hit the publish button. Having a checklist before doing something important is always a good practice and will allow you to take the maximum. benefit from it. So here's a checklist to check before you publish your post, each and every time
<strong>1. The Title</strong>
Title is everything, if it's not impressive then your post has lost the maximum views. the title should compel the readers to read the post. Add your main keyword phrase in the title so that search engines and people will be able to grab your post easily. in most cases phrases like How to, what is, top 10, etc... will help you to have better results.
<strong>2. On page SEO</strong>
By adding the main keyword in the title you are done with the optimization of the post title but it's not enough since more on page optimization techniques is not done yet. For a blog on WordPress these methods can be accomplished automatically with plugins like 'All in One SEO Pack' but if you need to do it manually, follow these steps:
Adding meta tags to the post along with description.
Add your keywords to the images using alt tag.
Add your relevant keywords as headings or make them bold or easily noticeable.
<strong>3. The post layout</strong>
It's always good to have a nice layout for your posts which wont make people bore while reading your post. Do not write in large paragraphs, give subheadings and divide your post into small small paragraphs. Try to include images in your post which is relevant to your post and which will attract the people. Creating images of your own is always the better way. Also like having an introduction, you must give a conclusion.
<strong>4. Linking</strong>
You can have internal and external links in your post, find words or phrases which can be linked with your other older posts, which will always benefit your SEO and will increase internal traffic. Giving external links also will help both your readers and you, for readers it will help them to experience a service or can get more information and for you, linking to famous sites like Google, will bring you an additional rise.
<strong>5. A Giveaway</strong>
Make your each post a giveaway, readers should get something after spending time on reading your post, it doesn't mean that you need to give something physical. but conveys that, your post must be a useful one. Writing a post about protecting your Facebook account will surely help the readers to keep their Facebook account safe, so that post is actually a giveaway. Like that with this post, you wont miss any important factor before publishing your post.
<strong>6. Proofread</strong>
Proofread is something that is often left by bloggers, because in the busy schedule their aim is to write a post a day and this results in the loss of quality of the post. It's always good to have a proofread before publishing the post and it will help you to correct the mistakes like, spelling mistake, grammatical and often proofreading helps me to make my post free from extra and unwanted words or phrases.
<strong>7. Credits</strong>
Do not forget to give credits to contents for which you don't have proper permissions. Giving a link to the owner's site or page is the usual method to give credits.
<strong>8. The Call to Action</strong>
Including a call to action at the end of your post is a good idea for you and as well as for your readers. Call to actions like commenting section, social media sharing buttons, subscribe options, etc.. will help you to gain more traffic for your post. In the case of readers these actions will help them to share your post and the commenting section will help them to ask you questions or to add more information to your post.
So use this list to check whether you are completely done with your post. And i will try to expand the list.
<strong>1. The Title</strong>
Title is everything, if it's not impressive then your post has lost the maximum views. the title should compel the readers to read the post. Add your main keyword phrase in the title so that search engines and people will be able to grab your post easily. in most cases phrases like How to, what is, top 10, etc... will help you to have better results.
<strong>2. On page SEO</strong>
By adding the main keyword in the title you are done with the optimization of the post title but it's not enough since more on page optimization techniques is not done yet. For a blog on WordPress these methods can be accomplished automatically with plugins like 'All in One SEO Pack' but if you need to do it manually, follow these steps:
Adding meta tags to the post along with description.
Add your keywords to the images using alt tag.
Add your relevant keywords as headings or make them bold or easily noticeable.
<strong>3. The post layout</strong>
It's always good to have a nice layout for your posts which wont make people bore while reading your post. Do not write in large paragraphs, give subheadings and divide your post into small small paragraphs. Try to include images in your post which is relevant to your post and which will attract the people. Creating images of your own is always the better way. Also like having an introduction, you must give a conclusion.
<strong>4. Linking</strong>
You can have internal and external links in your post, find words or phrases which can be linked with your other older posts, which will always benefit your SEO and will increase internal traffic. Giving external links also will help both your readers and you, for readers it will help them to experience a service or can get more information and for you, linking to famous sites like Google, will bring you an additional rise.
<strong>5. A Giveaway</strong>
Make your each post a giveaway, readers should get something after spending time on reading your post, it doesn't mean that you need to give something physical. but conveys that, your post must be a useful one. Writing a post about protecting your Facebook account will surely help the readers to keep their Facebook account safe, so that post is actually a giveaway. Like that with this post, you wont miss any important factor before publishing your post.
<strong>6. Proofread</strong>
Proofread is something that is often left by bloggers, because in the busy schedule their aim is to write a post a day and this results in the loss of quality of the post. It's always good to have a proofread before publishing the post and it will help you to correct the mistakes like, spelling mistake, grammatical and often proofreading helps me to make my post free from extra and unwanted words or phrases.
<strong>7. Credits</strong>
Do not forget to give credits to contents for which you don't have proper permissions. Giving a link to the owner's site or page is the usual method to give credits.
<strong>8. The Call to Action</strong>
Including a call to action at the end of your post is a good idea for you and as well as for your readers. Call to actions like commenting section, social media sharing buttons, subscribe options, etc.. will help you to gain more traffic for your post. In the case of readers these actions will help them to share your post and the commenting section will help them to ask you questions or to add more information to your post.
So use this list to check whether you are completely done with your post. And i will try to expand the list.
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