62 Blog Posts to Overcome Blogger's Block

Part 1: Popular Blog Posts

There are ten types of blog posts that are considered popular because they are found on most sites you visit. They are also popular because they are easy for bloggers to write, easy for readers to scan and they tend to rank high on search engines. They are

How-To

Quick Tips/Quick Reference

Definition

Informational

Stories

Inspirational

Research

Lists

Checklists

Link Posts

How-To

Teach your audience how to make their lives easier and better through How-To posts. These instructional posts provide step-by-step instructions, as well as tips and solutions on how to do or attain something. When you write this kind of blog, you can share things that your audience already knows or add to their knowledge base.

Audio clips, images, videos and presentations are great engaging and interactive tools that you can use to instruct your audience. To get topics ideas or to learn how to write How-To posts, check other blogs, forums and even messages that come to your e-mail inbox. Use the things that appeal to you and discard the rest.

Pros:

How-To posts rank high in popular blog post types

They are one of the easiest ways to build your expertise on your topic

Other Considerations:

Remember, you want to make things easier and better for your readers. These posts could be useless if your instructions are unclear, unorganized or have too many unnecessary steps

Don’t confuse your audience by discussing too many topics; you are building your credibility as an expert in specific areas

While How-To posts are very tempting to write and easy for your audience to read, be sure to vary the types of posts that you produce on your site by selecting any of the other posts highlighted in this book

You can also put a spin on your posts by sharing how-not-to-do things in creative ways. For example, instead of writing How to Make Friends on Facebook, you can write, How to Lose Friends on Facebook

Quick Tips/Quick Reference

Quick Tips or Quick References are similar to How-To posts because they tell readers how to do something impactful in just a few steps. For instance, a How-To post may read, Write Your Book in 10 Days. A Quick Tips post would read Write Your Book in 10 Days in Three Easy Steps. These tips could be written as a list or in narrative format. You can also use multimedia tools to provide visual instructions.

Pro:

Quick Tips posts are generally easy to create depending on the topic. You can save time on producing these posts by summarizing topics from your