Comments on: Write blog posts like a pro! http://www.tonystewardblog.com/2008/04/02/write-blog-posts-like-a-pro/ moving forward into the new Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris Brogan... http://www.tonystewardblog.com/2008/04/02/write-blog-posts-like-a-pro/#comment-346 Chris Brogan... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:14:47 +0000 http://www.tonystewardblog.com/2008/04/02/write-blog-posts-like-a-pro/#comment-346 Chris Walker's points are all great. I think he's got the perfect addition to the post. Glad you shared it, Tony. Brought even more folks into the conversation. : ) Chris Walker’s points are all great. I think he’s got the perfect addition to the post. Glad you shared it, Tony. Brought even more folks into the conversation. : )

]]> By: Chris Walker http://www.tonystewardblog.com/2008/04/02/write-blog-posts-like-a-pro/#comment-339 Chris Walker Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:17:10 +0000 http://www.tonystewardblog.com/2008/04/02/write-blog-posts-like-a-pro/#comment-339 The title is definitely important because I am reading hundreds of RSS feeds and if the Title doesn't catch my attention, it is very easy for me to skip over the post. There are a few blogs that I read religiously, but I don't have time to read every word of every blog. The title catches my attention and if the first paragraph bores me and it looks long, I might skip it or flag it for later reading. Pictures are catchy, but not always what I am looking for. If you put too much media in a post and it slows down the load, I might get impatient and move on as well. I personally do not have a set blogging ritual. I find that I am using Twitter more for short snippets and links now, and only blog when I want to invest time in the content. Personally, when it comes down to it, I think that content is king. If the catchy title and first paragraph bring me to nothing but fluff, I migt skip through the posts more frequently and give up reading that blog all together. The title is definitely important because I am reading hundreds of RSS feeds and if the Title doesn’t catch my attention, it is very easy for me to skip over the post. There are a few blogs that I read religiously, but I don’t have time to read every word of every blog. The title catches my attention and if the first paragraph bores me and it looks long, I might skip it or flag it for later reading. Pictures are catchy, but not always what I am looking for. If you put too much media in a post and it slows down the load, I might get impatient and move on as well.
I personally do not have a set blogging ritual. I find that I am using Twitter more for short snippets and links now, and only blog when I want to invest time in the content.

Personally, when it comes down to it, I think that content is king. If the catchy title and first paragraph bring me to nothing but fluff, I migt skip through the posts more frequently and give up reading that blog all together.

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