Are your posts to broad? Consider writing a series of articles.
If you write posts that are over a 1000 words chances are you could break the post down into a few different posts. And even better you could break it down into a “series” of posts all related to a certain idea. There are a few reasons you would want to break large posts into several smaller posts in a series.
Attention Span – We all know that the attention span of a web surfer is non-existent so you have to grab the attention, get your message across and stop writing. So breaking posts down in smaller digestible chunks will get your posts read through.
Give readers something to look forward to – If you are writing a series, let your readers know this post is part of a series and what they can expect in your next article.
Gain more subscribers – As a follow up to that last point, when you give your readers something to look forward to they are more likely to click the subscribe button to make sure they don’t miss the next article.
Time stamp all posts at once – When writing a series of posts its best to work through and complete the entire series. That way you can time stamp and publish several days’ worth of posts at one time. You already know what the next post will include and you can give a teaser at the end of the previous post for each subsequent article. This helps as your tying everything together and keeping things straight in your head.
I look forward to reading your blog series
Fred Chan | December 20th, 2007 at 8:03 pm #
Hi,
This articles just hit the nail for me. I just started my blog in November 2007 as I have some ideas to share. After outlining my ideas, I realised it will be too long to put them in one posting. I posted mine in a series using in-series plugin and related articles plugin to link them.
If you have the time, do drop by to browse through at http://www.fredchanblog.com.
My regular posting are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while ad-hoc posting on other days of the week.
Regards.
Fred Chan
Sunny Daydreame | December 21st, 2007 at 10:40 am #
I have written a few series of posts with just an outline rather than having the whole series written from the beginning. I started out with enthusiasm, but by the end of the series I was bored with it.
In the future I am going to make sure I have the whole thing finished before I start publishing a series
Steven Barrett | March 16th, 2008 at 2:34 pm #
But I have learned to cut back since I started. The URL listed for this question relates to a general blog I’ve started for neophytes involved with companion birds. (Rest assured, if it’s a guy getting started late in this, it’s because he’s following his wife or kids! I’m modeling it a bit on Click and Clack’s “Car Talk” radio show on PBS.) BUT-
I’ve had to “go political” and this required some digging and additional writing.
My other blog is specifically political: http://stevensslate.blogspot.com/
but I’m not able to be as “fresh” with a new story because I’m disabled and not able to get around as much.
Just what is enough to make it interesting. With the bird blog recently I was able to patch together a “call to action” based on some legislation in another state that if passed and imitated throughout the nation would put put a lot of people in misery, not to mention kill off the pet companion bird industry.
I see a potential in combining both political writing skills and desire to get involved more with our birds, etc., thus creating a third blog strictly for Paul Revere advocacy work.
Is this what you have in mind? When I saw a list of pending bills in the various state houses, some of which were pretty draconian, I couldn’t help wondering if I’d fallen across something worth pursuing.
Let me know as soon as you can. Enjoy Sunday, anyway.
Thanks, Steven