As bloggers, we spend a lot of time to create content. So of course, you want to have the most amount of eyes on your post. A combination of quality content, great titles and engaging images will help your post stand out so here are five things to remember for your next post.
PRETTY PICTURES
I think this will draw a user in especially on social media primarily instagram and pinterest. This is equally if not more important than the words you are writing. I know personally, I’ll scroll through a post just to look at pictures and hardly skim reading the words. Quality and original content is key.
AN ENGAGING TITLE
What sounds better to you, 5 Foundations or Five Foundations That Will Make You Want to Take a Selfie. Probably the second one right"! Think of engaging titles that make you want to click to read more. Buzzfeed is great at this. Lists also do well, especially in odd numbers. Titles are not only important to make your readers click on the post, but also for SEO. CREATE UNIQUE CONTENT
Make your blog a place that they can only come to YOU for the information. If I can see it on every other site, why would someone come to you" You can do this by making it personal, sharing a story or weaving in yourself into the posts so that it isn’t so generic. So many posts have already been done before, so find a way to make it unique to you.
BE ENGAGED
Get your audience to engage in the post. If they comment, write back. If you have something to giveaway with ...