5 Easy Ways to Make Your Posts More Interesting

Erik Karey Aug 10th, 2007 27 Comments

Old School Writing As we all know, there is a lot of competition in the field of blogging, especially in the so-called “make money online” niche. With everyone writing on similar topics, simply writing an article may not get you noticed and your posts may go unread. By tweaking your writing style a bit and by adding in a few elements to your posts, you can create more interesting posts.

1. Use Personal Examples – By using personal examples related to the concepts you’re explaining you can create a sense that you’ve been there and done that while also making the concepts easier to understand. I’ve done this before in my The Do-It-Yourself Sense of Accomplishment. Using personal examples makes your article unique and creates more of a connection with your readers.

2. Write Eye-Catching Titles – This tip has been explained over and over again so I’m not going to beat this one to death. Use words and phrases that are exciting and captures the reader right from the start. The title is the first thing they will read, so make it good. ContentBlog talks about this in detail with their article, check it out.

3. Ask Questions – Consider asking your readers questions, both at the beginning of the post and at the end. By stimulating your reader’s to think, you’re making your article more interesting. Plus, you are hopefully generating more comments at the same time. Just be sure to respond to your readers when they respond to your questions. Make sure they know you care.

4. Use Images – The stereotypical saying is “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” and with good reason. By adding images to your post you make the post more visually interesting. Also related images can be extremely helpful in explaining the concepts and information you’re going over. Personally, I like to add a cartoon at the top of each of my posts that is semi-related in order to capture attention, toss in a bit of humor, and break up the monotony of all the text.

5. Quotes & Links – When applicable, quote other bloggers and respected sources while also linking to their blog. The quote not only breaks up your post nicely, but by linking to an additional source you are spreading the link love and adding value to your post.

Good Luck!

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Deron Sizemore August 10, 2007

I think the big one is using personal examples. People like to read articles that they can relate with. Most are afraid to write articles about personal experiences for fear of being ridiculed, but the truth is, if you’ve had the experience, chances are that someone else has as well.

Images is another good one. I like to use images in most of my articles. Really gives something to draw the readers attention to that article rather than just scanning the titles.
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Susan August 10, 2007

I couldn’t agree with you more on 1, 4, and 6…..especially 4. Images do say so very much. I try to include images when appropriate to give a feeling of what the post is about and assist those speed readers out there. It helps to cut to the chase with a good title and great picture to go with it.

Humor is always good to add to a post.
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shaun August 10, 2007

I think points 2-5 are a must for writing a good post.
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Matthew Blancarte August 11, 2007

Great post, great tips! You are the man, Erik!
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Marc Eilbeck August 12, 2007

nice post some good tips!
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Erik Karey August 15, 2007

Thanks everyone, I hope you all find my posts interesting as it is.
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Paypal2u Bloggers August 16, 2007

The tips is well worth trying and implementing. Good post.
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cooliojones August 18, 2007

I think I use all of these now. I try to be fun and informative. This is a great post!

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Michael from Pro Blog Design August 19, 2007

Good tips. Quotes and questions are my two favorite ways of finding inspiration.
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Maria Palma August 20, 2007

I completely agree with the adding pictures tip. I read somewhere that readers’ eyes slow down when you add pictures to posts.
Bloggers read so much, so pictures add a little interest…
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nepalsites August 21, 2007

Useful tips indeed. Adding images always helps when you have lesser to explain.
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Jayne September 3, 2007

These are some great suggestions… nice to see advice that isn’t the same old things hashed and rehashed.
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photodesign September 28, 2007

You should certainly put in images - shoot them yourself or get stock photos for free at Freerange Stock - http://www.freerangestock.com and others.
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Jon February 29, 2008

This is something I really need to do. Images definitely make a huge difference to making a site look more interesting. I’ll take this into account next time I write a post on my blog.
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Trilastin Sr May 31, 2008

You mention writing catchy titles to keep things interesting, but I keep hearing that catchy titles are not good for SEO and the SERPs. How do you balance this?

Eric
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Great suggestions. Images is a great idea, something I’ve thought and heard good things about, but have not implemented yet. I also thought asking questions is definitely something to start trying.

Again, great post!!

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Gudzon September 14, 2008

I was looking for this information a long time. Thank you very much. I think that will be your constant reader.
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Гаджет September 19, 2008

another way is a scandal. insulting readers (well.. in a light form gets you tons of comments.
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mat October 3, 2008

I really enjoy more to read then write my opinion because i don`t want to get someone`s attention but i liked all your thoughts and ideas thanks to the owner because he created this blog to share with us his knowledge.