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Anyone can write a blog post, but not everyone can do it effectively and efficiently. With a bit of practice, four simple steps can you get producing blog posts sooner rather than later.

Step One: Find an Inspiration

Before you actually start writing your post, you need to find an inspiration. Your inspiration can come from a number of things. Much like finding a trending topic, the first step to finding inspiration is to look around you. You can find inspiration from the current news, other blogs, current events, TV shows, upcoming movies, tweets, status updates and so on. Once you’ve found your inspiration, decide what kind of post you’ll be writing. It can be a how-to guide, a documentary, commentary, or follow-up post. After deciding on a blog topic, it’s time to go to step two.

Step Two: Research

Research is important. Once you’ve picked up your inspiration, you should conduct research. Research is a good way to see if someone has covered the topic before. On top of that, while you’re researching you’ll come across similar or related articles that you can use. Researching your topic will also create a list of reference material which further enforces the credibility of your post.

Step Three: Writing your post

Writing your post can be broken down into two simple parts, defining your audience and writing for them.

Defining your Audience – You have to know your audience to write for them. Consider who will be reading your post. Do they have the understanding ability of highly educated professors or high school students? How much do they know about the topic? Do you think your post will provide a new perspective to the topic? Is there any value in your post for your target audience?

Writing for them – It’s all good and well that you’re trying to deliver a message across but if the person receiving your message can’t understand what you’re trying to say then your message is lost. Once you’ve figured out who you’re are writing for, you’ll be able to deliver your message much more effectively.

Step Four: Spell Check

Yes it’s in here. Often people forget to spell check their post before they post it, and it’s not just a matter of hitting F7 either. Things to check before publishing:

• Hit F7 on MS Word (Spell Check) – Spell checking is basic, this should be done for everything you write.
• Proof-read – Read your article from top to bottom, and don’t just scan over it either. Make sure everything you’ve written makes sense.
• Check your links – If you have any links on your post make sure they don’t return errors or link to the wrong websites.
• Proof-read – Have someone else proof read your article. You might think that you’ve covered everything but if you’ve been staring at something for too long it can either make complete sense or no sense at all.

Start practicing and over time, writing blog posts will come with ease. Can you think of any more tips for blogging?

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