
How to write the perfect blog post
You may think that writing a blog post is just making sure everything is spelled correctly, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Digital Marketing agency The Audit Lab’s Megan Crehan has 7 tips on how to write the perfect blog post every time, but also that you have the best chance of it getting seen by everyone else.
Captivating headline
This is what is going to grab your readers’ attention first and foremost, so make it good. They say you never get a second chance at a first impression, and when it comes to blog posts they’re right. Your goal here should be to make the reader stop dead in their scrolling. You need to come up with something so magnetic that they just can’t turn away.
Here’s some tips for achieving this:
- Convey that your blog post will be useful
- Create a sense of urgency
- Show that you have something unique inside
- Trigger an emotion – it could be anything
Subheadings
As you’re planning out what your blog post is going to look like, make sure you break up the bulk of the text with subheadings. You’re going to need these for three main reasons…
- When faced with a big wall of text, it’s enough to put anyone off. The idea of wading through thousands of words without a visual break will make them click off straight away. Subheadings help to make the page more visually appealing and easy to read
- They allow your readers to navigate easily to different sections of the blog post. The bigger your post gets, if it turns into a chunky guide for example, the more these will come in handy
- They are great for helping to boost search engine optimisation (SEO)
Good body (of text)
Now we come onto the main part of your blog post, the reason your readers are here to begin with. The type of post you write will depend on what you are trying to say to your audience – is it a funny story? Is it a thought leadership piece? Or a new observation about the industry? In other words, what goal are you trying to achieve?
You’ll also want to make sure you include a sufficient number of relevant keywords in your article. But while keywords are still important, Google focuses more on content for people rather than content for machines. Don’t stuff it full of robotic keywords, focus on explaining your topic well, and Google will get it.
Relevant pictures
Pictures and videos are the perfect way to break up your blog post, make it more visually appealing and help get your point across. It’s also helpful for when you promote your post on social media.
Good internal linking
While your main goal is to get people to your website or blog, the second goal should be to get them to remain there for as long as possible. Internal linking is almost like free advertising for your website, when it’s done properly, of course.
Internal linking is also great for SEO, too.
Call to action
Every blog post you write should have some kind of call-to-action at the end of it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be encouraging people to buy something, but it’s important that you encourage your readers to take a step further in their journey with you.
You could want them to comment or share your post on social, check out a product or service that you offer, or read another one of your blog posts. You could even ask for their contact information or get them to sign up to your mailing list in exchange for some exclusive content.
Meta description
A meta description is a snippet of a sentence or two that Google will display in their search engine results. If you don’t specify a meta description, then Google will choose a small chunk of text to display instead, which doesn’t look good. Avoid this by writing a specific meta description for each post. It should be the right length and be relevant to your post. Use this tool to measure your descriptions accurately.
Do you have tips on how to write the perfect blog post to share with my readers?


6 Comments
Simone Ribeiro
The meta description tool is great. Thanks for sharing. Writing in a second language is quite tricky. I do feel I need to improve my writing.
Christine
Thank you for the advice. When I have more moments available (after Christmas) I am going to delve into this deeper. Thank you!
mummyofasquarepeg
This post is so useful. When I look back at my first few posts I see such a big difference to now. I need to include the actions at the end. That’s my New Years resolution. #StayClassyMama
thisiswhereitis at
Interesting post and really useful to read X #stayclassymama
Karen Reekie
Such a useful post. Saving it for reading and acting on next year.
#stayclassymama
loopyloulaura
Great tips, I am just getting my head around SEO so am working on my meta and alt bits and bobs but it does take away from the joy of simply writing. Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama