5 critical components of a blog post

Blogging is becoming increasingly important for individuals and brands.While there are dozens of articles and resources discussing the importance of blogging, many people find themselves overwhelmed with where and how to start writing a blog post.Many people sit down to write and then find themselves riddled with questions such as:What is the ideal length of a post?Should I use photos? How do I optimize it for search?Below, I will tackle all of those questions and provide some insight into the f

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This article, which I found on LinkedIn, provides a good set of basic rules to follow when creating blog posts. So much is lost, but it’s really not that hard. It’s often over-thought. This article shows how to bring things back down to earth.

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Danielle M. Villegas is a technical communicator who currently employed at Cox Automotive, Inc., and freelances as her own technical communications consultancy, Dair Communications. She has worked at the International Refugee Committee, MetLife, Novo Nordisk, BASF North America, Merck, and Deloitte, with a background in content strategy, web content management, social media, project management, e-learning, and client services. Danielle is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has continued to flourish since it was launched during her graduate studies at NJIT in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, TCUK (ISTC) and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference. She has written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, the Content Rules blog, and The Content Wrangler as well. She was very active in the STC, as a former chapter president for the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, serving and chairing on several STC Board committees, and most recently was the STC Board Vice-President before the organization closed.. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemvillegas, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, or through her blog. All content is the owner's opinions, and does not reflect those of her employers past or present. View All Posts