Comments on: Articles That Attract Readers Like A Magnet

By: Reza Winandar

Reza Winandar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:55:31 +0000

A good title and a good first paragraph will be the secret weapon for your blog. That’s already happened on my blog.

By: Nicholas Z. Cardot

Nicholas Z. Cardot — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:24 +0000

Ron Boracay –> I think that it’s a great topic. I think that it’s good to clean up an article a little bit by making sure that you’re using proper grammar and that you’re spelling words correctly but at the same time you need to ensure that you are not compromising who you are. People want to read your personality.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:46:54 +0000

Great post Jay. I’m happy to have spent some time with you covering this concept already, but this post will become a reference point for me as time goes on and I (as we tend to do) forget the little things.

By: Jay Medina

Jay Medina — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:32:25 +0000

Gabe | freebloghelp.com –> I completely agree! You touched on a great point. Being informal doesn’t mean the rules of proper grammar go out the window. I’ve seem some sites that use a ton of texting-type abbreviations and I get worn out trying to decipher it all. At that point, I just give up and go to another article on another site.

Good spelling, proper grammar, and as few abbreviations as possible really do your readers a favor by making your article easy on their eyes and really allow your content to flow.

Thanks for pointing that out, Gabe!

By: Jay Medina

Jay Medina — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:27:17 +0000

akira07 –> My writing background started in high school where I would write creative stories for my advanced literature classes. When I got out of school, I used to write lengthy computer network assessments that were put into big thick binders. Each assessment contained tons of information, diagrams, and narrative to my findings on our clients’ networks that I was assessing.

Needless to say, my writing for the web needed serious help as all the rules for business writing simply do not pertain to writing for blogs and websites. However, Akira, if you feel your writing is too formal, have fun with it while you tone down your formality. Remember though, be yourself, and try not to force too much to be something you’re not.

But, for as relaxed as you come across on your comments here, be equally relaxed with your writing. I know you can do it!

By: Jay Medina

Jay Medina — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:22:38 +0000

Rob –> Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I’m grateful to Nick for allowing me the honor of a guest post for this awesome blog.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:04:23 +0000

Great article!I agree that a good headline is killer to attracting visitors along with killer content.

Keep up the great work and posts! I look forward to reading more.

By: akira07

akira07 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:21:52 +0000

Nice tips, jay
Maybe it’s because i’m too formal, so my reader is boring to read an article on my blog. Need to learn how to make a bit jokes then…

By: Gabe | freebloghelp.com

Gabe | freebloghelp.com — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:23:14 +0000

Perfect three step approach. Writing from the heart is a great one since I see too many people treat their blogs with too much formality, almost inhuman. You’re not writing a text book, people!

As a general rule, I try to keep my posts as informal as I would an email. I try not to straddle the super-informal line though so you won’t see things like OMGZ! on my site. Also, this doesn’t mean I skip the basic punctuation or caps rules.

Anyway, I’d like to think I’m doing a good job of not being a stiff. So far, no one has told me that yet so I guess that’s good.

By: Angie (Losing It and Loving It)

Angie (Losing It and Loving It) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:30:24 +0000

Great tips! I especially like step 3 but have a hard time with step 2, creating killer headlines. Gotta keep working at it!