The 5 Best Blogs to Improve Your Writing
Awesome Content: Set Up For Online Success
If you’ve been around the internet for any period of time then you’ve probably heard it repeated: Content is King. In fact, many of us have heard it so many times that it probably sounds redundant. Yet there are so many people who still don’t get it…or if they do they don’t put it into practice.
The adage has been around since the dawn of blogging: Content is King. And it’s true. Content is king.
Content is the foundation upon which the rest of a successful blog is built. It’s the information that consumers are searching for. It’s the meat and potatoes at a nice dinner. It’s the pavement on the internet superhighway. Content is the first step on our journey to the top of the blogosphere.
Not just content…but amazing content
Amazing content is all about creating articles that are easy to read, full of information, funny, engaging, and well-written. It’s about consistently creating value at your site day after day. It’s about pouring your personality into your writing and creating masterpieces in every post.
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, it’s not the only point, but it is the first. Without great content, you have nothing on which to build your blog and you have nothing of value to provide to your readers.
Content is so incredibly important and yet so many people focus so little of their time working to improve the quality of their articles.
Let’s change that today. Let’s learn new writing styles. Let’s explore new ideas. Let’s grow as writers and authors and ultimately let’s build stronger, better blogs.
To get you started, let me share with you five blogs that I follow whose primary focus is better writing.
CopyBlogger
From Their About Page: Copyblogger was founded in January of 2006 by Brian Clark. Brian is a new media writer/producer, entrepreneur, and recovering attorney.
Content drives the Internet, and using the right words in the right way will determine not only how well your site converts visitors into sales, but also how well you rank in search engines and how many links you get.
Fuel Your Writing
From Their About Page: Words make the world go ‘round. Ok, there are lots of things that make the world go ‘round but we think writing should be at the top of the list somewhere around water, love and ice-cream. That is why Fuel Your Writing was created.
FYW is the inspirational “go to” site for writers of all flavors: business writers, novelists, short story, advertising, technical writers…the list goes on and on. Stop by to pick up ideas, the latest news in the writing world and knowledge about your fellow wordsmiths. Stay for the water, love and ice-cream. Just pick your flavor.
Write to Done
From Their About Page: Hi, my name is Leo Babauta, better known of the Zen Habits blog. I’ve created Write To Done as a way to share some of what I’ve learned as a writer, with new (and experienced) writers looking to improve their craft and their art.
That’s what Write To Done is about, at its core: the craft and the art of writing.
But from that core we’ll be covering many topics: journalism, blog writing, freelance writing, fiction, non-fiction, getting a book deal, the business of writing, the habit of writing. And so on.
Men With Pens
From Their About Page: Men with Pens was formed in 2006 by James Chartrand, and the team operated, collaborated and co-conspired from three thousand miles apart.
The result? Resounding success.
Today, Men with Pens has five full-time team members, a rock-solid reputation and a worldwide customer base. Our blog is a leading resource for freelancers, writers and online entrepreneurs and listed in the top three of the Top Ten Blogs for Writers.
Daily Writing Tips
From Their About Page: Whether you are an attorney, manager, student or blogger, writing skills are essential for your success. Considering the rise of the information age, they are even more important, as people are surrounded by emails, wikis, social networks and so on.
It can be difficult to hone one’s writing skills within this fast-paced environment. To solve this problem we decided to create Daily Writing Tips, a blog where you will find simple yet effective tips to improve your writing.
Group Discussion:
What are you doing right now to improve your writing skills? Are you working to hone the most important asset of your website…the content?
Which of these blogs are have you already read? Which ones do you recommend?
Nicholas Cardot
Nick uses his blog Site Sketch 101 to express his passion for helping bloggers and webmasters connect with real people through brilliant designs, unique content, and genuine creativity. Nicholas Cardot has 199 post(s) at Site Sketch 101
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Eric Bannatyne said:
Thanks for the resources! I’m always looking to improve my writing.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Eric Bannatyne –> You’re welcome. These blogs will definitely help you to do that.
Ron Boracay said:
I am an avid copyblogger reader. From time to time, I read the blog’s every new post.
I can say is, you can learn a lot by reading good blogs like the blogs listed above and by reading, SS101 as well.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> Thanks Ron. We’ve got to keep making our articles better and better if we want to keep attracting new readers.
Senthil Ramesh said:
Excellent article again that helps everyone involved in Blogging.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Senthil Ramesh –> Thanks. I’m glad to hear that it’s a help.
InternetHowBlog said:
Although others are also good for providing useful tips on good content creation, I often visit Copy blogger and daily writting tips. Everytime I go to those two blogs, I learn something new to improve my writting.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
InternetHowBlog –> I feel the same way. I’m constantly learning from them. And I want to keep learning from them.
Vikas Gupta said:
I know them all though of late I am not following them.
Here is a good quotation on content: “A DROP OF INK CAN MAKE A MILLION THINK!”
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Vikas Gupta –> That is a great quote. I like it a lot. The pen is mightier than the sword.
David | ilcantone.com said:
Thanks Nicholas for sharing these web sites. I’ve just visited “Write to done” and it’s fantastic. I need to learn so much about writing styles, above all, because english is no my mother tongue
. In my daily life I’m used to write because my blog (of course) and because I participate in writing contests. To write a good artcile or a good story is so rewarding. Definitely, I want to improve my writing skills to give my best to my readers.
Thanks again Nicholas for this post.
Regards
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Nicholas Cardot said:
David | ilcantone.com –> The author of Write to Done is also the author of Zen Habits. He has built a subscriber list of over 100,000 readers. That’s pretty impressive.
Roschelle said:
Copyblogger and WritetoDone both ROCK! I’ve not visited the other three but I certainly appreciate the tips. I visit Copyblogger daily and always manage to take something motivational, inspiring, or instructional away from every single post. Brian uses guest bloggers quite a bit but makes it clear that some occasional tweaks are necessary by him and his team before the finished product is posted. Any blogger interested in taking your blog to the next level should make his site a daily read.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Roschelle –> Thanks for the reinforcement on that. CopyBlogger is definitely a great blog to follow. I agree with you whole-heartedly on that.
Gabe | freebloghelp.com said:
Excellent list. Writing copy is something that people should pay attention to. Bloggers, especially, should be striving to improve their writing skills constantly.
For many folks, to see how far you’ve come, you can go back only 20-30 posts and see how different your posts were back then.
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David | ilcantone.com said:
Gabe I totally agree with you. when we create an habit of writing our skills will improve over time. We should try to improve the quality of our work, practice makes perfect.
Ed Macauley said once: “When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.” Wow this is great, isn’t it? it’s really inspirational and motivating.
Regards
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Nicholas Cardot said:
David | ilcantone.com –> That is a great quote and it is so true. The people around you are working to become the best and if you are working harder than they are then they are going to get it and not you.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Gabe | freebloghelp.com –> That’s true. We are all constantly evolving and growing as writers and that is a good thing.
Blake @ Props Blog Reviews said:
Man.. Looking back to what I wrote to start with is kind of embarrassing. I can see how much I’ve progressed in just a few short weeks!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Blake @ Props Blog Reviews –> It’s good that you look at yourself like that and that you are working to keep growing.
Ron Leyba said:
Exactly right! The more we write, the more we improve. Its just a matter of practice and continuous improvement. Having a good writing style really takes time and a lot of patience.
Matt said:
All excellent blogs. Not enough bloggers actually focus on their writing, which is ridiculous. It’s not as fun as pushing your poorly written content to the masses via twitter, facebook, and digg I guess. Ha.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Matt –> It really is ridiculous. If content is king then why aren’t more people working on improving their content? People want success but they are willing to work for it.
Angie (Losing It and Loving It) said:
I have 3 out of the 5 in my Google Reader so I’ll be sure to check the other two out. Thanks!
I definitely need to work on improving my writing and adding more content to my websites and blog. I joined a writing challenge this week and said I would write 10 articles to submit within 45 days. Sure doesn’t sound like a lot but for me it is.
Content creation is my main focus for the next few months!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Angie (Losing It and Loving It) –> That sounds like a great challenge. I think that will help you a lot. Good luck with it. I hope that you’ll stop back by and let me know how it goes for you.
Teen Blogger said:
Great post.
Always willing to take a few tips to imporve my wrriting. Looks liek yuo gave some helpful resources. The more we write, the more we will improve.
Thanks.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Teen Blogger –> That’s true. Although writing is a great way to improve our writing (and I’ve written about that before) it also helps to be taking steps to learn new things about writing every day.
George Serradinho said:
thanks for the links to some of the sites. I only knew 2 of them. Nice to have other sources of helps and tips.
I guess I have some reading to do and hope to improve my writing a bit
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Nicholas Cardot said:
George Serradinho –> Absolutely. You’re welcome. We always need to be searching for resources and ways to grow our writing skills. I hope that they help you out a lot.
David said:
I have all five in my google reader and can honestly say that they all rock. I highly recommend them all.
Great post.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
David –> Good stuff! Thanks for the support. I have all five in my reader also!
Ron Leyba said:
I subscribed to copyblogger and mens with pens via email. I find their blog post helpful enough for me to read on daily basis, even before starting my work. I have to say that they are one of my inspirations in blogging.
King Sidharth said:
Err you forgot to include Site Sketch 101 in the list dude!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
King Sidharth –> Ha ha. Thanks. I figure that it’s just common knowledge that people should be following this blog!
chandan said:
All above blogger are maintaining their blog in nice way. Their writing are really very nice. I also try to improve my writing in every post.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
chandan –> That’s good. Keep on growing and improving. Don’t ever stop.
chandan said:
My one an only one target is to bring my blog top ten for keyword :”work at home” for which I am working hard.
Nicholas Cardot said:
chandan –> According to Google, there are over 2 million global searches for that phrase per month but the competition is also extremely strong. You are going to have to target a less saturated keyword or you are going to have to find a way to generate thousands and thousands of back links to your site using that keyword phrase.
chandan said:
Yes, right now I am targeting some different keyword like legitimate work at home, work at home opportunities etc. I know I have work hard for get rank for that keyword.
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Ron Leyba said:
It takes time and a lot of hardwork to be able to do that. But, as you can see, the prize of your hardwork and patience is really nice and sweet. Once you already reach the peak of your success, for sure, repeating the process wont be that hard.
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ZXT said:
Those blogs mentioned here are fantastic. The writings are really professional but in layman’s terms.
I never heard of these blogs except for copy blogger. Got to check them out more often.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
ZXT –> I love reading these blogs and I always go away smarter than I arrived at them. They’re always challenging and instructive.
Andini Rizky said:
My blog is only about a week old and I don’t blog in English but I like your blog for always giving me good direction. I just subscribed to all of the blogs mentioned. Thank you for sharing.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Andini Rizky » You’re welcome. Each of these sites will definitely help you with your writing and blogging.
Self Improvement said:
Thank you so much for these wonderful sites. The only one I knew was Copyblogger. I’ve been trying to find books on this subject but the websites are great. Now I know why you’ve been able to turn this into a high ranking blog so fast…it’s really useful!
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Garin Kilpatrick said:
Some great examples for sure. Students should check out the writing blog for students, http://blog.eduify.com! Thanks for the cool post, Cheers.
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