While the aim of a blogger and journalist is not the same, the writing skills should be, this is why bloggers should also be aware of the essential elements they are to use in blogs. A persuasive lead is the crucial element in your content. You need to keep a grip on the readers, and you can do this by stimulating either humor, curiosity or even by stirring the readers’ attention.

Here is a provocative sentence that will stimulate any reader: “How would you feel if you woke up one morning and found another man in your bed instead of your husband?”

A sentence like this will definitely attract female readers, although it is only an example of how much a sentence can have an impact on readers.
When you write content, a passive voice can be less forceful than an active one. This means that instead of writing “The designing process was developed by David and John” it has more character if you rephrase the sentence as, “David and John developed the designing process.”

Positive sentences are always better, that is instead of phrasing your sentence as “he doesn’t need much help with his design” write it down like this, “he needs little help with his design.” This simple technique will enhance the content and render it more positive.

Do not neglect your punctuation, grammar and spelling, which are necessary attributes for all good writers. Not many readers will bother considering the veracity of misspelled content. A well-written article free from mistakes speaks for itself.

Checking the spelling of your text and having it proofread by someone else is essential if you want the content to be perfectly comprehensible and to have the wished for impact on readers.

The importance of verifications seems to be neglected on much of the web content. Information should be verified beforehand before it is published. While it is true that bloggers do not have such strong obligations as opposed to journalists, but if you wish to prove you have a reliable blog, you should double check all the information you post online.

Unique content is the key to success for a blogger. Who wants to know about issues that have been already written about and that can be seen elsewhere? The best way to avoid plagiarism is to avoid copying other people’s work as much as you can. Give your opinion on a subject and research it more carefully. This will not only be satisfying for you as a blogger but it will also contribute to providing new information sources for Internet readers.

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Almost Perfect Blogger

Runs his blog, almost perfectly.  He follows the ideals of what blogging initially set out to do.  To share information with readers about a certain topic.  His mission is to supply interesting, important, and relevant information.  He writes his information in a way that allows the reader to form their own opinion with respect to his advice.   He has no hidden agenda, is not trying to make easy money or sway anyone’s opinion.  His readers can count on him to upgrade his blog regularly, with useful tips and strategies.   He is very anal about his blog and spends a lot time working on it.  He enjoys being useful to his readers.

Paris Hilton

In this blogger’s universe, they are the only one that matters and everything is all about them. They have no interest in providing anything useful to the reader.  In fact, they don’t really care if anyone reads it.  It is simply a means for them to write about whatever they feel like talking about.

Their topics are not even remotely enlightening and are mostly self-sacrificing.  Surprisingly, though, they do have an audience.  However, if the reader were asked why they read it, they probably would not have a definitive answer.  Similar to how people paid attention to Paris, for no reason.

The Content Thief

This blogger may be a good writer, but is lazy and not really interested in blogging,  They are only looking for notoriety and don’t want to actually work for it.  They search the internet looking for the latest story that they know will get a lot of searches.  Then they creep around the internet stealing content from other blogs.  Then they tweak it a bit and post it as if it were their own.

They can be successful with this for a little while.  But it is only a matter of time before people catch on.

Nancy Grace

This blogger has an opinion, wants to share it, and has no interest in whether or not the reader has one.  Once they get on a topic of interest to them, they rarely stop writing about it.  While their words are well-written, they do not feel the need to go into great detail about anything.   Persuading the reader to agree with their opinion is all that matters to them.

No topic is open for discussion or debate, ever.   After a while, the reader gets bored.  Unless, of course, they agree with every word.

The reasons why people blog are varied.  One has to wonder why some even bother, but it is a free internet.  Perhaps having an avenue to speak their mind, knowing that others may one day read it, is their way to feel connected.

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