Keith Goodrum

Content is King online plain and simple. Putting up good content on a regular basis gets the search engines attention real fast.  It is one of the traffic tactics that gets left off most lists.

I know some folks would argue with this. They say that putting up a lot of content with no traffic is a waste of time. And to a point they are right. If you drive a ton of traffic to a site with no content… you’ll have 1st time visitors. But will they return? Probably not.

Content and Traffic go hand in hand. You need both to have a thriving blog.

Creating content can be tough, and one of the drawbacks of blogging.  Writing posts is time consuming especially if you don’t have a plan to follow.  One way to do this is by writing posts that other bloggers have found to be popular and easy to write.

I’ve seen lists with as many of 25 or more types of blog posts you can write.  I’ve narrowed my list to 5 my favorite types of posts.  I like these types of posts because they are easy to write., and when it’s easy to do I’m more likely to get it done…

1. Lists or tips posts – This is a popular type of post. Can be a list of tips, or a resource list. People like to read lists because they can get to the information quick. This is an example of a list post.

2. Comment posts – Let’s say you are writing a comment on another blog. You find that your comment is a couple hundred words long. Instead of adding a long comment why not expand it a little and post it to your blog? This is one I wrote in February: Are Questions The Answer In Your Copy?

3. Rant posts – Want to get something off your chest? Is something bugging you? Well then write a post about it… You’ll find this is an easy post to write. Especially when you are a little riled up. Here is a good example of a rant post from Michel Fortin titled: The Real Sinister Side of Forced Continuity

4. Interview posts – One of my most popular posts is An Interview With Copywriter Stephen Dean. Good part about this post is I only had to write the questions & opening paragraph.

5. Meme posts – Some one writes a post about their favorite books or movies. Then they ask readers to make a blog post about the same. This is fun to write. Here is one in response to Ryan Healy’s meme: 9 Books That Influenced Me The Most…

It’s informative to read lists, but the real question is… What are you going to do with this information?

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