Have you always wished maybe as a beginner to create posts that go viral, generate thousands of traffic, lots of comment and shares and drive many sales? To do these discover from my expert tips on how to write a perfect blog post as a beginner.

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How to Write a Perfect
Blog Post
12 EXPERT TIPS FOR ALL BEGINNERS

2. If you intend to beat your competitor in the search
result, get the ideal followers/customers and fulfilled
your desired CTA (Call To Action), you cannot afford
the mistake of choosing the wrong keyword.
Keywords help you in telling search engines
(Google/Pinterest), what you want your blog post to
rank for in search result.
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3. Jot Down and
Outline Vital
Points
Likewise, when I was in school we were always
advised by our teacher to make sure we jot down or
highlight important points when reading our
notebook or textbook and summary vital point after
reading.
This is also applicable to you when you intend to
come up with a perfect blog post, most especially
when you are in the research stage.
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4. I prefer typing my content directly in my WordPress
dashboard, this saves me the stress and time of
copying the content after typing.
In case you are not really that fast with typing on a
keyboard, you can also leverage Google Doc Voice
Typing but will require you to be good in spoken English
which implies that it will be a great advantage if you are
a native English speaker.
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5. Grab Your
Readers’
Attention With the
Perfect Intro
Make use of Questions
Narrate a simple and engaging story relating to
the topic of discourse
Giving your readers comprehensive stat at the
beginning of your post
The question is how do I make my audience read my
first and second sentence and give them lasting
taste to read others?
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6. Making use of "You and I".
Take it one person at a time.
Think in such a way that it is only one that is
reading your blog post whereas thousands could
access the post at the same time.
Write like you are engaging in a one on one
conversation with someone.
Make your blog post more relational.
Let your readers feel as if you are talking face to face
with them.
How do you do this?
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7. Make It Skimmable
Use relevant sub-headings
Stick to short sentence and paragraph
Use Bullet Point where necessary
According to OptinMonster recent update on blogging
statistics, they specify that 43% of people are guilty of
skimming through a blog post.
So how do you deal with this, to make your content
skimmable for readers to get quick access to the
information they are looking for?
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8. There is a popular saying that an image speaks thousands of
words and blog post with an image get 94% more views than a
post that does not.
While 71% of blogger has adopted the use of image in their
content marketing strategies.
The power of an image in a post can never be underestimated.
It gives your audience the sensory and practical experience of
what you have been trying to explain to them.
You can get free stock images at Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay and
so on.
Use Edible Images to Increase
Visual Engagement
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9. Sign up to your email list
Leave a comment
Share your blog post
Rate your post
Buy your recommended product
You need to create a blog post with purpose and to do that you need to
convince your reader to take an action.
This require you to include a compelling CTA in your post.
So what action could you ask your readers to carry out?
For your CTA to be more effective it is better to stick to one course of
action, to avoid readers distraction.
Include a Compelling Call to
Action (CTA)
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10. Add a Correlating
Featured Image
Feature image is the image that is been fetched
by social platform whenever your link to that
particular post is being shared.
To have a high Click Through Rate (CTR), make
sure this image is catchy and well-designed.
There is high percent that it is the first image you
will see when reading a post.
You can use tool like Canva to design your
images.
And always make sure the image goes in line
with the topic or depict the message passed
across in the post.
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11. Add a Focus Keywords, SEO title and Meta description
Optimize your Slug (URL)
Include Keywords in your Heading
Include keywords in your content body and other similar keywords.
Add alt text to images and include keywords in images name.
Content should not be less than 300 words but long-form articles of
1000 words and above tend to do well when it comes to SEO.
To drive traffic, you need to up your SEO game by optimizing your blog
post both On-page and Off-page.
For those running WordPress as their blogging platform, you can start
your SEO journey by installing the plugin called Yoast SEO.
For Quick Recap-
Optimize Your Blog Post
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12. To correct any wrong spelling
Edit long sentences and prune unnecessary sentence in long
paragraphs
Add other relevant points that were omitted subconsciously
Scorch your content for any plagiarism.
Determine that you have used the right tone throughout the
post.
The next step for you is to read through your contents slowly and
word for word.
Why?
Proofread Your Post for Any Spelling
Error
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13. I will implore you to allow your blog post to rest for a
day, in case you have any new idea you want to add to
your content.
Another area that you need to take serious is the time
you want blog post, as perfect as your post can be, if
you don't push out your content at the right time, you
will probably end up being the only one to read your
article.
Always watch out for when your audience do interact or
engage more with your post.
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14. Quick
Overview
KEY POINTS
Choose and research for the perfect keyword.
Jot down and outline vital points
Start typing your blog post
Grab your readers' attention with the perfect into
Be conversational
Make it skimmable
Use edible images to increase readers
engagment
Include a compelling call to attention
Add a correlating featured image
Optimize your blog post
Proofread your post for any spelling error
Publish at the right time of the day
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