There is no single route in writing a blog post. We should always try to mix different type of blog post to intrigue and maintain the interest of our readers.
I have tried writing various type of post here as well as finding out some others while visiting blogs. I have compiled a list of it based on my observations and you can compare and see how many types you have used in your blog. If there is some that i miss, appreciate you leaving a comment and add to the list.
Type Of Blog Post
1. List Post
I am a fan of list posts. I love reading list post and i like to write about it as you can see in this post. It’s easily scannable and thus much more easier to consume for anyone. Having a comprehensive list post can go viral easily and it also contributes to the ease of writing.
Examples:
13 Details You Should Have Done To Enhance Your Blog
10 Tips To Become A Better Blogger in 2011
2. “How To” Articles
Post that teaches and educates is a good way to share your knowledge with others. Detail steps and instruction help readers how to do something. “How to” articles can be timeless. People are always searching the web on how to do something. They will come across your article if it ranks well on search engines.
Examples:
How To Create A Sticky Blog Post To Glue Your Visitors
How To Increase Your Productivity By Blogging Smarter
3. Interview
So far i have only done one interview. Interview other bloggers not only provide a new perspective to your readers, it also foster the relationship between you and the blogger you interview. You are also tagging on the other party traffic sources as most of the time he/she will post the news in his/her blog.
My only interview so far:
Interview: Patricia Millman, Founder of Best Site On All Things Lavender
4. Ask Your Readers Question
Asking your readers question is a great way to gather feedback. You may like to check with them what improvements your blog should have or any comments on the new design if you are planning to have one etc. It actually encourages involvement and your readers will feel at home when he feels he is contributing to your progress.
Examples:
Comment or Retweet: Which Do You Prefer?
What Do You Like/Don’t Like ABout Findmyblogway?
5. Call to Action
Call to action post is useful when you want your reader to do something. You write a post about it and invite them to take action. I have written two call to action post in this blog. If you want people to do something, don’t be shy to ask for it.
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6. Blogs Recommendation
In any niches you are in, most likely you are not the only one blogging in your niche. You are actually competing for the same traffic with other bloggers in your niche but competition is not so defining in blogging. There is a lot of benefits when you do a post and recommend other blogs to your readers. Bloggers whom you recommend will appreciate your generosity and tend to return the favor one day. Your readers will also appreciate the fact that you are recommending blogs that are helpful to them.
My links on other blogs:
50 Great Blogs That You Should Read And Subscribe
7. Traffic/Income Report
Traffic/income report is getting popular. Bloggers like Pat Flynn and Corbett Barr sharing their income and traffic report. I am not earning any penny here in Findmyblogway but i tend to share the traffic that this blog has. Even though some bloggers has been talking about social proof, meaning you should have a huge amount of visitors before you share the stats but it doesn’t bother me at all. My monthly visitors average at 700-800 visitors per month. The traffic is not big i know. My main purpose is to bring out this reality, you have to be extra hardworking and put in more effort if you want huge traffic. I am just too lazy 
. Recently i have stopped posting my traffic report because i have switch to GetClicky on my traffic analytics. I will resume my traffic report in June.
My most recent traffic report:
Findmyblogway Traffic Report For February
8. Compilation Of Views By Other Bloggers
I like to ask other bloggers take on different blogging topics that i can think of. The inspiration bloggers tips series is one that i have posted based on different views given by other bloggers. I stopped it for few months and i will ask again to bring you another inspiration bloggers tips post next week. Please wait for my email, dear friends.
Past inspirational bloggers tips posts:
14 Inspirational Bloggers Sharing Their Unique Views On Make Money Mindset
9 Inspirational Bloggers Sharing What Attracts Them To Become A Subscriber
9. Personal Experiences
Personal experiences can have nothing to do with your niche. You are sharing what you have encounter in your life , be it good or bad ones. Our visitors are our listeners too. Recently i talked about how lose balance between blogging and family. I am touched by the response and the support given to me at that time. Your personal experiences can be a good source for your post ideas.
Here is the post:
Daddy, Can You Please Off Your Computer?
10. Review Post
Writing a product review increase your chances of earning a commission if you are the affiliate. Investment has to be made when you are blogging. Ebooks, courses, premium themes, premium plugin or any other tools. It’s always advisable to write a review based on you have physically use it and have a good understanding on it. Not too much investment from me so far but i have written one product review as you can see below. The other is a review on Blokube the social voting site.
Improve Your Writing – The Copywriting Scorecard For Bloggers By Problogger
Blokube – 3 Strategies to Maximize Its Benefits
11. Link Post or Weekly Roundup
Weekly roundup or post linking to other bloggers post has the same effect of compilation of views by other bloggers. As a blogger, not only you are writing in your own blog but you are surfing the net and learning from other bloggers as well. Each week you may come across good articles which you feel oblige to share with your readers.
I have not been doing a roundup post as i don’t surf many blogs and have limited post for sharing. I only visit those blogs that i am familiar with though i always take an effort to link some great articles in my post. However, i am going to do a weekly roundup post soon as i believe there are readers who may not be visiting some of the blogs that i read. I should not take things for granted.
12. Rant Post
So far there is nothing for me to rant about. But a constructive rant post is able to promote comments and discussion. I have seen other bloggers rant about products they use or even bloggers they dislike. As long as it is not personal attack on anybody, rant post is a good way to voice out your displeasure and frustration. One blogger who i admire is Brankica who just won the traffic generation contest. She once wrote a post on the worst product she ever used. Just look at the comments in her post. 134 in total. Have you done any rant post yet?
13. Interlink Your Old Post
It’s very common to include some of your old post in your current post to make your blog more sticky. If you have been blogging for a long period, there is a tendency some of your old post will be lying in the dust. Time to time you can find ways to write a post solely introducing some of your post in your archives to your readers especially new ones. This is exactly what i am doing now.
14. Case Studies
As far as this type of post concern, Glen Allsopp is the king of case studies. This is a post based on your testing and evaluation. After the evaluation is done, you are sharing the end results with your readers and your personal thoughts on how to make it better. This is something that this blog is lacking of and i need to work harder on that aspect. What about you? How many case studies have you done before?
I believe i have covered more than enough. Podcast and video are not included as this post is mainly focus on writing.
What else do you think i have missed?
Please leave a comment to add on to the list.
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How to post are always best as it excites your loyal readers plus it also get noticed by new visitors specially who is looking for it. I mean it attracts targeted traffic.
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Hi Anu,
“How to” post is one of the most popular and people are always searching how to do something. You are right about targeted traffic. This is what people here for.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
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I feel interview post are great. As you get the loyal reader of the interviewee and plus you get reputation as well.
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Hi Riya,
I should do more on interviews. I like my visitors to learn from different bloggers.
Thanks for the added point.
Lye
Hi Lye
I love the way you have written this post with great examples from posts you have published, given your readers posts to click over to learn how you have done it.
Must admit I enjoy reading interviews, especially if it being introduced to someone I haven’t yet met. And even if it’s a blogger I know, get to know a little more about them too.
Thanks for sharing with us Lye. Great read.
Patricia Perth Australia
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Hi Pat,
While i was preparing this post, never realized i have written so many different type of post.
Talking about interviews, many thanks to you being the first blogger to accept my interview and the heavy promotion on it.
Thanks for dropping by.
Lye
Y’know, I’ve been noticing the growing popularity of the income/traffic reports that bloggers are posting. For a while, I thought that maybe, if there was money being made on a blog then it was part of the law to report it publicly, but then I saw it was just a thing that was becoming popular. But it makes things very interesting, and adds a level of participation for the reader. That tends to create that sense of ownership that the pro bloggers talk about. If a reader feels that a brand is “theirs” in a way, then they tend to do more to promote and ensure its success.
Pretty fantastic!
Delena
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Hi Delena,
Income reports are popular because people wants to know the secret behind the success. Ultimately this is a big part of reason why they are blogging in the first place.
If people can learn something out of it, it’s a good way of showing your authority too.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Getting traffic is easy, but to reduce bounce rates you have got to have catchy appeal and a variety of content for the users to chew on. This article indeed has stressed out the important aspect of content richness and has hierarchially provided the details to achieve that.
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Hi James,
Never thought of the bounce, so many thanks for added it on. Appreciate your comments.
Lye
Hi Lye,
That’s a great summarization of the choices available to the blogger. My primary criteria is what fascinates me rather than demand and what creates the most amount of traffic.There are some blog topics (e.g. how to increase blog traffic) that are hot and will generate a high number of viewers but many wouldn’t feel compelled to write about it. Good post! I’m going to save it in case I get smarter in my old age. LOL
Riley
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Hi Riley,
Indeed, whatever what type of posts we publish, our main aim is to generate as much traffic as we can. I am glad you think this post is helpful.
Thanks a lot for the support and comments.
Lye
Hi Lye,
I am totally agree with you about writing different type of blogs which can generate interest in the readers which can generate more traffic towards your blog. Writing Interesting blog post such like your requires special skills.
Thanks for sharing such great post!
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Hi James,
It’s always great to try out different styles and out which intrigue the most. You wouldn’t have know what your readers want if you never try.
Well, i love to do list post and it’s a lot of enjoyment. Glad you like it.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Great list Lye!
Seriously buddy, you have covered some gold here, and I for one will come back next time I need something fresh and can’t think how I want to deliver it.
Nice title too btw, had me intrigued
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Hi Alex,
Thanks buddy, regarding the title i think you are the king, should have ask you to think a better headline.
You have covered various different styles of blog post yourself and glad you are able to get new ideas out of this post.
Thanks for dropping by.
Lye
Hi Lye,
Great post!
What about a post type like debate? This is where you ask a question from two bloggers and they share their own views on the topic. For example Think Traffic hosted this kind of debate with Pat Flynn and Everett Bogue some months ago.
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Hi Timo,
Great idea, i haven’t try that and this is surely a great way of listening to two different views and choices.
Thanks for the added point.
Lye
Hi Lye,
This is a great list of topics. I have found myself writing almost all of these types of posts. I would add that I enjoy writing a story post on occasion. I separate this from the personal experience post as I enjoy getting creative sometimes and I will do a fun fictional story to try and capture the reader’s imagination. These are great fun and sometimes they can be quite popular.
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Hi Richard,
Personal stories are one type of post that can touch peoples heart. Personal stories always bring out a personal touch and we feel close to that. Thus it can be very popular.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
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Lye,
I did a blogging rant once. It was titled: Blogs aren’t free rant. It was after my second month of blogging I was getting really frustrated with everything.
It felt good since I like to get things off of my chest.
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Hi Justin,
A constructive rant can be popular at times and that’s not bad after all.
Thanks for dropping by.
Lye
Just when I was thinking what works best. Even though I have a personal blogs, what works best for me is list posts. Maybe people find it easier to read and they get the main points about what the author wants to say. Blog recommendations also work well, people want to know other bloggers and connecting with them forms a sense of community. Totally enjoyed the post. I should try out some of the above mentioned idea!
Have a nice day!
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Hi Hajra,
Whatever niche we are in, we can still try out different type of blog post to keep the interest of our readers.
Glad you enjoy the post. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
Thanks for the list! I’ve been thinking on a topic for a new blog and your list gave me plenty of more ideas. After reading your list, I’m leaning toward the “list”.
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Hi Andrew,
Welcome to the blog. I am glad you are able to take some ideas out of this post. In fact list post is my all time favorites. Most visitors also like to consume list post more than other types. I wish you well on your new blog.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
I hate list post! But i can’t do nothing about it, whenever i see one i have to read it. It’s an evil technique, that’s why i also use it on some of my blogs. The best thing about list posts is that there are never enough of them. You can make a list post every day for two weeks and people will still be coming in to read.
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Hi Antonia,
I guess maybe its over flooded, that’s why you hate them. But it still the most popular type of post people will read and write. You can’t get enough of the sight for list post.
Thanks for sharing your views.
Lye
There are lots of topics to be written in your blog. But the most important thing is to write an at least interesting blog. You really have to hit your target audience. It is a must for a blog to have a good quality articles.
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Hi Adrian,
Quality article can’t be compromise. That’s our bread and butter. Without it, our blog will die.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Hi,
Over the years i’ve used most of those types, if not all, but i find it better to stick to only a hand of them because too many post types can eventually confuse your regular readers. Some diversity is good, but in moderation.
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Hi Martin,
That’s a great point. I believe we should write the type of post that gives us the best results.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Great advice, I totally agree that anyone can become a great writer. I think the two most important lessons for anyone wanting to improve their writing are:
1) Read More. I’ve definitely noticed that in my own life, the more I read, the more I get in tune with what good writing is supposed to look like and my writing improves.
2) Start a Journal. A place to record your non-published thoughts. I have a journal dating back to 2008 with over 225,000 words. But that has easily led to much better results when I go to write an article.
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Hi Zarah,
These two are two good ways to improve our writing indeed. 225,000 words. That’s pretty awesome. How many books you have written? Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the idea and comment.
Lye
The type of blog posts you write are critical in determining the people who visit your site. If you write on topics that are interesting and you also use inviting topics then your site will definitely get more visitors.
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