Comments on: Shattering The Myth of Short Posts http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Avanade.Employees.JoeF.Blog::Title : On Writing http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-184220 Avanade.Employees.JoeF.Blog::Title : On Writing Wed, 09 May 2007 05:34:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/#comment-184220 [...] I did some research on writing tips today and found a couple of good articles on problogger.net.  The first article contains a list of ten principles to follow when writing entries.  Some of the author's suggestions were good, such as making your opinion known in few words, editing your post for errors, and keeping your style consistent.  However, some, such as "link like crazy" seemed a little more context specific (for example, if I'm blogging what happened throughout the day, I'm probably not going to have a ton of references).  I completley disagree with his suggestion to limit posts to 250 words (read more here): some topics warrant longer discussion to get the point across and have your audience understand.  In all, however, this article was fairly helpful, although it does contain some humorous typos. [...] [...] I did some research on writing tips today and found a couple of good articles on problogger.net.  The first article contains a list of ten principles to follow when writing entries.  Some of the author’s suggestions were good, such as making your opinion known in few words, editing your post for errors, and keeping your style consistent.  However, some, such as “link like crazy” seemed a little more context specific (for example, if I’m blogging what happened throughout the day, I’m probably not going to have a ton of references).  I completley disagree with his suggestion to limit posts to 250 words (read more here): some topics warrant longer discussion to get the point across and have your audience understand.  In all, however, this article was fairly helpful, although it does contain some humorous typos. [...]

]]> By: jackdavid http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-177746 jackdavid Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:02:18 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/#comment-177746 its very good can u tell me more about it. its very good can u tell me more about it.

]]> By: Dave C. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-177650 Dave C. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:11:16 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/shattering-the-myth-of-short-posts/#comment-177650 I agree completely, Tony. If long posts were less successful than short posts, Steve Pavlina would have stopped blogging a long time ago. I firmly believe that quality writing and content is the key to success. I think breaking pieces up into easily consumable bits, similar to this very post, makes it easier on the eyes and more likely to to be read all the way through. I also believe the journalistic style of 1. say what you're going to say, 2. say it, and 3. say what you said, makes perusing a lot easier for people. Get to the point quick so people know right away what you're discussing. That way they don't feel like they need to read the entire post if it's not a priority for them. I agree completely, Tony. If long posts were less successful than short posts, Steve Pavlina would have stopped blogging a long time ago. I firmly believe that quality writing and content is the key to success. I think breaking pieces up into easily consumable bits, similar to this very post, makes it easier on the eyes and more likely to to be read all the way through.

I also believe the journalistic style of 1. say what you’re going to say, 2. say it, and 3. say what you said, makes perusing a lot easier for people. Get to the point quick so people know right away what you’re discussing. That way they don’t feel like they need to read the entire post if it’s not a priority for them.

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