3. Decide Who You are Writing For
Just stop for a minute and consider what answer the reader is looking for. How can you answer the question in just two paragraphs or even one?
Can you put in a video or graph to give a better answer or links to authority site articles that have some extra information?
Think about how you like your answers structured or copy the structure of a favorite author.
4. Write a List of Subheadings
Take one or two points from each forum or ideas from authority articles and make them your subheadings. You want to cover every aspect of the questions in your post.
If a reader can find all the information in one place, then you can be higher on page one of Google and will draw more traffic to you.
5. Start with an Introduction Paragraph, include Your Title
This is just good writing. Don’t waffle on at the beginning of your blog. Cut to the chase! Just use 2 – 3 sentences to explain what you are going to answer and include your title keywords. You need to do this on every post as Google takes note.
Create a box to put your answer in so that it stands out or make it a list of points that you are going to use to answer the question. Google may even use it as a snippet.
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Lily
Marc
I'm like you so I too found it hard to write more than 500 words but over time I've improved. I've found that breaking the points down into headings and then writing concisely for each section really creates a 1500 word post very quickly.
Get stuck in and let me know how you go.
Lily
Just a question though, why so many internal links? As every time Jay gives a class, he says that just using one internal link and 1 external link is enough? I am a little confused now. Usually I do use more than 1 internal link though, but hardly 7.
Thanks!
When you think of your website content it is important to understand that you are trying to keep people on your website for longer and you can do this by giving them relevant information in your other posts.
i.e. a post about marketing might talk about creating an email list, you would then have an internal link to a post about an autoresponder.
This builds a network of links between your posts which tells Google that people see you as an authority in your niche. So it doesn't really matter how many internal links you put in, it's a personal choice. It won't harm your website.
Lily
After new posts age and there are other related posts added, they can be interlinked which results in more internal links..
The only question I have is around the amount of external and internal links, I'd be afraid that to many could be seem as scam. I only add more than one external link unless the article is a review. Am I wrong in doing this. Jim
I also add as many relevant internal links as I can, around 7 and when I look on my flowchart in GA people are clicking through.
Lily 😁🎶
