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How Long Does a Blog Post Need to Be?

Image by Michael David Pedersen

Image by Michael David Pedersen

Does a blog post need to be thousands of words long, pre-empting every potential query?

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The Golden Rule of Blogging

Speak to your audience. Give your readers what they want. Keep it brief. Rule of three…

Yeah. Enlightening. You’ve heard all of that before, haven’t you? Hundreds of times. The closely guarded secrets of the superstar bloggers. Secrets so secretive, that you read them thirty times a week on sixteen different blogs.

Well if you’re expecting this all-new GOLDEN RULE OF BLOGGING to be something along those lines, you’re going to be surprised. Because here’s something that’s 99% certain not to have been featured on Copyblogger.
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How Not to Get a Comment Approved

I’m fine with people leaving comments here because they want a link, so long as they contribute to the conversation. However, if you’re just copy and pasting from a generic template, you’re not getting added.

If you copy and paste in your multiple choice template and forget to delete as applicable, you won’t get a link and I may take the mickey slightly.

“Love it, it’s {sites|posts|web sites|blogs| like this that makes the internet|net so awesome|good|great”

Cheers for that chief. Filling the Net with crap, one comment at a time.

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Are Your Calls to Action Strong Enough to Stop Rampaging Leeds Fans?

Image by Andrew Nattan

Image by Andrew Nattan

Picture the scene. From 1-0 down, and with ten men, Leeds United have snatched an unlikely victory from the jaws of defeat. And with it, promotion. A decade of unrelenting misery, two relegations, three play off defeats and an unprecedented points deduction wiped away with a deft flick of Jermaine Beckford’s outstretched boot.

The fans are ecstatic. The terraces are shaking, and the masses are bearing down on the ten men whose lung-bursting efforts have made this possible. A thin orange line of stewards is parted by sheer force of numbers, and the only thing between the thousands of revellers and the hallowed Elland Road turf is a video screen displaying a message.

“Please Keep Off The Pitch”

Is there any wonder that the grass is covered by a mass of leaping, singing fans, hoisting a half-naked Andy Hughes to shoulder height?

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