This is a question being asked by a lot of my subscribers and it’s refreshing to see a blog post made my Luis at http://www.topbusinessreviews.com. If you’re confused at what length to write your blog posts, then this blog post is definately for you.
In his recent post, Luis goes through the different type of niche blogs like “Smashing Magazine” and “TMZ.com” that apply long and short blog posts and exactly which ones may apply to your blog. A fantastic read if you’re a little confused.
You can read his post at http://www.topbusinessreviews.com
To your success,
DesDrec.
September 13th, 2008 at 11:42 am
That’s the old “how long is a piece of string” question!!!
I only needs to be as long – or as short – as you need to get the point across.
As in this post – short – asks the question and stimulates thought. What more can you want than that?
Unless you are providing the answer… in which case you might need to rave on for a little bit longer than 200 words
Cheers
Stephen
September 13th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
@Stephen, great point matey. I have the attention of a nat and rarley read long blog posts (especially when you’ve already got 10 windows open
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If your post is to educate, then a long blog post would probably be appropriate, but to stimulate interest, a short post is probably the way to go. In the IM industry we have more exposure to emails, sales letters, oto’s, front end, back end etc etc. To grab your prospect’s interest and keep it is extremely difficult.
DesDrec.
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Long or short, purpose, plan, target audience and result should be considered most.
May 24th, 2009 at 5:10 am
@yinka, you’re absolutely right. The target audience should always be considered most. Something we sometimes forget.