PB002: Write and Publish a List Post [Day 2 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

Today your challenge is to create a 'list post' for your blog Since I started blogging back in 2002 the 'list post' has always been a popular type of post for bloggers. While you may not want every post on your blog to have this format there's no doubt there are some definite advantages of using them from time to time. As I look at my most popular posts over the years on my blogs many of them would fit quite well into this category. So today I want you to create one. Here's what to do: Listen to today's episode (either here on the site or in iTunes or Stitcher) create and publish your list post on your blog please share a link to your newly published list post in comments below so we can see what you've done today check out some of the links other share, comment on and share the ones you enjoy the most In This Episode Here's what I cover in todays episode: 8 Reasons Why List Posts Work A Warning on List Posts 3 Types of List Posts to Try Writing on Your Blog Examples of List posts that I’ve written that might give you some ideas Examples of List Posts Mentioned in this Episode All of these examples come from my blog at Digital Photography School but please submit your own new list posts below and check out the examples others leave to see them applied in different niches/topics. 21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits (and the follow up '10 more tips...' post) 11 Surefire Landscape Photography Tips How to Make An Inexpensive Light Tent – DIY Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Women (and the followup series) How to Photograph Fireworks Displays DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers The 30 Most Popular DSLR Lenses with our Readers 10 Photography Quotes that You Should Know 100 Things I’ve Learned About Photography Also mentioned in this episode as a tool to check was Buzz Sumo. Welcome to ProBlogger podcast, episode 2 and day 2 of our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge. Today, I'll be talking to you about creating a list to post for your blog. But first, a quick word from our sponsor, 99designs, the best place for new businesses and bloggers to build their brands. If you're launching a new business or even a project off the side of your blog, 99designs is a great choice for quality design at an affordable price. Start your next design project at 99designs.com/problogger and get a $99 upgrade for free. Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi, this is Darren from ProBlogger. Welcome to day 2 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog where each day, I'll be sharing with you some tips on how to improve your blog and then challenge you to do something based upon those tips. Today, we're talking about list posts. List posts, as I look back on my blog, have been probably the best thing that I've ever done in terms of types of content. In fact, I just spent 15 minutes looking back over Digital Photography School's top posts, going right back to 2009 when I started and listed posts featured in the top 100 or so posts that I've written in terms of their traffic and very heavily. In fact, probably over half of the posts that I've written that feature that, that most-read post list would be list posts. I'll share some of them as examples with you in a moment. I just want to touch on why I think list posts are so important. There's a whole heap of them. Firstly, they're scannable. As you probably know, people are much more likely, when they're reading online, to scan content than to read it, or at least they'll scan through it first to see whether it's relevant to them. They might go back and read it or they might stop at different points to read, but they rarely just start reading and then get right through to the end.