8 Posts That Teach You How to Write Great Blog Content

Content is King, don’t forget that. That’s what determines if people will come back, sign up for your feed, or if they’ll even read your blog to begin with. With it being such an important aspect of blogging, it’s imperative that you read and learn as much as you can about it.

I’ve put together 8 posts that share tips and tricks to help you write blog posts, correctly.

A List Apart: How to Write a Better Weblog

At a List Apart, Dennis Mahoney outlines great ways to write good blog content. Dennis looks at proper writing structure, and how to make your sentences concise and to the point. The article also covers how to offer something new, and how to offer something unique.
Problogger: How to Write Excellent Blog Content

Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger is the premier site for blogging information, and how-to’s. In this post, Rowse looks back on his meager beginnings and points out things he wish he knew when he started. Darren posted 5 main points and then highlights comments from the blog that give great advice.
Problogger: Ten Tips for Writing a Blog Post

This post was not written by Darren, but instead is a Guest Post by Lyndon from Frockblog. The post creates a list of tips for writing a blog post, and is easy to read and understand. The points are not the most unique but it’s nice to have them all in one spot.
Frugal Marketing: How to Write Killer Blog Posts

On Frugal Marketing, this blog post outlines all the major parts of a good article. It also covers how to link properly, write good comments, and creates a step by step guide to writing a good blog.
Seth Godin: How to Write a Blog Post

Seth is a great marketer, and he’s mastered the idea that less is more. In this short post, he outlines 8 tips in 9 lines. Godin also goes on to link to an example blog post.
Guy Kawasaki: Blog versus Book – How I Write My Blog Entries

Guy is an exceptionally bright writer, and in this post he imparts a lot of his wisdom and experience. This is a nice post because he speaks about issues with reusing content.
Copyblogger: Mr. Spock Guide to Effective Blogging

Brian Clark of Copyblogger writes great posts but this guest post by Sonia Simone is absolutely amazing. Sonia explains how to logically write great content. One of the best parts of this post is when she explains how to appeal to emotion.
Jakob Nielsen: Write Articles, Not Blog Postings

Useit.com’s Jakob Nielsen has written, what I think, is the most comprehensive and useful article explaining how to make good content. The in-depth articles outlines one way to write good blog posts, and if you read other articles by Jakob, you’ll find the usability guide by him useful.