Writing a Powerful Blog Post in Less Than 2 Hours

You already know blogging is an effective marketing channel, but how do you find the time to write a blog post?

When I started blogging 7 years ago, it used to take me 4 to 5 hours to write a post. Since then, not only have I figured out how to write 1000 to 2000 word blog posts in under 2 hours, but I’ve figured out how to also improve the quality of my posts.

Here is the process you can use to write a post in less than 2 hours.

Blog on your passion

Blogging can be a chore, unless you are passionate about the topic. So first and foremost, pick a topic you are passionate about.

And don’t just pick a topic that you “think” you are passionate about. Pick one that you definitely know you’ll love. It has to be a topic that you love so much, that you constantly are trying to learn more about it.

Create a list

Now that you have a topic that you’re passionate about, create a list of all of the popular blogs in that space. You can easily do this by searching Technorati. If there aren’t too many popular blogs in your space, list out all of the blogs that are somewhat in your space and are popular.

Now that you have a list of all of the popular blogs, make sure you browse them once a week. When browsing them, look out for social buttons on each post that shows how many people either “tweeted” or “liked” the post. The higher the number the better.

Take the posts that have over 50 or 100 social shares and list them out in a spreadsheet. This whole process shouldn’t take you longer than 10 minutes. If it does, you are spending too much time on it.

Spin the title

The hardest part about blogging is coming up with a topic to blog about. But you don’t have to worry about this problem anymore.

Browse through your spreadsheet and continue to tweak around the headlines until you come up with a topic idea that you would want to blog on.

For example, in my spreadsheet, was this headline:

A Simple Plan for Writing One Powerful Piece of Online Content per Week

I found that headline on Copyblogger and it had over 1400 tweets. Because the Quick Sprout audience also likes topics about “blogging” and I myself am passionate about blogging, I thought I could spin that title. Here were my variations:

• A Simple Plan for Writing One Blog Post per Week
• A Simple Plan for Writing One Blog Post per Week in Less Than Two Hours
• A Simple Plan for Writing a Blog Post in Less Than Two Hours
• A Simple Plan for Writing a Powerful Blog Post in Less Than 2 Hours

As you can see, I kept on modifying the headline until I was happy with a variation. The fourth and last variation is one I liked, so I decided to go with it.

The process of spinning headlines shouldn’t take you longer than 10 minutes. You should be able to spin a headline at least once every 30 seconds. So over a course of 10 minutes, you should have at least 20 headlines.

Outline your post

Before you write your post, you should outline it. List out the main points you want to cover in your introduction, body and conclusion.

Once you have the main points you want to talk about in the body section, break them down into sub headings. In this post the sub headings are:

• Blog on your passion


• Create a list


• Spin the title


• Outline your post


• Fill in the details


• Edit, tweak, and massage


• Post and share


• Conclusion

Make sure you sub headings clearly describe what you are going to write about.

This section shouldn’t take you longer than 10 minutes. I know you may miss some details by being efficient with your time, but that’s ok. No blog post is ever perfect, so whatever points you have in your outline, just run with it.

Fill in the details

Now this is the longest section, but probably the easiest. Over the next 60 minutes you should be writing out what you want to talk about.

Don’t worry about making things perfect, or using correct spelling or grammar, just write. And if you happen to have writers block in one of the outlined sections, skip it and go back to it.

The key to “filling in the details” is to type as fast as possible, don’t fluff things up, and don’t correct any errors when you make mistakes while typing. And most importantly, don’t worry about trying to sound sophisticated through the use of fancy words… blog as if a 5^th grader was reading it.

Edit, tweak and massage

Now that you have your blog post, it’s time for you to polish it up.

1. Add or remove points – you want your blog posts to hit hard, so add any points that you feel will strengthen your post. And remove any points that aren’t too strong.


2. Add facts – with a few quick Google searches you should be able to back up the points you are making. Find some sites to link to that back up what you have to say. This will boost your credibility and help brand you as an expert in your space.


3. Improve the flow – if something isn’t easy to read, people won’t want to continue to read it. Make sure your blog posts are easy to read by using transitions.


4. Correct grammar and spelling errors – although this sounds like a useless step, it actually is really important. Errors can affect your credibility in a negative way. If you aren’t good at fixing your errors like me, have someone else proof read your blog posts. If you can’t find someone, read your post aloud as it will help you find the errors.

Editing, tweaking, and massaging, shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes.

Post and share

If you wrote your post within your blogging platform, great! If not, just copy and paste it over. Most blogging platforms have a “what you see is what you get editor”, so if you copy and paste your blog post over, it should keep all of your formatting.

But before you post your blog post, you need to add an image. You can find a creative commons image from Flickr.

Once your post is up, share it on your social accounts. Twitter and Facebook are two great places to start.

This process shouldn’t take you longer than 10 minutes

Conclusion

There you have it… you now are able to write a blog post in under 2 hours.

At first you probably won’t be able to do everything I mentioned above in 2 hours, but after you first few tries, you should be able to easily write a post within that time frame.

Do you know of any other ways to speed up the blog writing process?

SOME OF SIMPLE TACTICS TO EARN ONLINE

SELLING ONLINE

1.One effective way to earn some very nice cash online is by selling stuff over the Internet.

2. Perhaps you have heard about sites like Amazon and eBay. This is how it works:

You may have items that you do not need and no longer use but which can still be valuable to someone else.

You may also sell products that you have created through eBay and Amazon.

If you don't have any tangible, physical products to sell, how about getting involved in affiliate marketing wherein you can promote and sell other people's products and services and get paid for it? This is a personal favorite of mine.

WRITING WEB CONTENT

1. You can be a freelance writer or you can start your own blog. Many companies today are searching for skillful writers whom they can hire. You get commissioned to write for companies and get paid for your service.

2. blogging option, you may want to blog about things that you like and then make use of advertising services and avenues such as Google AdSense and the like. There are also people or businesses willing to pay you to blog for them, if you are a natural writer or just love writing this may work very well for you.

BECOMING A FREELANCER

1. you can also work from home as a web designer, programmer, video creator, link builder, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert, etc. If you have killer skills in any of those online jobs, you have a good chance of making money on the Internet successfully. It's time you turn your skills into cash.

WHY ? MAKING MONEY USEING THE INTERNET BECOME SO POPULAR

 Why ?  making money using the internet has become so popular . Some reasons listed in below :

1. Right job -- With the economy being as bad as it has been and still is there are people all over that are being laid off or fired from their jobs. Making money with the internet provides a solution and there is no way they can lose that money unless the quit themselves.
2. Pain of  boss -- This ties in with the first reason. A lot of people are getting tired of working for someone else. They want to be their own boss and determine how much money they can eanr and the internet makes this possible for anyone.
3. Mmore time with  family -- This is a huge reason for many people because working a job leaves little time for anything else. When you work at home and make money you can spend as much time as you want with your family.
4. Make more money as you want -- Did you know that you are the one that decides how much money you can make online? If you put in the time to build an online business of your own then you can start making as much money as you want.
5. Money Saving  -- You may not believe it but when you work at home you can save a lot of money. Since you won't be commuting back and forth to work every day, eating lunch out too much and other things, you will be able to save money on these things.
6. Always Freedom  -- When you work out of the comfort of your own home then you have a lot more freedom than a job allows. You get to decide how long you are going to work and when you are going to do it. Freedom is a big reason for many people.
These are the most important and common reasons why so many people everywhere want to make money online. Do any of these reasons sound like how you feel? If they do, then you may be ready to start using the internet to make money also.