One of the advantages of writing the leading blog in any particular niche is the fact that people come to you first with really interesting and cool things. A case in point:

After I published my mind map of 100+ awesome blog post ideas, Paul Hobcraft contacted me with a cool mind map he has created that contains a categorized list of  best practices for being a top-notch blogger (PDF). It looks like he has taken some of the best tips and techniques from a number of sources and assembled the best ones in visual form, categorized by topic to make them easier to use.

Paul’s map contains 10 main sections:

• The BIG idea
• The headline
• What IS quality content?
• Different approaches where possible
• Add images
• Opening paragraphs
• Authoritative content
• Answer your own key questions
• Your needs to do (what you need to be mindful of when actually writing content for your blog)
• The special needs of team blogs

If you write a blog or contribute to one on a regular basis, I recommend that you print out this valuable mind map and post it somewhere visible in your writing area – so you can utilize it as a touchpoint when you sit down to write articles.

Thanks for sending this resource to me, Paul!

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