Mind map: Best practices for writing an effective blog

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!