How To Write A (Good) Blog Post

Let’s deconstruct how to write a good blogpost:

These 5 points are the basics of a good blogpost.

No matter how much you write, one of these areas of the blogpost can always improve. I believe we should always strive to better our product, no matter what form it takes. I’m an information junkie and love to read great posts, and I’m always trying to improve by learning how to put together great advice from experts and make it my own.

1. That first one, the catchy headline, is always a challenge. Try reading Copyblogger’s advice
2. Appropriate photos can be a challenge, but with an iPhone and Camera+ app, and Instagram, the process starts to improve. Photos with a Sony digital camera and photo editing were a very time and effort consuming process. Now it is easier with a recent version of your phone. (see updated advice below)
3. Remember basic rules of writing a good essay? Those apply to the first paragraph, the introduction. Make it controversial, or make it something generally agreed upon, then introduce your topic and what the reader can hope to find in your post.
4. This has to do with the format of the page. Break it up into easy to digest pieces, divide with heading, hand out bulleted lists. I am still working on this.
5. Try reading the post out-loud. Does it seem choppy? Hard to understand? Abrupt transitions? If it is hard to tell, try printing out the entire post to work on, this extra work would be important for cornerstone content that you wish to have as “evergreen” posts that will draw readers time and time again.

Evergreen Posts

these are topics that people perpetually desire to read (hence the “evergreen” label). Instead of season holiday or subject lines like “Back to School”, Health, finance, and beauty continually draw interest.

Heading Reminders

Headings ought to be in order: H1 is the title, H2 is the next main topic, and H3 will line up under the H2, etcetera.

Created a catchy illustration in Canva. Could be used as the feature photo, at the beginning or end of post, as well.

How to Edit a Good Blogpost

1. Read through your content before posting. Make sure you have enough of the written word to give the necessary information and that your thought process is easy to follow.

Rearrange paragraphs and sentences if necessary. Keep learning to write better. Lots of advice is available.

Continue editing by following these next steps:

The Next Most Important Points For Good Blogposts

• Check Your Spelling
• Check the Grammar and Punctuation
• Edit Your Writing
• Use White Space, Reduce Clutter

After you have written a post, it is time to edit, revise, spellcheck, and improve sentence structure making sure the punctuation is properly used to best advantage.

Another helpful online app is called “Hemingway”. Try that out.

This and most programs now utilize AI. For some editors, within WordPress, or in browsers, AI is quite simple to use. It may take some getting use to in other applications, but it is time to get some practice with prompts that will give the desired outcome.

The AI Caveat

You might be tempted to just let the machine write everything for you. But this will not give your blog the identity you desire. In case you think this won’t matter: the future for writers will not be in spitting out info, it will be in the imprint of their own personal creativity.

So far, the AI content can seem meaningless and generic. Where it will go? That is yet to be seen. For now, use the tools to check your work, to act as an editor, to do jobs for which you need other’s expertise.

My Weak Spots

For writing a good blogpost, yours may be different. But watch out for these writing faults:

I do play fast and loose with this at times, but I used to go over my work repeatedly correcting mistakes, and still do when I have the time. It is far better to look twice before pushing the publish button.

People have given me helpful info on times that I have overlooked proper spelling or written in an obscure manner. I wish I had more input! If you have a friend or colleague who will help you edit, treasure that person.

Updating Blogpost Good Writing Advice in 2025

The above information has proven to be classic. I would still follow each point to create a good blogpost.

Adding some catchy or illustrative graphics are an all-important edition to a topnotch blogpost. One of the most useful apps has been Canva. It now requires a premium membership fee, but is worth it. You can make sizes for social media easily inside the app. Need free? Use something like Unsplash for that.

To improve SEO I depend on  the Yoast SEO plugin for my WordPress sites. It is free. Writers are still dependent on Google for getting an audience, and SEO helps.

…Resuming the original post…

Perhaps you would improve with the use of an editor app or program. I have used Scrivener and Evernote, although I’m slow to learn how to coordinate everything.
A successful blogger I know used Scrivener and other helps, and I am trying to follow his lead in becoming more effective.

In sum, although there may be an infinite number of tweaks and improvements we may make, these are the core components of good blogposts.

One Last Thing

I have been seeking to improve my blogs and one thing that keeps coming up:

Include a Call to Action

This is a “marketing term”, but it has become a widespread inclusion in the summary of a post. The idea is that the reader gets involved with either being asked to comment, “like”, or sign up for the newsletter (don’t have one? More on that in the future.)

I have started to do this. So, please sign up for my garden newsletter… it is more than gardening.