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Is A Series of Posts based on 1 TOPIC effective?
Posted by mister2mike • 8/21/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog posts, how great is our god, series of blog posts, your daily word
I have just started a series of posts in my site about How Great Is Our God.
I don't know so I'm asking, is a series of posts on a certain topic good for your blog as far as traffic and "sticky" reader are concern?
In your experience, was it?
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I do series all the time. Right now I am doing a series of "heart attack chicken."-
that chiken looked murderous last time i checked. it is the one thing i saw there that i wouldn't eat CA. -
that's a unique topic. is it helping your site?
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I think it's interesting. I would certainly like to read more and more on the topic which interests me. Make sure you have an interesting topic which deserves multiple posts and make sure the posts don't get repetitive else it might boring
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thanks owlbarn. You have a very good point there.
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I don't know, but I'm going to find out. I've been doing a short series based on the stupid things people say, and I'm going to make a new one about the stupid things people believe soon.-
I love you VK! hahaha! -
that's one thing I want to check.
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I guess my first question would be, how varied are your posts typically? (note, I haven't visited yet to see for myself, and probably should have done so as it would answer my own question).
Anyhow,the reason I ask is because many bloggers (myself included) write about very narrow subjects as is.
I suppose it's a "6 in one hand/half dozen in another" situation, whereby there are pro's and con's to being too narrow or too broad.
Cast a wide net and you might get more readers, but by casting a narrow and focused net you might get more "return" readers.
At least in theory. Does that help?-
good point!
i think i'm more into a narrow niche. first timer on series so I'm not sure if this works!
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I think a series of posts is a MUCH better idea than one LONG post. If I pull up a blog and there is a post that goes on for "pages" I click out. I want posts that are short and quick. A series is a good idea.-
@ckent27
thanks! I think I'm like you. I like short and quick read
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I've done series of related posts, definitely. Last week, I did a series of telephone sex posts. This week, I am onto overcoming fear and finding courage.-
You do have one remarkable life story from which to draw experience from. I've probably never told ya this publicly before, but I do admire you greatly.
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Well, thank you very much kdawg! I appreciate that!
It's been a tough road to get here--but man it was worth the work! -
@melindaville
amazing topic on a series. i was dumbfounded, really!
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I'm on the side of writing a series, as well. I've done a few on my grammar blog, mostly because some topics are complicated enough that it takes quite a bit of explanation to make them clear (or, at least, as clear as you can). Most readers don't want the huge chunk at once, and if you link the posts together people who do can simply read them in order and get the whole concept. Also, it will, in theory, keep those who are interested coming back to your blog in search of more on the subject.-
@legbamel when it comes to grammar, series I think is really good coz English after all is inter-related.
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I have yes. I had a longish humor story I broke into two.
I found the key to it was to make sure both posts had lots of obvious links between them, so readers could always conveniently access the other parts of the tale.-
@ThriftShopRomantic
this is different. from one post to next. thanks for the tip!
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I actually prefer blogs that are uniform in their subject matter rather than those with posts that jump from topic to topic. There's more a feeling of personal involvement, of depth.-
it's still one topic though just continual one.
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