7 Types of Blog Posts
What types of posts get traction? In a nutshell, posts that either hit the heart, lead you to "ah-has," consolidate insight, consolidate resources, or help you nail a task. Skellie outlines 7 Types of Blog Posts Which Always Seem to Get Links and Traffic.
Types of Posts
Skellie's list of types of posts:
- Resource lists
- Lists of tips
- Good advice
- Aguing a popular point of view
- Anything with a killer headline
- Q&As with high profile people
- Best of lists
Specialized Versions of Above
I think the following types of posts are variations of above, but worth calling out because of their prevalence on the Web:
- Link lists. This is a variation of "resource lists", but focused on links.
- Step by steps. This is a variation of "good advice", but provide prescriptive action.
- Top 10 lists. This is a variation of "lists of tips" but it's a numbered set.
Additional Types of Posts
In addition to the types of posts above, I think there's an additional set of patterns:
- Question / Feedback posts. Posts that ask the community a focused question.
- Stories with lessons learned.
- Blog carnival.
- Timely hot topic. Timely posts about a relevant topic.
Comments
Anonymous
January 06, 2008
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January 06, 2008
If "traction" is simply links and traffic, you can include posts that detail anything controversial in that list.Anonymous
January 14, 2008
En cierto modo esta es una entrada auto-referenciante (o al menos lo puede parece) porque, o mucho me equivoco, o este tipo de entradas estará en alguna de las categorías. La vi en 7 Types of Blog Posts (y yo esperaba otro tipo de análisis) y apunta