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Successful bloggers have to keep their heads around many different aspects of the medium – but at it’s core is being able to write compelling and engaging content on a consistent basis over time.

How you do this will vary from blogger to blogger to some extent as each blogger has their own style – however there are some basic principles of writing great blog content that might be worth keeping in mind.

Here are a few of the lessons I’ve learned on the topic over the years:

Where to Start

 This is a series of posts that walk bloggers through a variety of points on blog writing that can make a good post great.

Techniques

•  one of the most important tips for online writing
• another common question about writing posts
• one of the most important elements of a blog post is it’s title – here’s why they are important and how to write them

Workflow

• how I work up an idea into a post
• considerations when thinking about posting frequency
•  10 steps that I use for writing a series of posts on my blogs
•  the start of a series of post son guest blogging

Motivation

• once you’ve been blogging for a while it’s easy to lose motivation and let it slip. This article is all about how to keep your blog moving forward.
•  a simple way to find things to write about on your blog over 7 days
•  part of my Battling Bloggers Block series

Principles of Successful Content Creation

• make your blog stand out from the crowd, say something original and grow your blog
•  how to write great content for your blog
• the two basic elements of good blog content – usefulness and uniqueness
• a post looking back on what we wish we knew about writing great blog content

RSS

•  a series on how to develop a compelling RSS feed, how to grow your RSS readership and how to get RSS readers visiting your actual blog