13 Reasons Why You Should Write A List Post In Your Blog.

Do you ever wonder how to write effective blog posts that grabs your reader’s attention instantly? Or, do you want your audience to actually read what you write instead of just browsing through your post? If yes, then you should consider writing a list post in your blog.

Writing a list post is one of the popular techniques your can use to grab your audience’s attention instantly. This kind of post will bring in a lot of traffic to your blog, in the long run, as they get embedded deep in the search results. A list post is loved by web surfers and is spread around the internet like wildfires. Just go check out the social bookmarking sites like digg or delicious. At any given time, there are always handful of list posts that make up the most popular pages in the web.

From the bloggers point of view, list posts are very easy to plan and write. You can start by brainstorming and jotting down all the points related to your topic. This gives you an idea of what to include in your list. You may not use all the points and even consolidate quite a few of them. In order to write an effective list post, you need to make them unique by adding your own twist, stories and thoughts. This makes your post original and very inviting for your audience.

Listing is a widely used technique in the web, especially among bloggers. If you write a lot of list post in your blog, it becomes monotonous to your audience and pretty soon they will get frustrated and loose interest. So, limit the number of posts you write in this format. Listing is often related as the lazy way of writing but when used sparingly, it can be just as effective as any other kind of composition.

There are lots of reasons why you should frequently write list posts. Some of the top reasons include:

1. Lists make your post neat and tidy: Using a list makes your post neat and attractive. This layout is visually charming which in turn, psychologically persuades your reader to read your post.
2. Lists make your post more easy to browse: Surveys show that internet audiences love to browse web contents. This means your audience are more likely to scan your post before reading it word for word. A list post makes it easier for them to skim through and find out if the information contained within the post is of their interests. List posts are more effective for browsing if divided into headings, subheadings followed by bullets or numbered points.
3. Lists help your post go viral: Social media enthusiasts as well as bloggers are real fond of sharing and circulating lists around the internet. A nicely constructed list can go viral in the web. Thus, it is a great way to bring traffic to your blog.
4. Lists can be read faster: List posts can be read faster than other type of posts making it one of the most read types of post.
5. Lists help you write to the point: A list helps orchestrate your post to the point instead of straying away from your article’s focus.
6. Lists help break down ideas: List post helps you break down the ideas you are trying to convey into simple bite sized chunks that are easy for your readers to comprehend.
7. Lists are easy to construct: List posts are relatively easy to write. It is the easiest form of writing where you can convey your ideas effectively to your readers. It is lot easier to write something in a list than in comprehensive essay style writing.
8. Lists can be compelling and complete: If written properly, list posts can be a very influential for your audience. Listing your ideas or views make a complete and compelling argument quickly.
9. Lists are good for step by step directions: Lists posts are great way to go if you are giving directions in doing something from start to finish.
10. List helps create great title for your post: A Title is one of the most important parts of any styles of writing. Listing ideas helps you create more effective and compelling titles for your post. For instance ’9 easy ways to write a killer blog post’ sounds way compelling than just ‘Easy ways to write a blog post’.
11. Lists are fun to create and great for beginner bloggers: It is a lot of fun to write a lists post especially if you are a beginner blogger. Writing list posts is a great way to get readers, RSS subscribers and well as twitter followers.
12. Lists post are great conversation starters: Your viewers are more likely to jump into the conversation by adding comments in a lists post. One of the tactics I use as a conversation starter is; use an odd number in the heading. For instance, check the title for this post – notice that I use an odd number 13. Using odd numbers in the title psychologically stimulates your audience to add something to the list.
13. List post can lead you to new ideas: Since listing helps you jot down all your ideas from your mind, it also can lead you to new ideas or points that you never thought about before.

There are lots of other ways that a list post can be helpful for web publishers as well as bloggers. Can you think of more reasons to write a list post? If you do, please leave a comment and add to the list above.

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-Adam Paudyal

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