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Long-form blog content can position you as an authority.
Writing and publishing in-depth content increases your expertise, boosts your SERPs and keeps readers on site for a greater length of time.
Writing an in-depth post feels scary to most new bloggers. 600 words feels tough enough. But sitting down to write 1500 words seems impossible. How can you quadruple your output? What can you do to make this quantum leap?
Focus heavily on a quality over quantity approach to deeply value writing and publishing long form blog posts.
Both readers and the Google algorithm favor long form content because most agree that a thorough blog post meets user expectations.
Create long form blog content with these tips.
Develop an Abundance Consciousness
Develop an abundance consciousness. Blog generously. Writing and publishing long-form content demands you to give away the farm.
Blogging from abundance means:
- being generous
- feeling detached from your blog content
- giving little to no thought about traffic and profits metrics
Most blogging pros blog from an abundance consciousness. Picture the time, energy and practice that goes into publishing dazzling long-form content for 1, 2 or 10 years. Bloggers like Neil Patel prove how blogging abundantly leads to stunning worldly success and immense personal fulfillment.
Blogging gets easier if you do a phenomenal job with each post. Blogging gets harder if you do a mediocre or poor job with each post. Developing your abundance consciousness influences you to do a phenomenal job with each post.
Tips
- meditate daily; expand your awareness to face, feel and release poverty-conscious fears
- surround yourself with highly successful, pro bloggers to follow their abundant lead
- be generous to the point of largely detaching from outcomes like traffic and profits
Do Thorough Research
Do thorough research to write and publish long-form content.
Researching occurs on two levels:
- research for a particular blog post
- research blogging in general
Publish thorough content by gaining ample, specific knowledge to fill a long blog post. Research blogging in general to gain enough experience to write a well-rounded blog post.
Thirst for blogging knowledge. Research your niche inside-out. Read voraciously. Acquire enough knowledge to publish thorough content with confidence.
Tips
- read top blogs in your niche
- take notes
- take mental notes
- study notes
- apply your new-found knowledge to your blog
Link to valued resources to:
- beef up your long-form content
- give credit to sources
- bond with influential bloggers in your niche
Linking to pros in your niche leverages your presence. Top bloggers tend to bond with bloggers who publish valued content. Influential bloggers expand your reach by promoting your blog posts to their tribes.
Write 1200 Plus Word Blog Posts
Write and publish 1200 word blog posts to hit the long-form content mark.
1200 words seems to be agreed upon by:
- bloggers
- readers
as a solid benchmark for constituting a long-form post.
Stretch your mind to conquer intimidating thoughts concerning this heady word count.
600 words seems d0-able for most bloggers.
1000 words poses a greater challenge.
1200-1500 words sounds imposing for most bloggers because writing a clear, simple post with this many words propels the blogging masses outside of their comfort zone.
Become comfortable with this idea.
Frame your blog as a full body of work hinging on targeted, detailed, long form blog posts to find the proper motivation for each thorough post.
Create an Outline with Headers
Create an outline for your long-form content with headers to lay a rock-solid foundation for your blog post.
Outlines add clarity to your thinking process. Thinking clearly allows you to publish long-form content because you have ample headers-topics to flesh out generously.
Think in step by step fashion to lay out your blog post. Add steps logically. Think through each step to take in your mind. Craft headers around each step.
Frame an outline as a skeleton for your long-form content. Filling the post with ample content seems less challenging after you create a comprehensive outline for the blog post.
Bloggers often struggle to publish thorough content by attempting to free-style blog posts without an outline.
Writer’s block waits around the corner for every writer with a chaotic, disorganized, disorderly mind.
Crafting outlines simply adds clarity, order and organization to your thinking – and writing – process.
Add as Many Details as Possible through Your Content
This is the most important step after developing an abundance consciousness.
Add as many details as possible to create a robust, valuable blog post bursting at the seams with delicious benefits.
Adding a high volume of helpful details prevents you from creating filler content. Publish highly detailed, in-depth content to make a seismic impact with each and every word.
Long-form blog content challenges both bloggers and readers. Bloggers often feel intimated by publishing 1200 plus words for fear of running out of things to say. Readers need to stick around long enough to read the entire blog post for extracting as much value as possible.
Be comfortable with drilling down each header to add:
- sub headers
- bullet point lists
Be generous. Give away the farm. Make each detail count. Make each word count. Being highly detailed simply lets your in-depth, 1200 word blog posts shine.
Think about all that you know regarding a specific blog post title. Dwelling on this sheer volume of information makes it easier to add generous details to your blog posts.
Versus rushing to fulfill a publishing schedule just slow down to share a hefty volume of what you know via each blog post in clear, easy to follow fashion.
Never publish think content just to go live with any old blog post today.
Publish only detailed, in-depth content based on your deep knowledge store to organically add as many details as possible to blog posts.
Genuinely, details fill out long form content.
Adding as many practical steps as required fleshes out thin content into robust resources which amplify your blogging success.
Being:
- generous
- relaxed
- patient
- persistent
plays a chief role in publishing a hefty number of details. .
Be generous. Slow down. Calm down. Give your readers the full picture.
Share a high volume of details to publish high quality long-form content seamlessly.
Practice Writing Offline
Writers often complain about not being able to write 1200 words for a single post.
Not being able to write that many words suggests you seem to be an unskilled, less than confident writer.
Write often offline. Practice writing 500 words offline daily. Gain writing confidence. Get clear on your writing skills. Strengthen your writing muscles.
Most bloggers struggle to write both short and long form content because they rarely if ever practice writing. Why would writing come easily to you if you rarely practice writing?
Write offline. Fill a Word document with 500 words daily. Scrap the document to detach from your writing. Commit fully to your daily writing practice regimen.
Be all in. Skilled bloggers seem to be skilled writers. Skilled writers publish long-form content seamlessly.
Practice writing daily to position yourself to publish in-depth content.
Tips
- find a quiet spot
- open a Word document
- write 500 words on any topic
- trash the document to detach from your writing
Video
After reading this post you may debate whether short or long form content best works for your blogging campaign.
I share my thoughts here:
Short Form or Long Form Content?
Conclusion
Be abundant.
Pay close attention to successful bloggers.
Most top bloggers publish long-form blog content. Success tends to flow to bloggers who give freely because you get what you give.
Allow this abundant idea to sear itself onto your mind.
Publish long-form content to free yourself through your blogging campaign.
Your Turn
How do you create long-form content?
What tips can you add to this list?
Does your audience prefer short-form content?
Share your thoughts below.
