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Friday, 8 August 2014

Five Tips For Public Relations Student Bloggers

For the past 2 years I have learnt that before posting on your blog, you should always think outside the box, always be consistent and also ask for ideas from your colleagues or mates.

HERE ARE 5 TIPS THAT CAN HELP YOU WRITE AN INTERESTING BLOG POST;

1. Always think outside the box.
  • Bloggers must be creative, be able to innovate, you should not be afraid to go out and look for ideas.  Avoid limiting yourself when you're brainstorming. This is the time when all ideas are welcome, no matter how silly or unworkable they sound. If you start limiting yourself during this stage of the thinking game, you aren't going to progress very far.
use your mind, do not be lazy to think

2. Understand your audience.
  • In order to be an excellent blogger, it is always good to know your readers, know what they want to know, and always post information which is relevant to their life. Love the readers you already have, do try to find new readers but spend time each day showing your current readers that you value them.http://blog.bufferapp.com/blogging-advice-forbeginners-from-16-experts

3. Pick a topic for your post.
  • Before you do anything, you need to pick a topic for your blog post, your topic must be relevant to your post, it must be short and catchy. Do a rough draft of what you are going to say.
4. Write down your sub-headings.
  • Every blog post must have sub-headings to make it easier for the reader to go through your post. Brake it into sections. Subheadings help break up large topics and pictures and give the eyes a rest. Leaving space allows the reader to feel relaxed, not rushed or overwhelmed. Try to use short paragraphs, no matter the length of the post.
Brake down your post into sections
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5. Keep your post short.
  • Your post must be short, not more than 250 words... because most of the time readers pays attention on the first screen, they are lazy to scroll down, so to avoid that... your post must be short and simple.

10 comments:

  1. Interesting tips on blogging there, you should keep your blog short, sweet and straight to the point. That way you target audience will keep checking out your blog for more updates

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  2. You seem like a blogger who knows his stuff. I myself am a blogger and you have highlighted some weaknesses in my blogging. Great stuff man.

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    1. Thanks Mpho, a true blogger is not selfish with his blogging knowledge, so that's why I decided to this with you guys

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  3. It is important for Public Relations students to know how to blog because it is a requirement in this field of study. They will also get a better chance of getting employment.

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    1. True that man, every Public Relations practitioner should have a blog.

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  4. Blogging is an essential and innovative way for PR students to sharpen their writing skills. So I think that these tips are very informative and helpful. Most people don't know the basic tips for a good blog post.

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    1. Yea right, being engaged to online writing is one the things we as PR people should do

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  5. i agree blog for personal purposes as a student it will be useful for portfolio

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    1. True Mkhuseli, you have to start practising it now.

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