Hello good people of the World Wide Web!
My name is Tati and I’m one of Beaufort’s newest interns. I was asked to write a blog post for our website and upon hearing that I thought, oh no, not one of those!! I’ve run my own creative writing based blog in the past and I’ll admit, having a blog can be tough when people don’t read anything longer than 150 characters! So to avoid falling into the pits of bad-blogger-hell, let’s tackle what makes a blog post clickable with five easy steps.
#1 IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS
Our first example is the Huffington Post. All you have to do is keep your shoulders relaxed, back straight and slowly type in the URL. Oh what’s this we see?
As you see, anything involving a little bit of blood and some missing teeth makes the front page. Remember folks, blood is news worthy.
(Via the Huffington Post)
#2 ALWAYS LEAD WITH POLITICS
Example number two shows us that nothing garners up more attention than politics. No, really just say ‘Trump’ in your next blog post and watch the masses flow in with clicks. Instant click bate!!!
(Via Buzzfeed)
I mean c’mon, 2016 is the year of the monkey and clearly this election is chock full of folks monkey-ing around. And kudos to you for the rhyme scheme!
#3 SHIRTLESS CELEBRITIES
Okay folks, another way to stay afloat is to give the people what they want: EYE CANDY. I mean look at the success of both Magic Mike XXL! If you could translate some of that into a blog post, it’d be pure gold.
(Via TMZ)
Who wouldn’t want to catch a glimpse of a shirtless, glistening (teen? tween?) celebrity?
#4 SCANDAL
Ever wonder why people continue to keep up with those Kardashians?? The people of the web love a good scandal and if it garners up a cat fight: the internet will be watching. I mean how else do you explain this?
(Via Perezhilton.com)
You get bonus points for having two scandals on the same page. Look at you, you over achiever you!
#5 IF ALL ELSE FAILS, USE CUTE ANIMAL PICTURES
Who doesn’t love to look at fuzzy animals and tweet worthy gifs? You know the saying, sex sells, well I submit to you: FUZZY ANIMALS SELL. It’s the one sure fire way to get your views through the roof!
(Via USA Today)
As you can see, there are tons of ways to keep attention on your blog and still maintain your following. This is the age of social media and now’s the time more than ever to jump on that band wagon and climb the ranks of bloggerly success. Here’s some great examples of a click-worthy blog post:
(Via Yahoo News)
The horror! Can you all imagine a Yeezy world with poor grammar and the Supreme Overlord Trump in the White House err…the Trump House?
(Via imgflip.com)
Welp, that’s all folks!
-Tati