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All bloggers in their everyday blogging activity, which involves reading, commenting in other blogs, researching for new material, will eventually write a new post.

Now, a common mistake that i see a lot of times, in my opinion, is that some bloggers tend to write big articles. When i say big, i mean 1000+ words articles. I don’t know about you, but im not very fond of big articles. I mean, i get tired reading all that stuff, specially if the blogger does not know how to captivate the readers.

Im no angel here. I have some posts, specially the recent creating a forum series(part 1 and part 2), that reach 1000 words.

Blog Visitors are like newspaper readers. They look for the headlines and potentially for the first lines to get a global picture of what it’s about, and if they find it useful they will read it. But even so, they will jump paragraphs!

We want our visitors to completely read our posts, but lets face it. If we write to much we will loose them.

So how can we get more with less?

After thinking about it i have come across with a few tips to get more of your articles with less words:

1. If you plan to write an article and you know you have a lot to say then simply split the article, even if it is part of a series of posts;
2. If you can’t split the article then create sub topics in your post. This way, if the readers jumps paragraphs they can focus on the sub topics they are interested;
3. Write a nice introduction for your post, one that can grab the readers attention, making him want to read the full post.
4. Use related images. Don’t deny the power of an image inside a post. Just remember to insert it in the right place.
5. Don’t use a small font on your blog. It is a big mistake. Small fonts tire the reader’s eye, and it will most likely make him run away from your post/blog;
6. Write friendly. Don’t be formal. We want the visitors awake right?;

Now, this is my opinion, and you will find some bloggers that will totally disagree with me. They defend that more detailed (meaning: big) articles will produce more and better results…

They will say that depends on the niche, and if you are on the make money online niche, then a more insightful article will produce better results. But is it really?

So, what is your opinion and experience about this?

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