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Ultimate Blog Writing Guide

The document is a guide on writing a blog, outlining its purpose, structure, language style, and types. It emphasizes the importance of connecting with an audience, promoting engagement, and regularly updating content. Additionally, it lists the top 10 highest-earning bloggers, showcasing the potential financial success of blogging.

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Ultimate Blog Writing Guide

The document is a guide on writing a blog, outlining its purpose, structure, language style, and types. It emphasizes the importance of connecting with an audience, promoting engagement, and regularly updating content. Additionally, it lists the top 10 highest-earning bloggers, showcasing the potential financial success of blogging.

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Guide to writing a blog

Ebru Arman
English IB
Blog
• a regularly updated website or web page,
• run by an individual or small group,
• written in an informal or conversational style.
Why Blog?
• to connect you to the relevant audience.
• to boost traffic and send quality leads to a website.
• promote reader engagement.
• Readers have a chance to comment and voice their different
concerns and thoughts to the community.
• Blog owners update their site with new blog posts on a regular
basis.
Blog structure

• Header with the menu or navigation bar.


• Main content area with highlighted or latest blog posts.
• Sidebar with social profiles, favourite content, or call-to-
action.
• Footer with relevant links like a disclaimer, privacy
policy, contact page, etc.
LANGUAGE

* will adopt a semi-formal to informal register


* will have an eye-catching title
* will use first person narration & will show awareness of the reader, e.g.
through direct address to the reader
* may include a direct request for comment and response at the end
* past tenses, time connectors, imaginative language, chatty (if type 1)
Types of Blogs
Type 1: narrative –driven blog

Type 2: idea-driven blog


STRUCTURE - Type 1: narrative –driven blog

Focus: events

Organization: chronological account of events

OPENING: Beginning of event/s

MAIN PARAGRAPHS: Description, explanation, thoughts or reflections

ENDING: Final thought & reflections & ask for comments


Type 2: idea-driven blog
Focus: ideas & opinions

Organization: reasoned argument

OPENING:

Main idea

MAIN PARAGRAPHS:

Ideas supporting main idea: examples, explanations with reflections

ENDING:

Final thought conclusion & reflections


Top 10 highest-earning bloggers

[Link]: $500 million per year


[Link]: $47.5 million per year
[Link]: $44.9 million per year
[Link]: $41.3 million per year
[Link]: $33.1 million per year
[Link]: $30 million per year
[Link]: $22.5 million per year
[Link] Tuts+: $10 million per year
[Link] Magazine: $5.2 million per year
[Link]: $4.8 million per year

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