Ideal length of a blog
[What is the Ideal length of a blog?]
A new blogger asked this question on Triiibes, a closed social networking platform for leaders and marketers around the world, hosted by Seth Godin. After answering her there, it appeared to me like an important issue for every blogger. Here is my take :
Brevity is always appreciated. A full roasted turkey looks good on the table but is difficult to consume. It’s always great to cut it into consumable pieces before serving. Each post is either a story (rants/reviews) or an answer to some question. Over the time I have learnt to restrict my blog posts to be short, crisp and easy to absorb pieces of info/rant. If it’s a large report I split it into a series of posts. And link them to each other.
So here are the few things I keep in mind:
1. Short post - just elaborate enough (take this post as an example). Around 250 words are usually enough.
2. Single thought - too many things complicate and confuse
3. Simple language - If it’s not a poetry blog, don’t be poetic.
4. Clear - Jotting down information as bullets keeps it short and clear.
This is mostly for non-literary blogs. However, you can derive some pointers and use it for literary blogs (poems, stories, articles) as well.
