This post series describes how to write your first blog post and gives you a two-part structure to use so that your blog posts convey your intended message.\u00a0 This will help you to organize your ideas and focus on your topic.\u00a0 You can write your blog posts using any word processor such as Microsoft Word, Wordpad (free), \u00a0Open Office Writer (free), Notepad (not ideal, but useable).\u00a0 You want to center your blog posts around keywords so that Google can drive traffic to your website.\u00a0 You can obtain your keyword list from the Google Keyword External Tool.\u00a0 It\u2019s very simple and easy to use.\u00a0 Refer to your keyword list and simply pick a keyword.\u00a0 As you write your article, you will want to utilize your keywords in your article.\u00a0 A good rule of thumb is to make no more than 10% of your words keywords.\u00a0 So if your article is 300 words long, you will want no more than 30 key words.<\/p>\n

This article will give you a plan so that you will have a two-part structure upon which to build your blog posts.\u00a0 Within your structure, you will refer to what I call the Six Servants.\u00a0 These Six Servants are concepts which are likely very familiar to you.\u00a0 They are:\u00a0 Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.\u00a0 Yes, you probably know these servants well; however, we will be expanding these concepts to assist you.\u00a0 Just as you use a map when taking a long trip, so too, we will build a map for you to follow.\u00a0 Only this map will become a tool for you as you learn to insert and delete items to guide you to your desired destination which is to have a well written article that is of interest to your readers.<\/p>\n

Utilizing the Six Servants<\/h3>\n

The Six Servants can be enhanced to assist you in creating the first part of your structure.\u00a0 The information obtained from answering the following questions will assist you in creating the foundation to your article.\u00a0 For example, upon writing this article, I may have used the following questions:<\/p>\n

Who will be reading the article?<\/em> Bloggers who either haven\u2019t written their first blog post or bloggers who have written blog posts that are not receiving the traffic that they would like to realize on their blog.<\/p>\n

What tool\/new information will be transferred in the article?<\/em> I\u2019m introducing the Google Keyword External Tool and a two-part structure to create a structure for the blog posts.<\/p>\n

When will they be reading this article?<\/em> They will be reading this article when they have a blog started and need more information on how to create blog posts in an orderly, organized fashion.<\/p>\n

Where on their path will they be when they use this tool or knowledge?<\/em> Blog writers will utilize these tools every time they create a blog post.\u00a0 This information can also be used in product creation.<\/p>\n

Why will this information be important to them?<\/em> This information is important to them if they wish to drive more traffic to their blogs from the search engines.<\/p>\n

How can they obtain more information about this topic?\u00a0 How can they integrate this knowledge to their particular situation?<\/em> I\u2019m currently giving an example of how I\u2019m using this tool and structure to write this particular blog post to make it easier for my reader to see how to put it into use.<\/p>\n

Next we will discuss how to create a logical path for your readers to follow as they read your blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post series describes how to write your first blog post and gives you a two-part structure to use so that your blog posts convey your intended message.\u00a0 This will help you to organize your ideas and focus on your topic.\u00a0 You can write your blog posts using any word processor such as Microsoft Word, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[27,30,31,26,25,28,32,29,13],"yoast_head":"\n