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Why are your blog posts so long?

by tdhurst · 4 comments

It’s getting worse every week. Blog posts, previously short, sweet and to the point, are becoming long articles filled with images, movies and crazy colors that just don’t belong.

I understand that your company probably just moved to a wordpress site and you think that publishing via RSS is a perfect way to get the word out. I also know that you realize publishing partial feeds is annoying.

You MUST realize that many people read your blogs in readers. Yours is NOT the only blog we read. Please, do us a favor and tell your story in the LEAST amount of words possible. Don’t use pictures that aren’t truly striking. Don’t make me scroll and scroll and scroll down past purple, red and blue text to get to the bottom.

Writing a blog post is NOT the same as writing an article. Save that fluff for your friends and family.

  • http://dplhomes.com/ D. Patrick Lewis

    Great post I totally agree. I also think that good writing still makes for a good blog and that seems to be where the talent (I use that term loosely) comes in, writing brief information rich content.

  • http://dplhomes.com D. Patrick Lewis

    Great post I totally agree. I also think that good writing still makes for a good blog and that seems to be where the talent (I use that term loosely) comes in, writing brief information rich content.

  • http://acmephotography.net/ AcmePhoto

    Maybe it’s because there are some months they don’t even blog, because they are too busy on flickr, twitter, and facebook…. I had better stop making excuses before this comment becomes longer than your blog post!?!

    Adam Nollmeyer

  • http://acmephotography.net AcmePhoto

    Maybe it’s because there are some months they don’t even blog, because they are too busy on flickr, twitter, and facebook…. I had better stop making excuses before this comment becomes longer than your blog post!?!

    Adam Nollmeyer

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