Blogs are a great way for anyone to get their ideas across to others and a great way for businesses to do some free advertising. Creating a great blog is an excellent way to drive more traffic to your site. When building your site there certain tips a person should pay attention to when they are writing their blog.

1. Write: When you are writing your blog write it with your reader in mind. When a reader is looking for information that may pertain to your idea they want the information in a way that they can both read and understand easily.

2. Valuable and Worthwhile: With everyone being busy with life, no one has time to waste looking at a boring site. If you cannot think of anything creative to talk about, then try to do interviews, or even write a book. Anything will do as long as you are not posting useless content.

3. Proofread: It is of grave importance that you proofread your material before you push that post button. Once you push that post button that is it the error is out there and there is no way back. Respect your reader and keep your site free of errors and easy to read.

4. Short and Simple: Keep your postings as short and simple as possible because it's human nature that people are scanners. You will need to make your point quickly otherwise risking losing your reader completely.

5. Lively: Write to your readers like you would talk to your friends or family members. The more lively your posts, the more snagged your readers will become. Make it seem like you are talking directly to them and only them. But be sure to make your point quickly

6. Links: Use links as often as you can. This will help you create credibility and help establish you to the reader as an expert on the subject. You can also create a network by linking to other similar blogs. The other bloggers will clearly thank you.

7. Keywords: Use your keywords as often as you can it will allow you to stay on task and the search engines will love it. The more keywords you use, the higher your rankings on the search engine your blog will appear.

8. Write Clear: You need to write your blogs in a way that the average person can understand. Do not ever try to put more than one idea in a sentence as this will confuse your readers. Make sure you use your commas as often as possible

9. Headline: Make sure your headline is easy to understand and should have keywords relating to your blog in it.

If you follow these simple steps, you will have a great written blog in no time with a lot of readers.