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Does anyone have some good advice/course/method for writing blog posts?

Other than 'write often'?

Problem with Google Search is that blogs of SEOd the shit out of that question.

@koos that depends on your intent: What do you want to achieve with your blog posts? (Depending on your answer, I might be completely unable to give advice though)

@JollyOrc :) When I write it's about design: technical stuff, process and purpose. Currently I'm writing about color: quite technical, but I like to make it as human and light as possible.

@koos I usually blog technical stuff in a sort of post mortem format: What did I try to do, why did it go wrong, what is the technical lesson.

Examples: orkpiraten.de/blog/why-i-dont- and orkpiraten.de/blog/subsonic-wi

@JollyOrc any standard structure or something you use?

@koos apart from that outline (aim, problem, solution) not really.

If you want your content to be found by search engines: Put yourself in the shoes of the folks who have the same problem, then include their most likely question into your post.

@JollyOrc yeah I'm not so worried about SEO. It's more about forcing myself to write down what I learn and having a way to share it with colleagues and friends.

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@koos then do it in whatever format is most fun for you. That way it's less a chore :)

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