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PB063: Writing Challenge | Write a ‘Mistakes’ Blog Post

Category: Business
Duration: 00:11:28
Publish Date: 2015-11-19 02:07:34
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How to Transform an Embarrassing Mistake Into an Opportunity to Increase Your Blog Readership

Today’s episode is about how to write a blog post about a mistake you have made. Across my blogs, the most popular posts ever have been the ones that include ‘mistake’ in the title. Writing a confessional post about a mistake you have made gives your readers the opportunity to learn from your experience, but will also increase your blog traffic if you set it up well. I share how to write a ‘mistake’ post to make sure you get the most blog traffic possible and to deepen the relationship you already have with existing readers.

Guilty dog by David Moore on 500px.com

In This Episode

You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today’s episode:

  • Why ‘mistake’ blog posts work
  • 6 tips for writing a powerful confessional ‘mistake’ blog post
  • Examples of ‘mistake’ blog posts that have got a lot of traffic
  • Why it’s much most effective to write a ‘mistake’ blog post using the first person
  • How to use your ‘mistake’ blog post to increase reader engagement
  • The opportunity to write and share a link to your own ‘mistake’ blog post to increase your blog traffic

Further Reading and Resources for How to Transform an Embarrassing Mistake Into an Opportunity to Increase Your Blog Readership

The most popular ‘mistake’ post on my blogs:

More examples of my most popular ‘mistake’ blog posts:

The ProBlogger podcast example of a ‘mistake’ post that I mention:

Examples of popular ‘mistake’ blog posts by other bloggers:

Participate in More ProBlogger Writing Challenges

Previous blog writing challenges, full of tips on how to write different styles of posts (you could use one or more of these formats to help you write your own ‘mistake’ blog post):

How did you go with today’s episode?

What did you learn from today’s episode? Do you have other tips that have worked for you? What will you try next?

I’d love to hear from you in the comments below, with a link to the ‘mistakes’ blog post you write.

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