It's time, friend! I'm Ken @kenmelendez and welcome back to my channel. So honored that you decided to stop by and engage with this message either in video or blog format, whichever is more convenient for you.
In this post I would like to address the question relating to blog length which is this: How many words should I put in my blog posts? I'm going to give you a general answer, and then an answer that applies to my blog post length.
Ultimately, what matters more than length, is the value that you are sharing in that post. Whether your blog is 100 words or 2000 words, the message is what counts more so than the length. Try first and foremost to focus on what you can give and contribute to others to help enhance their lives.
As for me and my blogs, I normally like to keep mine around 500 words. I do this for a couple reasons. The first reason is because it doesn't take me that long to pump out a 500 word blog post. For Steem posts, I use an app called StackEdit which easily allows me to format the text with markdown.
Often times I will write my blogs early in the morning after I wake up and drink my cup of dark roast coffee. Many of those mornings my kids will be awake while I am trying to pump out a post which can be quite distracting.
The second reason I keep mine to about 500 words is so that readers can easily digest the information quickly without losing interest. The attention span of someone searching for information on the internet is fairly short. I want my readers (you) to consume the blog and find the answer(s) you are looking for without getting lost in a sea of vowels and consonants.
When I post from my phone I use the @partiko app which is my favorite app on my iPhone by far. Posting on the app allows me to publish a photo along with a series of text. On those posts I will normally publish a couple paragraphs worth of text because I'm simply captioning the photo.
Most days I like to publish a video to Steem. I always do my best to also couple that video with a blog post. I know my man @chrisrice and many of my other readers truly appreciate that aspect of my posts. My aim is that people enjoy their stay while they are visiting my page on Steemit or my channel on @dtube.
Some creators choose not to write out a blog to go with their videos which is fine. But for me, personally, I enjoy writing my videos in a blog because it allows my followers to engage with my content even if they can't or don't want to view the video.
Again, thank you friend for stopping by this post. I hope it added some value to your journey as blogger. Feel free to leave your thoughts, comments, or questions below as I read every single one of them. This has been @kenmelendez feel free to follow for continued inspiration and education. Cheers :)
-Ken
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