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Setting Up The Game
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1. Pick an event.2. Pick a legal topic.3. Pick a pop-culture reference
(not Justin Bieber).
About This Webinar
● Why blog?● Publishing blogs● What makes a good post● Blogs that get attention● Anatomy of a blog post● The Content 401k● Blogging with LawLytics
What I’ll cover:
Thinking about blogging?
Here’s why you should:
● If you’re not blogging already● If you are and you’re not publishing frequently● If you’re publishing regularly but the content is thin● If you’re writing quality content and publishing
regularly
What Makes A Good Blog Post?
Features of a good blog:
● Quality content ● Easy to read and understand● Easy to engage with ● Generates discussion● Highly shareable
Blog Topics That Fall Flat
Things you’ll want to avoid:
● Thin, unfocused content● Anything hard to read● Anything hard to understand● Unstructured writing
Attention-Grabbing Posts
● Famous/Relatable Cases● Debunking Myths● “Listicles”
(AKA, “5 Reasons Why…”)● Multimedia
(Video, Infographics, Podcasts)
Anatomy of a Blog Post
“It’s not just what you say, but how you say it.”
In this case, the how is how you structure your blogs.
Anatomy of a Blog Post
Features of a good blog:
● Quality content ● Easy to read and understand● Easy to engage with ● Generates discussion● Highly shareable
Anatomy of a Blog Post
H1: The most important idea.
H2: The next most important concept.
H3: And so forth.
Anatomy of a Blog Post
● Introduction: Hook your reader.“Barney Kilgore was tired of today. He was sick of yesterday. And in 1941, he had the power to do something about it.”
● Main BodyShort, easy-to-digest paragraphs.Reasonable length.
● Linking to other assets