Example 16. Challenge Post: Ready for the Tranquility by Tuesday Challenge? (Laura Vanderkam)
Screenshot of a blog post example from Laura Vanderkam (Ready for the Tranquility by Tuesday Challenge?)
A challenge post can be a great way to bring together your blogging community. It’s a good fit not just for personal blogs but also lifestyle, small business, and hobby blogs (e.g. photography blogs often run photo challenges). You’ll need to publish a post that introduces the challenge and explains how it works and you may also want to publish posts during and after the challenge to share your progress and readers’ progress.
In this example, Laura Vanderkam explains a new challenge she’s running, based on her recent book Tranquility by Tuesday. It’s a short, straightforward post that explains how the challenge will work and Laura includes a link to sign up for the challenge emails.
Tip: Make your challenge straightforward to participate in. With Laura’s challenge, all readers need to do is enter their email address to get started. If you’re going to be sending emails, be clear about what people are committing to: Laura explains “people who sign up for the challenge will get two emails per week for nine weeks”.
Example 17. Lessons Learned Post: Lucky 13: A Baker’s Dozen of Unexpected Parenting Lessons (Designer Daddy)
Screenshot of a blog post example from Designer Daddy (Lucky 13: A Baker’s Dozen of Unexpected Parenting Lessons)
If you’ve been writing in your niche for a while, you’re sure to have plenty of “lessons learned”—things that you’ve discovered along the way, possibly through trial and error or through making mistakes. Sharing these lessons with your readers, probably in a list post format, can be a good way to offer lots of disparate pieces of advice that might not be worth taiwan telephone number a full post in themselves.
In this example, Brent Almond shares what he’s learned on his journey as a parent with a now-13-year-old. The post includes colorful subheadings (matching Brent’s usual style) and is full of insights and little personal snippets, in a chatty way with lines like, “Yeah, we let our son watch horror movies; no, we’re not worried he’s going to become an ax murderer.”
Tip: Don’t be afraid to talk about the things you’ve struggled with—this can help readers to know that they’re not alone and it can also help them to feel a greater sense of connection with you. Brent talks about his worries and shares struggles, like “I often don’t know the right thing to say — or the right way to say it.”
Bonus Blog Post Examples
Want more blog post examples? Here are some extra pieces of great blog content to check out:
Podcast Episode Post: BLP Ep #128: Ryder Caroll, Creator of the Bullet Journal Method (The SHU Box). This post is a handy introduction to episode 128 of the Best Laid Plans podcast. If you have a blog and a podcast, you’ll want to post about new podcast episodes as part of your digital marketing strategy.
Ultimate Guide Post: How to Start a Blog (and Make Money): The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide. This is one of my best blog posts, covering everything new bloggers need to do in order to start their own blog.
“Hacks” Post: 25 Productivity Hacks to Get the Most Out of Your Time. This post goes beyond obvious tips to share less-obvious (but still high-quality) “hacks” that work.
E-Commerce Post: It’s a Spring Cleaning Sale & announcing the brand-new Spring Cleaning Guide! Don’t just promote product sales through email marketing: make sure you post about them on your blog, too.
4 Simple Templates You Can Use to Write Your Own Fantastic Blog Posts