Long-form blog post writing can seem like tedious, time-consuming work… because it is! But this is something you really need if you want to get and stay on top of the search engine game.

What’s a long-form blog post? It’s an in-depth series of what you might call mini articles, that cover a single topic… all in ONE blog post that goes ON, and ON, and ON…

As an expert at writing private label rights content and ebook content, long-form blog post writing and editing occupies my wheelhouse of skills.

Will Long-Form Blog Posts Help Your Website Rank? YES.

The long-form blog post currently stands as one of those “I’ve got SEO tricks in my back pocket” strategies that work to help your site climb right over the players in your niche.

How many words should you include in your long-form blog post? Around 3,000, give or take. And make sure your content is well keyword-researched and well-organized.

Long-Form Blog Post Formula: Easy Peasy, but Will You Do It?

It’s not too difficult to tackle the long-form blog post. Let me cover the steps for you right now:

1. Research and plan your keyword strategy. Choose the keyword combos that people will be searching for online.
2. Treat each keyword phrase as the topic of a short, informative web article.
3. Craft each “article” using the tried-and-true web writing format, as so:

• • Write an intro paragraph with main idea.
  • Type out five supporting sentences.
  • Add 2 or 3 supporting details under each point.
  • Add a short bio with call to action and link.

Your Long-Form Blog Post Should Help Achieve a Goal or Solve a Problem

The over-arching topic of your long-form blog post should be something that readers in your niche need help with. You’re the expert who can help them find answers and learn.

Let’s say this is a blog post about keeping guinea pigs as pets.

Some questions people might have about that include things like:

• Guinea pig essentials- what to buy
• What do guinea pigs eat
• How to tame a guinea pig
• Guinea pig habits
• Guinea pig daily care
• Do guinea pigs need exercise
• Guinea pig health problems
• Breeding guinea pigs

If we leave the long-form blog post to these particular topics, you’re looking at about 3,000 to 4,000 words, with each section containing anywhere from 350 to 600 words each. Perfect!

Long-Form Blog Post Writing – Best Practices

In addition to creating great content that your target audience will find useful, keep these in mind when wrting and editing your long-form blog post.

• Double-check that you’ve chosen the best possible keyword phrases. Example, is it better to say “guinea pig care,” or “guinea pig maintenance”?
• Use H1, H2, H3 headings etc. to give your keywords an SEO-boost.
• Tuck your keywords into the alt-tags of your images, and include several images in your post.
• If you also create niche video content, definitely paste some relevant video embed code into the appropriate sections of your blog post.
• Make use of ordered lists and bulleted sections in your long-form blog post. This will tip off search engines to your status as an authority site, and nudge human readers along down the page.

How to Monetize a Long-Form Blog Post

Implement one or more of the below strategies to help you earn money from your content:

• Promote and link to a related product that you sell (example, you’ve launched a handy guide on how to raise and care for guinea pigs)
• Sign up as an Amazon affiliate. Fill up the post with related products, such as a guinea pig habitat, hideaways, chew sticks and blankets.
• Sign up for Google AdSense, and add the code to your website and to this post.
• If you offer services, add your call to action and link to a landing page where people can sign up to learn more about your services.

Don’t Want to Write a Long-Form Blog Post? Outsource to a Copywriter

Writing may seem overwhelming, boring or time-consuming to you. But for me, it’s what I love and what I do. Give me the basic facts of what you’re looking to create, such as…

• Tell me the problem you plan on solving by sharing this information in your blog.
• List an overview of topics you’d like to cover in the long-form blog post.
• Provide a description of related products or services you’re offering so I can talk them up and link to them in the post.

After I submit the draft, you’ll get the opportunity to review and make comments/offer suggestions.

Long-Form Blog Post Writing Rates – Pricing

I start at $70 per hour for blog writing which works out to about $140 for a single article. The rate comes down if you need a bulk pack of articles.

My writing production rate is about 3K words in 3 days. Edits may take longer.

You can also opt for me to head straight to your blog, log in, make the post, and hit publish.

NOTE: You can save yourself some bank by electing to hire me for ONLY one draft, that you run with and handle editing and formatting on your own or with your team.

Contact me for a quote.

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