Comments on: Pillar Posts: the backbone of your blog http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/ Andrew looks at Blogging and Blog Life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: A new definition of pillar posts at Facibus On Blogging http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-1524 A new definition of pillar posts at Facibus On Blogging Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:00:17 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-1524 [...] written before about the importance of pillar posts to growing your blog. These are the posts of value that bring readers back to your blog again and again - and convince [...] […] written before about the importance of pillar posts to growing your blog. These are the posts of value that bring readers back to your blog again and again - and convince […]

]]> By: Andrew Boyd http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-235 Andrew Boyd Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:49:04 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-235 Hi Jeri, thank you for your comment :) I think that "pillar" doesn't necessarily equal "long", but it probably does mean long when all is said and done. If it is worth talking about, it is worth talking through thoroughly. Steve Pavlina is the master of the novella-length post, yet he does it well - I find that I can't stop reading once I am into one of his longer posts. There is a lot of advice out there on how long posts should be, and how much time you should sit on a post prior to publishing it (sometimes just if it is negative). Best regards and good luck with ungeekit - it looks good :) Andrew Hi Jeri,

thank you for your comment :)
I think that “pillar” doesn’t necessarily equal “long”, but it probably does mean long when all is said and done. If it is worth talking about, it is worth talking through thoroughly. Steve Pavlina is the master of the novella-length post, yet he does it well - I find that I can’t stop reading once I am into one of his longer posts.

There is a lot of advice out there on how long posts should be, and how much time you should sit on a post prior to publishing it (sometimes just if it is negative).

Best regards and good luck with ungeekit - it looks good :)
Andrew

]]> By: Jeri http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-233 Jeri Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:12:53 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/06/14/pillar-posts-the-backbone-of-your-blog/#comment-233 How much time are you willing to spend on a typical pillar post? Sometimes I've spent 2-3 hours on long, intricate post, if there's a lot of research, fact checking, URL finding and html tagging involved. And I'm typically a fast writer! That's not a very good ROI for a single post... On the other hand, I can typically churn out a more usual mid-length post on 30-45 min. I do agree that really substantive content is essential, though. How much time are you willing to spend on a typical pillar post?

Sometimes I’ve spent 2-3 hours on long, intricate post, if there’s a lot of research, fact checking, URL finding and html tagging involved. And I’m typically a fast writer! That’s not a very good ROI for a single post…

On the other hand, I can typically churn out a more usual mid-length post on 30-45 min.

I do agree that really substantive content is essential, though.

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