We all bloggers write blog posts right and well, each blog post has a type and yes there are 20 types of blog posts to write about and share knowledge with the world.
Yes, every blog post you read tends to fall under a certain type and each writer has his one unique way to express thoughts and feelings!
A blogger must know the different types of blog posts in order to perform well in this online business world since you want to leverage blogs and views right?
Example:
Different social media platform requires different format and size to share multimedia right?
The same goes for blog posts and let’s explore them one by one.
Table of Contents
20+ Types of Blog Posts
These 50 types of blog posts will share the way you write blog posts and will also define which posts you normally write and what type of posts you can also cover based on your niche.
1. How To Guides
These are the most common and most considered type of blog posts for new bloggers and even established bloggers favor How-To posts.
Examples:
- How To Write A Blog Post
- How to tie a tie
- How to make veg recipes
These types of blogs are highly detailed and covers the entire blog in detail with a word count eventually crossing 1500-2000 words.
If you want to gain traffic then make sure you cover these types of blog posts.
2. Case Studies
These are the types of blog posts that covers our strategies and our experiences.
For Example:
- How I increased my blog traffic in 3 months by 250%
- How our company made an exotic fashion custom dress
- This is How I grow my kitchen vegetables in 30 days (Ready to eat)
Case studies are normally detailed and covers tips and strategies that covers deep insights of an Industry.
3. Guest Post Blogs
this covers a general blog type and can include a mixture of different types of blogs and normally in guest blogs you write articles for different websites in order to get backlinks and authorize yourself in your Industry.
4. News Blogs
News blogs are the types of blogs where you an write and share updated information about the world.
By news blogs you can share news about the current topics, latest trends and practices, even events.
These blogs are generally short in length, many times 300-600 words or even longer but news blogs posts gets outdated soon.
This is because news needs to be covered as soon as possible.
5. List Posts
This blog post that you are reading right now falls under this category!
Lists posts or listicles covers topics in numbers like this example:
- 50 best types of blog posts for everyone
- 10 Best WWE wrestlers
- 50 unique veg recipes (you must try)
These types of blogs are popular and listicles are quite popular and are growing in demand.
6. Personal Stories
In personal stories, you share your personal daily life experiences, thoughts, and events you have faced.
7. Industry Analysis And Trend Reports
These type of blogs are well researched and Industry analysis and trend reports comes at a specific time of the year once you understand the trend or even future predictions can be done.
8. Expert Interviews
If you want to gain traction and establish your credibility then cover expert interviews and try to collab with Industry giants in your niche!
Expert interviews are high in demand today with limited supply so if possible cover expert interviews.
9. Product Reviews
One of the most popular blog types for bloggers product reviews is great to make extra money and earn a good living.
Product reviews are quite popular especially for affiliate marketing bloggers and product reviews are extremely demanding and if you are supporting high volume traffic then consider product reviews.
Example:
- Semrush Review: Is this the best keyword research tool?
- PS5 Games Review
10. QNA Sessions
Questions and answers sessions is a significant important blog post type and must be covered at some point of time.
This is because QNA’s attract visitor and are preferred by search engines like Google.
These blog posts are amazing to gain traction and traffic.
11. Roundup Posts
Roundup posts are quite popular but are also frightening for many beginners.
Roundup posts are significant collection of posts specifically about a certain industry.
It’s fantastic to get extra shares, SEO, link building and generate traffic.
12. Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets are especially for Digital marketing and gaming industry and are popular to get views.
These sheets are quick to grab and attract new audience to establish blog credibility.
13. Infographics
Infographics are demanding here and are quite popular and are visually appealing for the audience.
Infographics are quite attractive and are great for getting extra shares, getting email subscribers, and gaining credibility in your authority.
Infographics are not so hard to create and if you are saying you are not good at graphic designing then there are any apps like Canva.
14. Content Hubs
When someone writes about a topic authoritatively, collectively in a particular subject at that moment it’s called a content hub and it’s like a collage.
They are usually preferred by experts and intermediate bloggers who have already gained some authority.
15. Expanded Definition
It simply means defining a concept and taking it to the next level.
These types of blog posts are typically longer and like beautiful explanations of concepts.
Example:
- What is Climate change? Expanded
- Expanded concept of Farming
16. Data Studies
Data studies include powerful data insights and Industry experts’ opinions of a particular industry.
Data studies are done after a lot of research and cover deep insights in visual form that can help understand the trend of the topic or niche.
17. Templates
We all know how much popular templates are right? Example: Canva that provides 1000s of templates for free.
Similarly, many bloggers on their website post templates blogs for free that can be used to enhance your creativity.
18. Checklists
For food bloggers, checklists work great as viewers can use checklists to stay up to date with the particular blog and recipe.
Checklists are important sources of information and are also attractive to viewers hence even if you are not running a food recipes blog, find a way to still use checklists.
19. FAQ’s
Faq’s are extremely demanding and popular types of blog posts that are actually beginner-friendly.
Every beginner must consider faqs and integrate them into blogs to get immediate traction.
20. Beginner’s Guides
If you want to stay in your industry for years then make sure you follow Beginner’s guides types of blog posts as they help you to consider and follow certain topics in high detail.
Examples:
- Beginners guide to buying expensive jewelry.
- Beginners guide to climate change
Beginner’s guides are quite knowledgeable and are also search worthy? But why?
Well, simply because every year beginners are going to exist and everyone wills search for the same problem right?
So, if you are somehow able to manage and rank for particular keywords then people can know more it through you and will trust you hence you will be established in your niche and will eventually become highly credible in your demanding niche.
There are many more types of blog posts and hence you can read them and in future, we will also give you deeper insights about them soon.
- 21. Profiles
- 22. Seasonal Posts
- 23. Myths & Misconceptions
- 24. Day In The Life
- 25. Resource Lists
- 26. Affiliate Marketing Blogs
- 27. Tutorials
- 28. Inspiring Posts
- 29. Curation Posts
- 30. Problems & Solutions
- 31. Create A Glossary
- 32. Latest Industry Insights
- 33. Current Events
- 34. Controversial Subjects
- 35. Rants
- 36. Share What Others Are Saying
- 37. Critsisms
- 38. Parody Posts
- 39. Surveys And Polls
- 40. Free Giveaway
- 41. Showcasing Tools
- 42. Example List
- 43. Video Blogs
- 44. Gallery Posts
- 45. SlideShow Posts
- 46. Top-Takeaways
- 47. Product Comparison
- 48. Myths Vs Facts
- 49. Top 10
- 50. Repurposed Content
Conclusion
With so many types of blog posts you have so many options and hence instead of getting confused about what will work best for your audience look for which one will be best for your niche and viewers.
Look for:
- Audience
- Requirement
- Always test new post types
- Cover detailed blog posts
There are also 31 types of blog posts and if you don’t know much about them then feel free to go though with this detailed article on 31 best types of websites for everyone today.
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