10 Things Your Should Know About Blog Posts That List Things
1. People like lists (I read the 'Book of Lists' when I was younger)
2. Lists give people comfort. They appeal to our desires for order and knowing where we stand in the world
3. Here's what Quora has to say on it...http://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-like-lists
4. NPR has this P.O.V. ...http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101056819
5. But list posts seldom contain new or original content
6. Often they just re-hash old posts
7. Sometimes they start each item with the same letter. "The 5 Cs of Content Marketing" is annoying and makes each item sound the same and forgettable
8. By about the seventh point, most authors start to run out of ideas
9. There are blogs devoted to lists - see The List Blog and Top Ten Lists and Alltop...
10. It's often a trick designed to get you to read their posts (please share!)
2. Lists give people comfort. They appeal to our desires for order and knowing where we stand in the world
3. Here's what Quora has to say on it...http://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-like-lists
4. NPR has this P.O.V. ...http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101056819
5. But list posts seldom contain new or original content
6. Often they just re-hash old posts
7. Sometimes they start each item with the same letter. "The 5 Cs of Content Marketing" is annoying and makes each item sound the same and forgettable
8. By about the seventh point, most authors start to run out of ideas
9. There are blogs devoted to lists - see The List Blog and Top Ten Lists and Alltop...
10. It's often a trick designed to get you to read their posts (please share!)