Blogging 101: Tip #2 - Always include a picture

[Image: Fame]Last week I decided to start a series of posts explaining the obvious non-obvious fundamentals of blogging. It’s a series of ten tips, and if you follow them all you will win fame, money, and more importantly, traffic.

Last week’s tip can be found here.

Tip #2: Always include a picture

Blogs come in all shapes and sizes, some are really ugly, and some are really pretty. Back in the day, having a blog engine run your site was enough of a novelty to get things going. Now, everyone has a blog. Part of getting new readers is standing out, and including a picture in your posts can help do that.

When TechCrunch first started pumping the blogosphere full of tech news, they were one of the first blogs to consistently use images. You’ll notice that they still do, and it really helps make each post stand out a little bit more, and look a little bit prettier.

A picture makes a post a little bit friendlier to look at, and sometimes that’s just enough.