How long should your blog posts be?

I get this question a lot.  My answer is really simple.

As long as it needs to be and no longer.

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  • http://www.debbieyoungart.com/ Debbie Young

    Love it!  I currently limit mine to around 250 words. They may get longer but I sort of like the one-point-per-post limitation. Your one point is well taken…

  • http://unveiledwife.com/ Unveiled WIfe

    Good point

  • http://itinerantblogger.wordpress.com/ Reed Hanson

    This one is a huge challenge for me. I took a lot of inspiration from Jon Acuff’s post about how he was going to start writing more short, unstructured posts (http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2011/08/introducing-the-sclq/) for all of those ideas that he ignored because they weren’t fully fleshed out. This type of thinking helps me remember that if the content is good, it will stand out whether its 30, 300 or 3,000 words.

    • http://www.jondale.com Jon Dale

      Reed…you’re right.  And thanks for the link to Jon’s post.

  • Debbie

    Ok. I LOVE this post. Made me smile!

    • http://www.jondale.com Jon Dale

      Thanks Debbie!

  • http://www.SamJolman.com/ Sam Jolman

    This is super helpful.  Permission really.  Thanks Jon!

    • http://www.jondale.com Jon Dale

      Sam, your posts are great.  I always enjoy reading them.

      • http://www.SamJolman.com/ Sam Jolman

        Oops… made a newbie reply mistake with my reply above.  Anyway, thank you Jon.  Your words are a gift.  

    • Guest

      Thanks Jon. I appreciate that!

  • http://www.bizeezvirtualsolutions.com Tania Shirgwin

    Thank you for answering what to me, had become a bit of a quandary.  The answer is usually simpler than the question.
    AND thanks for the laugh. Great blog post.

    • http://www.jondale.com Jon Dale

      Thanks Tania.

      “The answer is usually simpler than the question.” I like that!

  • http://www.facebook.com/mikepacker Mike Packer

    That’s great!

  • Aaron McHugh

    Jon this is a great video.  I recognize Clay in the opening scenes.  Some NYC footage I am guessing. 

  • http://www.nextgentricks.com/ Sukamal Ghosh

    Do not care anything.
    Your Blog is Really Nice.