Lists in Blog Posts / by JANICE MARIN

How I’ve learned from Darren Rowse

Lists:

  • Can be useful in any post

  • Make your post more readable

  • Convey information more effectively

  • Are good for general audiences

  • Create extra blank space at the start and end of each line

  • Start with a capital letter

  • Should fit with the introduction title

  • Longer than a single sentence should always end with a full stop.

  • Should be consistent and items need to in end in the same way

  • That are Unordered use bullet points

  • That are Ordered use 1. 2. 3.

Ways to use lists:

  • At the end of the introduction, explaining what your post will cover

  • In the middle of the post, to break up a long section

  • Giving suggestions or ideas

  • As a Link/s to different resources

  • At the end of a post, to help readers decide what to do next

  • Don’t use too many lists (oops!)