The Best Blog Posts ... Are Often Lists

If you want readers and you want traffic to your blog, plan to post lists of things often.

They can be as simple as the "Top Ten" of anything and everything ... such as ...

• Ten Reasons I Love African Mission Trips
• The 5 Books I'm Reading
• 8 Takeaways from [A Conference You Attended]
• 2 Simple Things I Learned from My Quiet Time This Week

Lists are great for blog posts for three general reasons:

• They are easy to link to by others -- thus helping build your traffic from other sites
  
• They are easy to create
• And they are easy to read

Two great "must read" posts by some of the best in the blogging business are:

• 7 Reasons Why List Posts Will Always Work
• 8 Reasons Why Lists Are Good for Getting Traffic

Ok, I couldn't resist, here are two more from a marketing genuis:

• How to Get Traffic to Your Blog -- 56 reasons
• Top Ways to Defend the Status Quo

Also, check out this list of lists to get some inspiration for your lists.