Here are 10 useful rules for effective blogging. These are my personal rules, and they work for me. Yours may differ, but that’s OK:

1. Maintain a regular publishing schedule
2. Say what you mean …. and mean what you say
3. Use opinion to establish your argument
4. Deploy relevant facts to support your case
5. Draw on personal experience to make it real
6. Credit your sources
7. Sometimes, less is more
8. Declare any vested interest
9. Find your own voice
10. Keep it interesting and original

Note: This post is a tribute to the late Elmore Leonard, whose recent passing has prompted many writers to revisit his 10 Rules of Writing