adding materials that makes the blog appealing is great, make it catchy and beautiful

Loved the way drew parallels between a cake and a blog.
Like you said.
A good title,An attractive cover image,Useful content and the right tags can really do wonders when it comes to blogging.
I Enjoyed reading this piece.
You really owned it.

WOW! Thank you
Thank you thank you thank you

This post is exactly what I was looking for as I start out. 
And as I was reading everything you said was true about this post - great teachers show what to do rather than tell others what to do. Beautiful pantings too. I'll be testing out some of these things to try and make my posts better -

i must confess - you are proffesional. Pointed so many tiny details... incredible allegory

Love all the art analogies, great read and helpful as well.thanks
#upvoted

personally for me, this is valuable advice, since my blog is not popular ... I liked the comparison with the cake, it's witty .. you all right explained, I'll draw from your advice a favor, thank you and have a nice day

Very creamy post, much cakey, wow

nice information

Wow what an awesome masterpiece 😎

Haha, I love that analogy to cakes, it's very meta! What practical advice. Thanks for sharing this!

Your blog has been a lot better. Especially the example you gave is very good.

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I read that first paragraph when I was eating a dry cake and almost spat it out. I am new to Steemit and this information will def come in handy.
### My biggest takeaways are
- add some punch to your writing.
- add some visuals.
- add some exciting facts.
- add some contrast.

I'd also add one.
- Master Markdown and format well.
or two :)

- great grammar.

Thanks @artguru for another great post.

The same can be said about bread! If you have a bland colourless bread, no one (or I) would not look at it. But if you have a good looking bread, with a nice tear and ear and some colour (i.e. darker baked spots) you would for sure sell it! Great analogy with the cake. Great read. Thank you for sharing :D

love the analogy! on my blog, I love to add a lot of photos - they are good not only for SEO purposes, but it also makes the reading experience more pleasant.

Thanks for the tips.........learning and resteemed for others who wants to learn

I am working towards this.  I hope my posts are becoming more alive, as they say keep at it, you'll get better, the only failure it to stop trying.

if you will give this [post a listen ](https://steemit.com/science/@klevn/proofs-the-world-is-not-moving-or-a-globe-high-tides-when-moon-opposite-side-for-your-consideration-please-examine)  I hope it inspires, but may lack the zip your are talking... I will keep trying!

Good writing,wonderful blog.

This is a great post @artguru, I really appreciate that you spend alot of time trying to help others improve their blogs, I always find them hugely beneficial.

Haha i love that!!!

it's very meta