Depending on your niche topic you may find the tutorial post will give you content for ages, some of you may find this doesn’t fit your niche at all. Let’s look at what it takes to write tutorial posts and how you can add them to your content creation toolkit.
Tutorial:
A tutorial is a lesson that shows people how to do something. The tutorial is broken down into easy to understand and manage steps. When you’re writing tutorials online it’s a always a good idea to add images or video. This will help make your point even clearer and easier to understand.
How to write tutorial posts:
Come up with something from your niche that some people might not know how to do, or might want to learn how to do. Once you’ve come up with an idea break the idea or process down step by step. Make sure the steps are really small, and don’t leave things out. This is one of the hardest parts or writing tutorials ~ especially if you’re really familiar with the process. It’s easy to leave something out just because it seems obvious ~ even the obvious needs to be included in a tutorial.
Once you’ve got your steps broken down think about how you can best describe or explain how to do that step.
Think how you could also show the person that step in the tutorial. That may mean taking a picture and adding it to the post. It may mean taking a screenshot which you can do for free with Jing. It may mean taking a video and uploading it to put in your post. The way you show people how to do something will totally depend on the topic and what you’re trying to explain. What’s right for one topic may not be right for another at all! So think about it. You might also think about doing an audio version ~ where you talk the person through the process. There are plenty of ways to get creative and have fun with this.
Once you’ve got it all thought out put it on paper (or text editor lol). You can line out your steps with numbers or bullet points or paragraphs ~ whatever seems to work best for you. Remember, there’s no right or wrong here, just creativity and fun!
What can you turn into a tutorial?
Just about anything! Let’s look at some examples.
Mountain bikes ~ Getting the right size bike is crucial to the comfort and rideability of a bike. So I might do a tutorial on how to size a mountain bike and make sure the one you’re trying will fit you.
Hand tools ~ You might do a tutorial about how to work a torque wrench
Birthday Parties ~ you could do a tutorial on how to make a related invitation, or a tutorial on how to make a pinata. Just a couple thoughts there.
Making mosaics ~ you could walk people through how to cut glass, how to set up a design, how to make a stepping stone.
Like I said there are some niches that will easily slide into the tutorial model, if yours doesn’t that’s ok, just write some other t ype posts. If you’re not sure, ask in the comments section and we can do some brainstorming and see what we come up with!
Quick Tip: If you’ve got some “how to” plr on your computer you can easily make it unique by turning it into a tutorial. Break the article down and add some numbered steps, some images/video and you’ve got new content and a great post.
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Jackie, there was a time I was a real regular over at FeedFlare.ca, where for a short time Collin did EVERY post on video with it written out in text below it...I think those articles got the most attention...comment wise anyway.
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