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One of the most useful and value packed posts that a blogger can create is a guide or tutorial article. A tutorial article, to put it simply, is meant to teach something to the reader. Whether it’s a tutorial on how to make money through blogging, how to use social networking sites, or a tutorial on SEO, tutorials can provide extreme value to your readers. Blinkdagger is a website that is predicated on tutorials, and receives more than 50% of its traffic from the tutorials that are featured here. Below are 10 reason why bloggers should strive to include tutorial articles in their blogs

  1. Tutorial articles provide great value to the reader and can be used as the foundation for your blog. If you can establish a set of useful tutorials, you can provide a valuable resource to the online community.

  2. Tutorial articles can provide a great boost to traffic when it is first published.

  3. Tutorial articles are a consistent source of traffic over time, unlike regular posts. Regular posts might get stumbled and bring in thousands of visitors in the first couple of days, but tutorial articles have much more longevity and will continue to bring in traffic long after it has been published.

  4. Tutorial articles are a great way to build your inbound links. When you write something that has a lot value, you can expect that it will be linked by others.

  5. Once the word gets out on your tutorial and the inbound links increase, the tutorial article will bring in even MORE traffic.

  6. Because of the inbound links you will receive, your technorati ranking and google page rank will benefit.

  7. Tutorial articles can bring in a slew of traffic through search engines. There’s a good chance that if a person finds your tutorial, they will be interested in other content that your site has to offer. This can lead to more subscribers and readers.

  8. Tutorial articles can improve your credibility and enhance your reputation. If you write a killer tutorial that is informative, people will take notice. You will be known as an authority on the topic of the tutorial.

  9. You will be known as an authority on the topic of the tutorial. People will ask you for your advice and opinion

  10. Writing a tutorial will help you understand the material even better than you did beforehand because teaching something to someone is much more difficult than learning it

Writing a tutorial is no easy task. Visit this post on the 11 essential tips needed to successfully write a helpful tutorial to assist you in your endeavors. It takes a different mindset than what you are probably used too and will require that you put in much more effort than if you were writing a normal post. But there are many benefits to writing a tutorial, as shown above. Good luck!