- Instructional – Obviously this post can be extremely popular and valuable. It is one of the most useful types of posts, can bring in new readers, and keep your audience loyal and wanting more of your blog.
- Informational – Another very straightforward but potentially valuable post, informational posts do as their name suggests. Depending on what topic your providing information for, these posts have huge potential to explode into popularity. Even if they aren't the most popular, loyal readers love solid informational posts.
- Lists – While this post has become extremely common, lists are very flexible and offer very precise information that doesn't waste the reader's time. Be it a "top ten" or "five favorite," lists are a great way to organize ideas and content.
- Reviews – Not every blog topic is appropriate for review posts, but if you can, reviews are great. They are highly valuable, bring in tons of search traffic, and are also fairly easy to write.
- Resource Posts – If you've done some great research, resource posts can be amazing to your blog and your readers. Essentially, these posts highlight a bunch of blog and other online resources that you consider valuable to the topic of your blog.
- Interviews – Interview posts (or Q&As, depending on how your format it) are simply not done enough in the blogging world. Bringing an authoritative point of view onto your blog is an excellent way to give your blog more credibility and versatility.
- Research Posts – Another underused type of post in the blogosphere are research posts. I'm talking about original research here, in which a blogger tests a hypothesis through a systematic approach that hasn't been attempted or published before. Research can consist of surveying bloggers or readers, monitoring blog statistics, or anything that you can manage to quantify accurately really.
- Stream of Consciousness Posts – These highly unique posts give you a way to clear your mind or "idea flush" while also creating content. Essentially you write continuously for a set period of time without editing. Just let your mind wander (and try to stay on the topic of your blog). You'd be surprised by the amount of creative ideas you can gather for you blog. It may even give your blog a new direction.