The Britney Spears example is a great way to combine a popular searched for subject with good writing. Thanks for the tips. tn33
Britney Spears in your #2 great example. But I do believe all your points were worthy of notation. #3 caught my eye, and I my first impression was dup content. But you said to do a summary of an article/blog post. Which are 2 differently things. Summary vs. Copy/paste the blog post your read. Nice blog post on your 5 tips on blogging. Nicely done.
I gotta say that this is just the basics. There are many more things that a blogger has to do in order to be a good writer.