I've been writing research-backed blog posts for a few years now, and I've been lucky enough to have great success with some of my work. It's been featured on Lifehacker, Fast Company, Inc, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Time.com. I also helped to increase the Buffer blog's traffic by over 50% in my first month there, and doubled it in my second month, mainly as a result of some well-received research-backed blog posts.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.ghost.org/research-posts/