Many bloggers, or would-be-bloggers, end up with the same old cry of “I don’t know what to write about!” Well, the answer is “WRITE SOMETHING! QUICK!” I always like to think of writing a blog post like going to a botanical center, or a friend’s house that has a pond full of koi. I always like to feed them, and when you drop in food, they always rush and bump into each other, each frantically trying to get to the food. (the same activity can be seen in the popular game Insane Aquarium.) Your content is the food, and Google / Your audience are the koi. They are waiting there for your next post.
So where do you get ideas?
Well, you can wait for Chris Brogan to post another 100 Ideas for Bloggers on his blog. But the best way to never run out of ideas is to make yourself an editorial calendar. You can use a regular calendar, a Google Calendar like Steve Rubel, or even Microsoft Excel like Andy Wibbels does. I started using the Andy Wibbels spreadsheet last week, and it has proved useful every day. I have days marked with Content, Community, Commerce, Facebook, Social networks so I know what I can talk about on a certain day. By getting into this habit, your readers will also know what to expect. Now everybody knows that I should be talking about “content” on Wednesdays.
Content is so important to the web, from getting a good PR, to simply providing something useful.
Where do you get your ideas from?
