What to Write About

Apr
2008
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In the world of blogging or any writing medium content is very important, but sometimes it is hard to come up with something to write about. This happens on this blog a lot, sometimes I cannot think of something useful to write about. Even though this is a personal blog I do try to keep a good schedule of postings. But when I cannot think of anything to write about this becomes a problem. Here are some tips for finding things to write about.

E-mails
I don’t receive a bunch of e-mails asking about the internet or making money online, but I know there are people that do. They usually make a post with a few questions they have received in an e-mail and they answer the questions. This is informative to their users because they are the ones that submitted the questions. If anyone has any questions feel free to contact me.

Comments
Comments are another great resource of finding topics to write about. If you write a post and someone asks a question about the post you can easily do a follow up post. Also many times comments bring up other great topics to write about. If you don’t have comments on your blog you really should.

Other Blogs
Reading other blogs is a great way to find something to write about. I have a long list of blogs that I try to read each day. If someone writes a controversial post you can write a response to it, or you can write about the same thing the other blogger is writing about.

Social Networks
Places like Digg and other social networks make it easy to find something to write about. If you just look at their top stories, there will probably be at least 1 or 2 stories that you can write about.

I’m sure there are a lot of other resources for finding topics to write about, but these 4 are the ones that I use the most. If you have any suggestions on finding topics please leave a comment and let me know.

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  • http://www.truebluetitan.com Rob Schultz

    I like your approach here: I don’t have anything to write about, so I’m going to write about it. Creative.

    I would like to know more about the day in the life of Bob. I attempted to do the entrepreneur, work-from-home thing, but had to go back to Corporate America (for the time being). I’d love to know how much time each day you spend dedicated to making money online.

  • http://bloggin-ads.com Mike Huang

    As much as I like the tips, I usually try to go away from reading other blogs for content. I try to find completely out of the ordinary content from the TV :)

    -Mike

  • http://www.khalidslife.com Khalid

    Here are a few suggestions…

    1. How you started out on the net?
    2. What made you go into tech sites?
    3. How you became a professional webmaster?
    4. What are your current goals
    5. What are your plans for the future?

    Hope this helps,

    Khalid.

  • http://www.femaleshopper.co.uk/perfume-shops.php Perfume Shops

    Some days you just go brain dead and can’t think of anything to write about so the idea of reading other peoples blogs for inspiration is good. Just make sure you don’t literally copy their blog post!

  • http://mixmusique.com Rachelle

    Very useful post for writters. Reading other blogs and social network are what I have usually done to get inspiration.

  • http://www.evawhite.com Eva White

    I like this article. Comments as a source is something I never thought of.

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    good article. what to write is the common problem. you need to make an article that can get the attention of the readers and also that can compete to the others site.

  • http://www.bestcostumesite.com Halloween Costumes

    Ah I long those days. The days that nothing but blanks, no idea of what to do next. Those are the days I just want to stay in bed. Interesting article thanks for the tips, may have to put some of those writing ideas into play…Great Blog!~