Getting Past Bloggers Block
Nov. 14th, 2007 by Manoj JasraIf you are the type of blogger who consistently posts everyday you occasionally come across days where you are struggling to find something to write about. This happens to me as well so I have created a list of some possible ways to help get the ideas flowing again.
* Hot Industry Stories: Everyday you hear about acquisitions, mergers, companies releasing new technology/services or even executives getting fired. Unless you are one of the first blogs to cover these stories, it becomes somewhat useless to your readers. Rather, I recommend you add your personal perspective on the story as well as help your readers leverage the news by offering advice on how to apply it to to their own businesses.
* Relationships with PR Firms: Try making relationships with PR firms who work for companies in your industry. It’s a win/win situation, you get hot news off the press and the companies get publicity in exchange. As you become more authoritative, PR firms will begin to approach you first.
* Google Hot Trends: This an excellent way to determine the buzz across the Internet, however you do have to apply your own filters per industry. Google Hot Trends also allows you to see a graphical trend on the level of interest for a given topic.
* Correlating Common Interests: You probably enjoy other interests outside of your niche such as sports or politics, so why not bring something your other passions into your professional life? I like to sometimes use Google Trends, Technorati and Social Bookmarking to reference the NBA or sports playoffs.
* Guest Bloggers: When you’re completely out of new topics try leveraging guest bloggers to offer their thoughts on new topics. This gives you a little break and gives your readers some fresh perspective to digest. Guest bloggers can be people from your industry or even fellow employees. Make sure to prescreen your writers so they adhere to your high quality of content.
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Manoj has been working in the search engine marketing industry since 2002. He started out as a software developer but now provides in-depth web site analysis using web analytics.
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November 14th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
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November 25th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Tee hee… I not only use those tips when I have blogger’s block… I use them ALL THE TIME!! They’re things I’m already doing, but it’s nice to see them in a list all together!