The “Idea Bank” Method
Lately I’ve been making an effort in posting to my blog daily. Sometimes I create a few posts at once and space them out, so I might be cheating on this a little bit. Writing a good blog post takes a lot of time. Copyblogger’s post on speed-blogging has some great tips.
I recently started keeping an “idea bank.” Whenever I get bored in class or am suddenly inspired with a blog post idea, I write it down in a small notebook. When I was bored earlier today, I came up with 10 new ideas. Some require research and interviews, but others are posts I could write right now.
Copyblogger also suggests lists. I have found that a lot of people read these types of posts and usually will comment. These are easier and quicker to read, which is important for your time-pressed audience.
How do you come up with great blog posts?
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Your method is a little more formal than mine - I usually end up writing my ideas on whatever I can find. Literally.
I try to write a post every three days or so, but I’ve found that when I try to write ahead of time, I get distracted with a better, more relevant idea. Things happen and I just try to keep up.
I always lose the random pieces of paper though. For awhile I was using my voice recorder when I had an idea.
I’m constantly rearranging my scheduled posts because of my better ideas. It’s a pain, but it will work well for me until April when things start slowing down.