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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