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Day 6 of The 100 Days To Webpage Excellence Guide

One of the things that many new bloggers struggle with is what they should write about.  In fact many successful bloggers will tell you that one of the most frequent questions they are asked is “Where do you get your ideas?“  In fact it isn’t too difficult to come up with ideas for your blog, if your goal is to write one post a day you should easily be able to generate that many ideas once you understand how it is done.  In fact, once you get the hang of it you will be able to write tons of content on your blog everyday, if you so desire.

Here are some tips on where to get your ideas

1) Think why you started the blog in the first place.  What is the number one reason that you started a blog?   Now discard that reason and think of the number one reason you started a blog that doesn’t have to do with making money online.  There is sure to be some reason that you chose the topic that you did to write about.  Think about what you like about that topic, or what you hate about it.  There are a couple of posts right there.

2) Write a post for beginners - If you are an expert in your blogging field then you will know a lot of tips and tricks that other people want.  Write a post on getting starting doing …. your niche.  Write a post on the top things that you have learned and that you wish you knew when you first got started.  If you are blogging about poker, write a post about wishing you knew how to read tells.  If your website is about cats, write a post about some tricks on keeping your cat from climbing your drapes.

3) Read other blogs - Set up a feed to bloglines or Google reader.  Put in some of the top bloggers in your field.  Use them to help you come up with ideas.  You can write about how much you liked or hated whatever your favorite blogger wrote about.  You can create a list of your favorite recent posts or your most hated bloggers.

4) Write a Dummy’s guide -  You are sure to have spent a lot of time learning various things in your field.  Other people probably want to know the same information, but don’t have the time to chase it all down.  So right yourself a “Dummy’s Guide to …. ” about whatever it is that took you forever to learn.  Dummy’s guides are great because they are easy to write, easy to read, and easy to link to.

5) Remember your ideas - Get in the habit of remembering your ideas whenever you have them.  Carry a pen and little notebook with you and jot down your ideas as you get them.  Before I did this I would frequently see something throughout the the which would inspire a blog idea in me, but I would forget it before I could get home and sit down to right.   You’ll find that by saving your ideas, you will no longer have to wonder “What will I write,”  You can just open the notebook and pick the first thing that interests you that day.