Comments on: How To Never Run Out of Content For Your Blog Again

By: If I Were To Start All Over Again… | David Risley dot com

If I Were To Start All Over Again… | David Risley dot com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:10:14 +0000

[...] you’re at it, create your idea file so that you have a BUNCH of post ideas waiting in the wings. You want to make sure you won’t [...]

By: jp moses

jp moses — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:08:21 +0000

Great post, man. I#2 strikes me particularly. I've got great ideas scattered all over my laptop's hard drive…and occasionally I'll even stumble upon one again and turn it into a post. But I need to start putting those things in my unpublished queue — even if it's only a saved headline. That way I'll see it regularly and if nothing else it'll annoy me until I finally turn it into the post I originally imagined it when the idea first struck me.

Thanks!

…jp

By: Mia Taylor

Mia Taylor — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:36:04 +0000

I really liked this post. I just recently adopted the “write a bunch of drafts and let them hang out” strategy and find that my content has improved a lot. Not only do I consistently publish content, but I can revisit a post before it's published and improve or add to it. Batch-writing is the way to go!
Thanks for sharing your ideas!

By: anointedtoday

anointedtoday — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:42 +0000

Very useful ideas. Never thought of having the draft blogs, that is a good idea. Thanks for sharing.

By: Ronblogger

Ronblogger — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:29:58 +0000

nice tips there,particularly the pillar content and having repository of draft posts.

By: Paramendra Bhagat

Paramendra Bhagat — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:28:22 +0000

Having half finished drafts on my blog dashboard helps.

By: Philip Nowak

Philip Nowak — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:01:19 +0000

Great post David.

I bought a journal for $1 in the clearance section at Target. Anytime I have an idea for a blog post, I write it down in my journal along with some notes. The notes are helpful just in case I can’t recall the exact reason or angle I originally thought of. I take my journal with me everywhere and keep it in my laptop case so that I don’t lose it. In addition to my journal, I take my digital camera everywhere as I never know when I might stumble upon something interesting to share.

If I still have trouble coming up with something that I want to write about at the moment, I ask all of my friends to send me their thoughts, ideas or news bits. Also, it helps greatly to follow people on Twitter that are good sources of information for your blog niche.

Hope that helps.

-Philip Nowak

By: Tia Singh aka @TiaSparkles

Tia Singh aka @TiaSparkles — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:39:54 +0000

Fantastic. I’m keeping a link to this article to share around. Glad I saw this now rather than tmrw.. Thanks mate!

By: Jennifer Moore

Jennifer Moore — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:10:43 +0000

The purpose of my blog is to promote my business, so I’m still finding my way in the blogging world. I often feature other artists, and I sometimes write about my own insights as an artist (have one of those simmering, in fact.) I’m still trying to figure out the right balance of content for my blog, and I’m still learning what I have to offer in terms of knowledge.

I carry a journal with me almost everywhere. A paper journal. If I use electronic devices, information goes into them and gets forgotten. I need paper to keep me on track. Also, for my writing, I have a file folder “Seeds” full of partially-written poems, stories, article ideas, etc.

Jennifer Moore
JenniferLynn Productions

By: Mike Wasylik

Mike Wasylik — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:12 +0000

David, I often use Google alerts to monitor keywords or people who are active in my area. For example, there’s a reporter at the Tampa Trib who typically covers real estate and foreclosure stories. I’ve got a daily alert set for her name. If she published a story that interests me, I can blog about it.

The possibilities for that technique alone are endless – the trick is learning what to filter OUT if you set up a lot of alerts.