Friday, September 4, 2009

Choosing The Right Topic For Your Blog Post

By Steve Shaw

Starting a blog is easy - keeping a blog interesting and fresh is a whole other matter. While many marketers have no trouble beginning a niche blog, the sheer number of abandoned blogs around the 'net speaks to the fact that many marketers don't know what to do to keep a blog going. According to blogging experts, the key to keeping a blog going is to post frequently. This means that you're going to need a ever present stream of content coming into your blog.

You may be intimidated by the thought of having to come up with lots of topic ideas. Finding topics for your blog posts are easy if you use the following ideas.

1. Select captivating CAPTIONS

You must be able to present timely information for your readers or else no one will care to visit your site. This up to date information will help you to attract more readers. Look for headlines or captions that will surely draw the attention of other people, to make you on top of things. You can sign up for free Google Alerts and build alerts on vital words/phrases in your own niche. Also read through the headlines on DIGG. In that manner, you'll be able to see new information and stories in your niche.

2. Look in the COMMENTS

Through the comments section on your blog, you can get ideas on topics that you need to write about next. As an example, you have a post on your health blog about loosing fat. In the comments section, other readers will begin to ask if it is safe or not or is there any other way to shred some unwanted fat in their body. Whoola! You can now have a new blog post. Glance at your comments section to find topics that you can write next or it may be a question that you can respond to with the use of a blog post.

3. Making a resource list

Are there any other resources or websites that your blog could identify? Writing a resource list post will help you. Resource lists posts are very easy to create and it will present a great value for your readers for the reason that they can obtain information from it easily. If you don't have something to write about, just make valuable lists for your readers.

4. Participate in your COMMUNITY

Glance at your niche's community. Observe other blogs in your niche and spot topics that they're writing about. You can take an area of a specific topic that the original authors overlooked, or you can write your own opinion and viewpoint on the same topic. In case you are against what the author says, you can freely convey your own opinion to your blog. Make sure that you get engaged in the community because bloggers can be a great source of ideas.

5. Start COLLECTING tips

Bring together a list of quick guidelines that you'd like to pass on to your niche. It can be your own personal know-how within your niche, from other blog posts, or from other products in your niche. If you can't find blog topics to write, build lists of guideline post.

The above mentioned are some tips to help you find topics for your blog. Begin by writing blog post ideas on a notepad file and you will have lots of material to be use.

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