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Coming up with blog content can be hard at times. There maybe some content you think that you can’t use because there isn’t enough “meat” to the content. Here are four tips on how to get more out of little content.
1. Put Yourself In The Situation
You should take your idea one step further and put yourself in that situation. If you are blogging about a news report where a suspect was wrongfully treated, take a moment to reflect on how you would have reacted in that situation, as both the suspect and the officer. By putting a small spin on a story such as this, will not only allow you to see the story in a different aspect, but would also allow you to show those ideas to your readers.
2. Create A Debatable Subject
Take an idea and turn it into a debate against yourself. If you are talking about SEO, debate if being the number one result is better than being the number four result. You can find a debate on almost any subject. Debating the subject will allow you to think of new ideas and facts about the subject. Using the SEO example, we can use information like does an actual user who clicks on the the first result find it more useful compared to the fourth result, or how much more content is actually useful out of the two results.
3. Describe The Subject To A New Beginner
At first this seems really hard when you are writing, and you may also feel as if you are offending your readers, but start writing as if your readers have just found out about the subject a few hours before reading your post. Going back to the basics will allow you to remember what it feels like for the subject to be new again, it could also change your perspective on the subject. This is something that you hear about in sports all the time, the fundamentals are important other subjects also. Always remember KISS (Keep It Simple Silly), when writing.
4. Keep Your Subject Fresh
Talk about something along the same topic as your site, but with a different twist. If you have a site based on car audio, you may want to talk about the car’s stereo effect on the alternator or battery. By keeping the subject fresh on your blog, you are making for sure that you and your readers are not bored. When branching out with other related topics, you may find other subjects to explorer in later posts.
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http://www.pureblogging.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gifKeeping it fresh & real is of great importance, whilst not losing sight of your core area of focus. The backbone of your blog is important, and needs to be kept strong with regular posts about your core focus. It is so easy to get side tracked, but hey, it does work for some people, basically taking the natural flow that comes to them….
Coming up with good content that people want to read on an ongoing basis is really quite difficult especially if you’re a one man/women operation, these are some good tips, nothing life changing, but if applied they can help make a difference..
Hi there…
realy nice post..
its tru that the backbone of your blog as you have explained should be gud..
for taking it into top ones…
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Very good tips for beginners and good reminder for experienced bloggers. Great post
The only stable way to stretch or compress a “cell” is in a table.Say a 3×3 table, all in squares. Through AJAX, I double the content of the center cell: the middle ROW will increase its height to adjust, without disturbing the layout…
That is an interesting insight on creating content. Thank you.
It’s always a joy reading your post. I’m rest assured to get a thing or two out of them each time. Another great post with tips for my ride home..Monica
It is true that creating good relevant content can be a hurdle at times, and while we all go through brain hazes it is important to realize that their are times when outsourcing can be the answer. Content and traffic is the blood of our site and we want to offer value to our readers and sometimes that just doesn’t flow like we need it to – your four tips are great ways to get the juices flowing once again-
Your tips are really helpful. Contents should always be understandable, interesting and fresh.
nice advice….
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great tips for beginners
thanks
And another way is write your blog posts in modules…What is about? Who is it aimed at? and what will they get out of it?
I also do sub headings of things I have thought of and then flesh them out over the course of a day.
Every blogger face the writer Block and your tips are really helpful in such situations
Excellent points. Another trick that one could use is to link to relevant posts from other blogs (instead of announcing link loves) and shortly mention their views in your post. This would add more reader participation as well…
As a thumb rule, one should never complete a post…leave it at 90% to give chance for people to fill in as comments
A lot of people seeking perfection would end up receiving less comments.
Tips are not so good because it is not easy to understand everyone.Make easy.
Tips are good but not easy to everone. Make easy.
I would add a couple of points to this.
1. Make someone popular – write about a website / product that you really liked and share it with your readers. (I am not talking about paid reviews).
2. Answering frequently asked questions on forums in details gives a good opportunity to write new content from a fresh perspective and can also get long-tail traffic.
This is kind of like your second point, but one way to expand content is to use a “pro versus con” structure for your post.
Perhaps your are writing about article marketing, and the optimum word count of an article.
You can go through all the benefits of having a long article, say. Then you can explain the downside.
After listing these reasons, you can come to a conclusion about what the best approach should ultimately be.
Simple but effective tips. I like #4 by keeping it fresh, Google loves fresh new content too
really good and useful tips…..
Coming up with content is one of hardest challenge most new bloogers face. An idea I recently started using was to take stories from TV and use them to help me create content for my blog. For my niche internet marketing, for example I was watching a TV show about climbing mount Everest, and I was thinking about the similarities that I could relate to internet marketing. Like before they even climb their first mountain they must train (study internet marketing courses) Then they climb there first mountain(try to make one sale online). Then try to climb a bigger mountain(create some ezine ads). See if you can come up with some similar ideas.
point 4, definately the most important. keep it fresh, keep it interesting don’t just regurgitate.
Good techniquess. One more technique that works for me is sleep deprivation.
Thanks, being a blogger myself I tend to run out of content quite often. I’ll take your advice into consideration.
Cheers
Good info. I have to spread this info to my friends.
thanks.
I like KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY) I’ve not seem this before but its a good tip
Thanks for the good info
I am an amateur web designer and all my previous layout deigns have been made using tables. I realize that is an inferior technique these days and that div and css are a superior alternative. I have been experimenting with div and css with dreamweaver and I was satisfied with my first layout sans tables. However, I then discovered an issue.
These are very useful tips and I thank you for posting this.
I always look at my web traffic stats to see what people typed to get to my website, and sometimes it gives me ideas of new subjects… or rather new articles to write for my website.
Till then,
Jean
Good practice.
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I enjoyed this post. But keep in mind a lot of beginner and novices are actually reading the posts so it wouldn’t hurt to right for them once in a while. I am tired of reading overly complicated posts. Thanks!
This is hardest thing which a blogger have to do. I motivate myself by reading lot’s of article on other blogs. I know there are lots of blog which are better than mine so I keep checking how they write. This keep me updated with latest content around the internet.
It’s easy to underestimate the power of a forum. It may not be a ‘blog’, bit it is still content – more importantly, largely unique content.
Great tips. Very practical. Thanks.
Some great tips here for pros and newbies alike.
very great articles. simple and thinging links.
thankyou so much,
Good ideas Derald. Many people have an idea they want to write about, but they do not know what else to include other than just the facts. These are great suggestions of some ways you can create more content and keep your readers more interested.
This is the best way on how to enhance my writing skills, I do have blog but I don’t think so if the write ups are okey because I do accept that I’m not a good writer. I’m in favor of the phrase that say’s “Content is king”, this is the great blog for me in order I can enhance my content writing technique..
Good advice. Always good to keep it simple.
If you can’t come up with a regular idea for a blogpost, you might seriously consider writing a little tutorial post for newbies. Not everyone knows what you do and sharing your experience might be a good idea.
The 4 tip is really good. Peopla like when topics are clear and they may gather new information not to difficult and improve their knowledge as well.
I have found forums are a great place to find ideas for content that is in demand. Looking for common questions in forums centered around your niche for laser targeted content for what people are wanting.
I think #4 is the hardest. It’s tough coming up with new, fresh material. If you can master that your own your way to great blogs.
Writing content huge headache for newly fresh blogger but your tips sure been helpful for blogger as said TWIST content easy to make.
Thanks for your good tips on how to expand content.That was I am confused before.
Very informative! i have another tip! you can use twitter search. Find out what people talking about at your nitch then write something about it!
of course ,these are great tips,but all of them need creativity which i am lack of. i will try anyway.
Truly, it is very hard to make a good content. Unless, if you have enough knowledge about the topic, writing would definitely be easy. KISS is very effective too because not all readers like to read a prose type content!
Being an SEO guy – I like #4 as well. The deal about having fresh content and changing it – does well for your site’s (or blog) Google ranking. Google itself loves new stuff and your readers will also love it as well.
Simply elegant tips. Thanks dude.
very good tips and hope to implement my work, thanks and I hope it can serve more people bye
#3 is so true. When I see a post that gets into the subject without any introfuction and I just have no idea what I’m reading I’m obviously going to ignore it.
Nice tips to expand content while writing. In my opinion, when we come out something new, even though we’re expert on this field, we still need to write from A-Z, to make sure beginner knows what we’re talking about instead of just showing to people who already knows the basic. In this way, we can actually expand the content in healthy and natural way.
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Its so true that whenever we make any post our content should be targeted to satisfy newbies. This helps us to satisfy all categories of readers.
If we can follow all points mentioned above we can really succeed with our blogs and achieve our targets as webmasters. Gracias.
Great ideas. I have printed these and posted them as a reminder to myself. I am tickled that I found this blog.
My own experience is that video tutorials work nice for instruction, but not really well for being found. So I usually include a transcript or recap of the video on the same page.
Always looking to expand my content. Great ideas you have I will incorporate them into posts when I am running short of ideas.
This is another good post, especially for the beginner blogger. Keeping your blog relevant, engaging, and attractive to both new viewers and repeat customers is an ongoing challenge. One must focus on a number of things. In addition to all mentioned in this post, there are things such as monetization strategies (i.e. DON’T OVER-MONETIZE!), well-structured, unique content, etc.
Bravo on some *great* information. I’ve bookmarked your blog for future reference!
The hardest part of writing a blog is ocming up with content day after day. Sometimes my brain just does not want to cooperate, especially if I am busy with the day job(like right now). But what are you going to do? You have to keeep your readers coming back for more.
It is really good and helpful tips for new content writers.. I like very much and it is really easy to understand for everyone..
Especially Beautiful sub Headings you used.. If we read the sub heading only we can came to understand the content..
And this is the Great mind work.. I like KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY)
For myself i considered as great post.. Keep up your good work..
Thank you
Phil
This is really beautiful and helpful comment.. Nice sub Headings.. keep up your good work
You have to be careful about the debating content because it can do the opposite of what you want. Thanks for the tips about thinking up new content. Sometimes I find I have more ideas than time permits me to write!