I get quite a few letters from new bloggers (and old:), who are getting stuck with writers block when it comes to adding new articles to their blogs.
I think a lot of that is based on the fact that it is necessary to post often to gain decent exposure for your blog, and some of us just weren't born chatterboxes! Well, I have a few ideas for you that have worked for me and for many of my clients.
They aren't rocket science - but they are probably things that you may take for granted or forget about.
And wonderfully--they work! 1.
Blog When Listening to Music.
Believe it or not - the right music can instantly lift a person's mood and creativity (we also recommend this in psychotherapy:).
You will be amazed at how the creative portion of your brain will kick in when you remember to turn on the iTunes, iPod, CD or radio.
I just wrote this article while listening to a 10 minute Brazilian song I found from a movie soundtrack.
2.
Stick To The Basics.
Remember that just because you know your topic backwards and forwards, doesn't mean that your readers do.
In fact, if they are even bothering reading your stuff at all -they are interested in either your information or your opinion on your information.
So if it's related to your topic - write about it.
3.
Use Google Alerts.
All you have to do is put keywords related to your topic or perhaps another expert's name in the Google alerts tool and you will start to get email alerts on what is new in blogs, the news, or other web pages on that keyword.
You will get a ton of ideas from using this tool.
4.
Write An Opinion Piece.
Some bloggers get trapped with only writing about "information" or "news".
But what brings readers back is your particular writer's "voice".
Writing an opinion article on any hot topic in your niche, is easy to do, and a quick fix for generating relevant buzz and traffic to your blog.
5.
Keep Current.
Write about new things you are trying with your business while you are trying them.
Don't wait to see the end result.
Readers will want to follow the results.
6.
Pay Attention To Twitter.
Out of all of the social media and marketing tools, Twitter is the one where you can find quickly topics that folks are talking about in real time.
All you need to do is log into your Twitter account and check the right hand column to see what topics people are talking about.
You can take this even further by using one of the many Twitter 3rd party browser tools and check out what people are talking about specifically in your niche.
7.
Use A Back-Up Topic.
I use something called a "back up" topic on all of my content driven rich sites.
That means that I only write on this topic when I am in the middle of brain freeze:) No one needs to know but you that this is your "in case of emergency" topic.
To the readers in your community, it will just be another topic that you regularly write on, but to you it will be your life saver.
For example, if you write in the celebrity gossip niche (although I can't see how you could possibly be out of topics in this niche!), you could use celebrity homes or celebrity fashion as your back up topic.
Now go throw on a few tunes and get writing!