Today’s blog is an abridgment of a month long series by Pro Blogger which is a great resource for new bloggers. Every Monday and Tuesday I will post a digest from this wonderful series. If you would like to learn more about the series please go to
http://www.problogger.com/Come up with 10 Post Ideas
1. The Set Up
Get a whiteboard, piece of paper, note book, tablet pc or something else to write on (there are also various mind mapping tools and software options out there - but I find a pen and paper can work just fine) and draw five circles across the middle of the page. In each circle write the titles of the last five posts on your blog (if you want to do this more comprehensively go back further and do it with more posts).
2. Extend Your Previous Posts
Now take each post in turn and spend a few minutes brainstorming on ways that the post could be ‘extended’. Most posts that you write will be able to be ‘extended’ in any number of ways including:
picking up a question or idea that a reader asked in the comments on that post
exploring the opposite point of view from the post
taking a ‘news’ post and writing an ‘opinion’ piece about it
taking a ‘theoretical’ type posts and writing something that helps people to ‘DO’ it
expanding upon ideas glossed over in passing in the previous post
The list could go on - really it is about finding ways to take ideas in a previous post and expanding upon and extended them.
For each idea draw a line out from the circle, draw a square (or use a different color) and write the idea inside of it.
The key at this point is to let yourself be as creative and outside the box as you want. Any idea is allowed at this point.
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