Blog Topics

When it comes to content marketing, the number one problem most companies face is coming up with new topics. When you have to write 3-5 blog posts a week, plus articles and whitepapers, produce a video, write a company newsletter and so forth, it’s easy to feel like you’ve run out of things to say in a short while. Don’t be discouraged! Sometimes all you have to do is change the way you look and think about your industry and you’ll discover a whole new bevy of blog topics just waiting to be written about!

Today I received an email from someone asking what my “methods” are for building an online business. That’s always a tough question—particularly because I got the sense that it was asked by someone looking for an easy and quick answer. Here’s my response. I’d love to hear what you’d have added or said. Thanks for the email. It’s difficult to sum it all up in an email (I’ve published over 6,000 posts on ProBlogger on the topic as well as written a book), but

Being a savvy blogger, you understand the importance of having a focused blog. You make sure that what you write is relevant and specific to your target market. You do not post content that may dilute the focus of your site. Yet you still like writing about other topics, especially topics that are related to your overall market but are not specific to your niche. So how can you continue writing on those subjects without losing the focus on your blog? This was my dilemma. I loved writing about consumer

Even the most articulate and renowned writers from every time period have experienced the all too-familiar and highly dreaded idea-road stopper known as “writer’s block.” But just because it’s not out of the norm doesn’t mean that there aren’t some simple exercises bloggers can do to keep the creative juices flowing at all times—after all, fresh and frequent blog posts is what attracts new readers and keep the ones you already have. With that said, below are some pre-writing