A Fool-Proof Method To Brainstorm Blogging Ideas Do you struggle with coming up with original ideas for your blog posts? Want to get out of the “ echo chamber ” and not just report repeat news that’s been posted everywhere else? Yes? Great! You’re in luck today because I’m going to share with you my fool-proof, idiot-proof method of brainstorming great ideas for your blog that, chances are, nobody else may have thought about. B rainstorming why your visitors are visiting your blog will help to focus your blog post topics, writing style, and traffic generation and monetization techniques. [Incidentally, Copyblogger has a post that expands on why connection with your reader is important in this post .] It’s with those thoughts that I’ve been thinking about how to better make my posts be more responsive to visitors’ wants and needs, and I’ve come up with my own solution. Visitors to your blog visit because they are “looking” for something (a “need”) and “want” some result. Blog visitors may be looking for/need : Blog visitors may want :
Michigan Gov. Snyders Budget Improves Competitiveness but Costs Individuals Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 262 Michigan, once the proud center of the thriving American auto industry, has been in decline for some time. In 1999, the state ranked 21st highest in the U.S. in GDP per capita; in 2009 it was ranked 41st.[1] In 2009 alone, per capita GDP fell by 5.2%,[2] and while Michigan's unemployment rate reached a two-year low of 11.1%[3] in December of 2010, it remains much higher than the national rate of 9.4%.[4] On February 17, Governor Rick Snyder (R) released his proposed budget for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013. Business Taxes Corporate Income Tax Snyder proposes replacing the current Michigan Business Tax (MBT) with a 6 percent corporate income tax. Many people approve of gross receipts taxes because they levy low rates, but most economists agree that gross receipts taxes can be very harmful to the business environment. Gross receipts taxes are also not ideal during economic downturns, since businesses must pay the tax even if they are losing money. Incentives
201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity Arouse your creativity Electric flesh-arrows … traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. Creativity is like sex. I know, I know. The people I speak of are writers. Below, I’ve exposed some of their secret tips, methods, and techniques. Now, lie back, relax and take pleasure in these 201 provocative ways to arouse your creativity. Great hacks from Merlin Mann of 43 Folders
History of blogging While the term "blog" was not coined until the late 1990s, the history of blogging starts with several digital precursors to it. Before "blogging" became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists[1] and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard". Some[specify] have likened blogging to the Mass-Observation project of the mid-20th century.[citation needed] 1983–1993[edit] Usenet was the primary serial medium included in the original definition of the Internet. In the early 1990s, when Tim Berners-Lee coined the term "world wide web" and defined the first standards for HTML and URLs, the specifications included "USENET newsgroups for serial publishing and discussions 1994–2001[edit] 2001–2004[edit] 2004–present[edit]
Start Freelance Writing - How to Start a Freelance Writing Career If there's an email that I get once a day, it's some variation on the question "How Do I Get Started?" Luckily, I get a bit of background with the question, and so I can (sort of) tailor the answer to the individual email -- even if it's just a sentence or two. For example, I may refer a former technical writer wanting to turn freelance to the Society for Technical Communication, while I would direct a stay at home mom looking to make a few extra dollars to Freelance Writing Gigs. I recently told a downsized administrative assistant that she should start with some business writing such as brochures and newsletters, and suggested to someone who desperately wanted to be a full time magazine writer to read Writer's Market cover to cover. I don't mind trying to keep up with the individual emails, but I do think it would be much more efficient to put this down in one place! There are two main categories that About Freelance Writing readers seem to fall into. Get a Clip!
From The Magazine : Radar Online < BACK TO From The Magazine From the Magazine Take the Funny and RunHow some of the biggest names in comedy built their careers on pilfered punchlinesBy Larry Getlen GOOD JOKE HUNTING Oft-accused gag-rustler Robin Williams Anyone who has ever performed stand-up is familiar with the red light, the universal signal that warns dawdlers it's time to wrap things up. Robin Williams, comedy's most notorious joke rustler, was in the house. Though the rap has followed Williams for years, he's not alone. George Lopez accused Mencia of ripping off his act for an HBO special. Steven Pearl, a veteran comic who, like Williams, worked on the San Francisco circuit in the '80s, claims the star was renowned for stealing jokes—a comedic Winona Ryder. Some of Williams's longtime friends defend him, saying that a key component to his brilliance is his lack of a filter—his inability to block ideas from entering or leaving his head. Illustration: James J.
101+ Killer Blog Post Ideas For a while now I’ve been compiling a list of a bunch of different blog post ideas/types of blog posts (remember how I’m crazy about lists?), and I figured now is a great time to share it! Below you’ll find a list of 101+ different blog post ideas (though I’m sure there are more that I couldn’t think of). So when you’re stuck and need some blogging inspiration, just do one of the following. Several more ideas were suggested by some people in the comments: 102. And that’s all I can think of, though I’m sure there are more. Which of these were new to you? Thanks for bearing with me for the last week while I took a break from the blog.
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis Blog Post Ideas That Always Generate Buzz image credit: addicted eyes (modified under cc 2.0 license) Many marketing bloggers are swooning over Twitter, FriendFeed, and other instant, fast-paced social communities lately. It is easily forgotten the blogosphere is still the single best place to build a well-trafficked home for yourself or your business on the web. Blogging is alive and well, despite what the cynics say – look around at all the people creating new content and the millions reading it daily. While many have been enticed by the siren song of Twitter and her instant gratification, plenty of us still enjoy the longer format content that blogs are becoming known for. Also consider that so much of microblogging is actually made up of people discussing and linking to blogs. With so much talk about use of the newer platforms, I thought it would be worthwhile to throw some blog post ideas at you that never go out of style and always generate buzz. 45 Blog Post Ideas That Always Generate Buzz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Smoking pot helps me play with my toddler. I’ve been a weekend pot smoker since I was about eighteen. As a new mother, I continued the indulgence, but only when I was out and my son had a babysitter. I swore I’d never be stoned around my kid. And that plan worked for two and a half years, right up until one morning when my toddler waged a concerted campaign to fray each of my nerves. Everything I asked of him resulted in an argument. Still trying to keep it together, I said, “Okay, honey, you want me to read one of your books? “No! That did it. I wondered if instead of fines, the library would take a kid in trade. Desperate for a change of scenery, I shoved my son in his car seat and drove to the mall. I thought to myself, feeling a bit guilty about breaking my rule against toasted childcare. With munchies setting in, I bought us both crystallized sugar lollipops on wooden sticks – his first time seeing one, and my first time eating one in about twenty years.
111 Instant Blog Post Ideas Please use these 111 instant blog post ideas and feel free to critique or add to them. I haven't used many of them yet and I'm tired of keeping my master blog idea list private. So if I don't use these ideas for blog posts, hopefully you will! Hopefully this list will stir your mind a bit. Just remember that your voice is unique and that you have stories to tell, feelings to share, thoughts to offer, news to publish, and goals to reach, just like anybody else. 111 Instant Blog Post Ideas (plucked from the infinite array of possibilities) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111.
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50 Blog Post Ideas for Business Blogging Business blogging is not always easy . A business blog is subjective but unlike a private blog you still are writing for people interested in your trade, products and services and not necessarily you as a person watching movies and eating out. You can’t annoy people too much, you can’t be too personal funny outspoken So you need ideas that are creative while not being too creative as to scare away your business audience. To assist you I collected a list of 50 blog post ideas for business blogging for any industry . Remember that business blogging is about value. SEO 2.0 living and working in Germany as a blog & SEO consultant.
Some Observations About the UN Palestine Vote (UPDATED) - Jeffrey Goldberg - International 1. Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, writes in The Times today: The parameters of a peace deal are well known and they have already been put on the table. I put them there in September 2008 when I presented a far-reaching offer to Mr. Perhaps the Security Council should ask Mr. 2. 3. 4. More later. UPDATE: Hussein Ibish has a very interesting piece up on Atlantic.com about the fallout from Obama's speech. American opposition to the statehood bid is driven in part by a desire to protect the U.S. It's now become conventional wisdom that the Palestinians don't trust the Obama Administration enough to allow it to broker negotiations.