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Really great ideas. I often have issues when blogging that I make the blogs too long. I like to keep them short cant always do so. How do you keep your blogs simple?
Don’t worry about editing while you’re writing your first draft. Let all your ideas flow. Then, read what you’ve written and try to figure out which parts are not essential to your core message and take them out. If it’s still too long, consider splitting into more than one post.
Problogger’s Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers is a really great resource for making sure your blog posts are compelling to your readers.
Good luck!
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I also use ideas that catch my eye when reading other blogs and newsletters. Sometimes just a part of a sentence or a phrase will jot my mind to a different take on the same topic or an entirely new topic. Am also a big user of ‘note to self’ when I see something in a magazine, on a billboard, hear on the radio or TV. As my blog (http:/www.maurerconsultinggroup.com/blog) is focused on business strategy for small businesses, it’s not that difficult to spot a really good — or really bad — example of marketing or brand strategy to write around.
I actually started my blog with a number of entries gleaned from my five years of newsletter articles and have since used some of my seminar topics, and bits from a business book I published last year, so I’m on track with your ideas.
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We are definitely on the same page! I also have an ongoing list of topic ideas, which I tap into when I’m in need of inspiration.
One might think that after you’ve been blogging a while, it would be harder to come up with fresh new ideas, but the opposite is true. Once you have a blogging mindset, you’re constantly seeing things to write about, as you say.
Thanks so much for stopping by and introducing yourself!
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