Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles
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Sharing own minds about correct process of content idea generation. I guess only a 20% of marketers, bloggers have a large-scale content marketing strategy for the website. What about you? How do you develop own strategy?
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@ivan-palii I use OneNote several times a day and do it every day. Among other things, I keep a running list of things to write about based on things I encounter with my users. Excel tutorial, network question, c++ problem a professor had, basic Linux concepts for another professor to help her class. things like that.
When i encounter something I use OneNote app on phone and enter it in and refer to it and add a lot more to make a post. http://aindien.com/blog Its real basic material and its stuff that would bore you all to tears but I have found an audience for it.
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Thanks, @jmoore for your experience. Checking you blog., I've found that a floating header is a very huge. I guess you might short it. It helps users to catch more information by eyes during the reading.
Thanks also for your content idea generation experience. I guess some abstractive ideas are better generated when we are walking, drink a coffee etc. But content for some specific theme is better generated by tools. Am i right?
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@jmoore said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@ivan-palii I use OneNote several times a day and do it every day. Among other things, I keep a running list of things to write about based on things I encounter with my users. Excel tutorial, network question, c++ problem a professor had, basic Linux concepts for another professor to help her class. things like that.
When i encounter something I use OneNote app on phone and enter it in and refer to it and add a lot more to make a post. http://aindien.com/blog Its real basic material and its stuff that would bore you all to tears but I have found an audience for it.
I'm in the same boat and think of ideas all the time based on problems I have solved at work, a podcast I have listened to, someone in the community I have talked to about an issue they have had. I just started this year at http://blog.thenetworknerd.com. I usually make a draft in Wordpress to save for later so I do not forget. At times I have so many ideas it is hard to pick one.
I actually get frustrated at times with the length of my commute and the fact that I could have been blogging about something during that time. I feel like that is part of the problem I have with hitting a regular cadence of more than every couple of weeks.
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Thanks also for your content idea generation experience. I guess some abstractive ideas are better generated when we are walking, drink a coffee etc. But content for some specific theme is better generated by tools. Am i right?
Yep - sometimes an idea can come out of nowhere. It just kind of hits you. When it does, try to jot down your thoughts so they are not lost, especially if you are not able to start writing the full blog at that moment.
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Here is a great podcast on technical blogging. The hosts (Chris Wahl and Ethan Banks) give some great tips on how to organize your thoughts, how they do it, whether you should blog about things others have already written about, etc. I probably listened to it 5 times as I was beginning to get into blogging.
http://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/datanauts-061-trials-tribulations-technical-blogging/
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I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
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@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
wow there's a surprise (insert eye roll here).
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@ivan-palii said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
. I guess you might short it. It helps users to catch more information by eyes during the reading.
My site definitely needs some design help and some more thought put into it but right now i just don't have the time. I feel it is more important to keep writing regular content and the rest of the time marketing it. Some day i will do more design lol
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@ivan-palii said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
Thanks also for your content idea generation experience. I guess some abstractive ideas are better generated when we are walking, drink a coffee etc. But content for some specific theme is better generated by tools. Am i right?
It is a lot of personal preference here. I found myself losing track of ideas during my day so I knew i had to keep a list. My list has topic ideas for months ahead of time currently so I am never out of ideas.
I actually prefer this method to using tools because I feel it is more real-world. Tools are accessed by everyone and you get people writing about the same topics over and over. My topics are almost always actual conversations I have with people
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@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I'm in the same boat and think of ideas all the time based on problems I have solved at work, a podcast I have listened to, someone in the community I have talked to about an issue they have had. I just started this year at http://blog.thenetworknerd.com. I usually make a draft in Wordpress to save for later so I do not forget. At times I have so many ideas it is hard to pick one.
Those are good ideas! I will pay more attention when I am listening to things and reading forums! I will check out your site too
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@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I actually get frustrated at times with the length of my commute and the fact that I could have been blogging about something during that time. I feel like that is part of the problem I have with hitting a regular cadence of more than every couple of weeks.
I think it is Evernote that allows you to do voice memos right into your notes. So while you are commuting you could talk into phone and flesh out an article and at least make some progress. Just an idea for you
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@scottalanmiller lol for some reason that is Not hard to imagine
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@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
So are you advocating that we should seek to be argumentative? Only for the purposes of coming up with new topics to write about, of course.
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@jmoore said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I actually get frustrated at times with the length of my commute and the fact that I could have been blogging about something during that time. I feel like that is part of the problem I have with hitting a regular cadence of more than every couple of weeks.
I think it is Evernote that allows you to do voice memos right into your notes. So while you are commuting you could talk into phone and flesh out an article and at least make some progress. Just an idea for you
Thanks for that. I hope the voice recognition for Evernote is better than when I try to voice text someone on my iPhone. It's a good idea though.
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@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
So are you advocating that we should seek to be argumentative? Only for the purposes of coming up with new topics to write about, of course.
Yes
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@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
So are you advocating that we should seek to be argumentative? Only for the purposes of coming up with new topics to write about, of course.
Yes
But not all of us keep dicking around on SW even though we should know better....
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@minion-queen said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
wow there's a surprise (insert eye roll here).
I thought I could see the back of my head for a second as well. . .
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@rojoloco said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
So are you advocating that we should seek to be argumentative? Only for the purposes of coming up with new topics to write about, of course.
Yes
But not all of us keep dicking around on SW even though we should know better....
You wanna go bro?!
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@dustinb3403 said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@rojoloco said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@networknerd said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
@scottalanmiller said in Generating content ideas for topics, posts, articles:
I find getting into online arguments is a great way to come up with things to write about.
So are you advocating that we should seek to be argumentative? Only for the purposes of coming up with new topics to write about, of course.
Yes
But not all of us keep dicking around on SW even though we should know better....
You wanna go bro?!
To Spiceworks? Hellz to tha naw. Been there, done that, got the perma-ban to prove it.
