It’s an interesting idea to pinpoint a paragraph of an old post and develop that into a new one. It rings true because creativity seems to love constraint.

For example, if someone said to you, “Write a poem about whatever you like and finish it in one hour” – you might be scrabbling around to find a theme. But if someone said to you, “Here are three words: “button, elefant, and raindrop. Write a poem now,” your creativity might be jolted into action. As I said before, constraint is good for creativity.

By the way, I carry a notebook around with me and write post ideas down when they pop up.

@ Michael – that’s too bad. The bathroom image is burned in my memory hehehehe.

@ Lid – You’re correct. Like with everything in business, you need to create a plan. Work it backwards, forwards, sideways, etc. In my short experience with blogging, I’ve already learned the same basic rules that apply to talking face-to-face with a customer applies to blogging.

I’d never tell a guy I’m trying to sell a guitar to how awful of a president I think George Bush is.

Running a blog is great for business if it has a point and is useful.

Too many times, I’ve seen businesses start blogs only to complain – pretty much about all of the challenges you point out.

My take is, decide why you want a blog, create a blog plan, then work on it step by step. And, never stop learning!