The Ultimate “What Should I Blog About” Post

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I searched for quizzical and this came up. Works for me. Attribution: Jayel Aheram

One of the most stressful problems faced by new bloggers is what the hell they should blog about. And that’s understandable, because if you don’t know the answer to that question, it means you haven’t thought things through quite enough in your business.

In other words, it’s not a blogging problem, it’s a business problem.

I’ve written on this topic a lot so I thought i’d round up the old posts and give ‘em to ya here so you can get your fill.

If you find this useful, please share via social media with your friends and spread the word.

What Should I Blog About?

How to Decide What Your Blog Should Be About When You Have Many Interests – Before I wrote about RP2′s and before Emilie started Puttylike (one of my fave new blogs), I wrote this post in an attempt to address blogging for multipotentialites (except I didn’t have that awesome name for it then).

How Process Stories Beat the Blog Content Monster –  This guest post by Chris Johnson reveals one of the most powerful blogging topics you have available to you: the process story.

33 Thoughts on Creating Killer Content – This post has been retweeted 100 times. I did something right, there.

Never Face Writers Block Again (and have Fresh Ideas Every Day) – This is a guest post from Ankesh Kothari that does exactly what it says on the tin. :)

Three Obvious Sources of Great Blog Posts You Haven’t Thought Of – This is a video post where I reveal 3 little-known but powerful sources of material for your blog.

Ten Ways to Crank Out Killer Posts in Ten Minutes or Less – Some great ideas in here for RAPID post writing. I mean like total speed writing stuff! This is “in case of emergency break glass” material.

TWELVE MORE Ways to Crank Out Killer Posts in Ten Minutes or Less – Then all you smart people came up with even more ways to crank out posts like a speed reader on crack. Y’all rule!

Break Out of Blogger’s Block: Say Something Nice! – Such a retardulously simple “what to write about” formula you just might smack yourself in the forehead… and then smile as you set about to do good in the world. :)

  • http://onlineeconomicsclasses.com/ Al Broadman

    Fantastic list of blogging resources dude. I follow a lot of the high PR bloggers and I have never seen some of these resources before.

    I especially enjoyed your two posts on creating kill blog posts in ten minutes or less. Not sure how I am going to fit another blog into my Greader account and have time to read it but I'm gonna give er a try :D

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Al, thanks a bunch. I know what you mean, whenever I log into my Google

      Reader I usually have over 500 unread feeds to plow through.

  • http://www.informationjunkiesanonymous.com Ryah Albatros

    I'm bookmarking this to read later, because I know to do it justice there's no point skimming it. The articles sound so good I think they also deserve my full attention, with coffee to hand. :)

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      I'll hold you to that. :)

  • http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/search.aspx?t=person&s=Pepe+Fanjul+Jr Pepe Fenjul Jr.

    This is great advice. This all fits into the need to have blogging strategy, especially if you are planning to try to make money from the blog, or blog for business.

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    I especially enjoyed your two posts on creating kill blog posts in ten minutes or less. Not sure how I am going to fit another blog into my Greader account and have time to read it but I'm gonna give er a try.

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Thanks! So… now you're Toyota, huh? Last comment you made, you were Ford.

      Consider rethinking your commenting strategy.

  • http://kelleyzwong.wordpress.com/ Kelley Wong

    I'm so glad you compiled this list. As a new blogger, I definitely find myself struggling at times to find something to right about. It's not difficult to write, it's difficult to right about things others want to read. For me the hardest part is coming up with content, but the easier part is executing an idea. However, the less I concern myself with the question of “are they going to like it?” the easier it is to think about what I want to share and what I consider interesting. And I've come to realize, readers can tell when a blog post is forced.

    I'm definitely going to through this list the next time I find myself in a conundrum.

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Kelley, that's great, I'm glad you found this useful. Here's a great

      question to ask yourself: what kind of story or post would my ideal reader

      want to share with her friends?

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