Blue Helm

Posted by Emory Cook on September 22nd, 2009

I tried yesterday to update Blue Helm’s blog but I struggled to come up with something decent or interesting to write about. What’s a poor soul to do when the slippery demon known as Writer’s Block veers his ugly head? You need to update your blog, but you have no idea what to say. If such an unpleasant dilemma occurs, try the following to come with blog ideas:

1. What are leaders in your industry talking about? Read through your RSS feed and the Twitter updates of opinion leaders in your field. Find out what topics are relevant to your business right now.
2. Search for topics in Google News. It’s one of my favorite tools on the web. Just use key words that relate to your business to find out what’s newsworthy in your field of work. Whenever I type ‘social media’ into the Google News search box, thousands of articles appear that I can use and cite for a blog post.
3. What are your customers saying? Do you often hear the same comments, complaints, questions and observations from your clients or customers? Then write about it! My BFF Dave Navarro further explains how you must connect with your audience to forever end the writer’s block disease. 
4. Ask someone for ideas. I just asked Chad for some ideas about what I could write about for this blog, and he recommended #5:
5. Stop thinking about it. If your writer’s block is acting particularly stubborn, leave the office and clear your mind. Go for a drive, take a walk around the block or treat yourself to a boat ride. Your creative juices will be flowing before no time.

What did I miss? Tell me how you cure your writer’s block.

Tags: blog, Content, Emory, writer's block

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