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8 Ways to Get Inspiration as a Blogger

September 4, 2010 - Last Modified: April 1, 2014 by liorsy

Blog Inspiration

The biggest pitfall to blogging is to allow yourself to become “a bore”. In other words you basically have nothing to say, but if you are anything like me I tend to sometimes become a lazy blogger.

I really don’t get off my butt and go looking for great stuff to blog about. Then I get ticked off with myself because I love to blog, and I take great pride in having fantastic blog posts. So turning over a new leaf for myself, I decided to go on a campaign as to how I can find some great sources of information worth blogging about.

Actually when I got rolling on this post I discovered some great resources. To save you from the “boredom syndrome” I thought I would share some ideas with you.

1. digg.com
This is a great source of information. The good thing about picking up news from this site is that there is such a variety that you are sure to find something that fits in with your blog niche. Keep in mind though that bloggers don’t suffer from tunnel vision, meaning they have lots of interests. Chances are if you find something interesting here at digg then your fellow bloggers will too. If you write about a topic that everyone already wrote about – make sure to bring something new to the table.

2. Youtube.com
Come on now, don’t forget to add some spice to your blogging life with some humor. There is always something hilarious taking place on youtube. Take a few minutes to find something that gives you a chuckle and pass it on to your fellow bloggers. Not looking for hilarious – there are some very interesting news videos uploaded every minute to the site.

3. News.google.com
It is always important if you want to be a good blogger to keep up with the times. More people are becoming aware of what’s going on in the world, so current events are always a good blog topic. Oh, and be sure to add to this issues that are becoming hot topics. This could include topics such as the environment and going green, for example.

4. A blast from the past
I bet if your go back through your archive of blogs to the early days you can resurrect some interesting tidbits that you can expand upon for today’s topics. You will probably have a different take on it now, so although writing about something old it will be interesting to see it in a new light.

5. Old things to do bring new ideas
If you were to go back and look at your task lists from the beginning of last year, you will probably find enough interesting topics to keep you posting some dynamic posts for the next week. Look at what you were up to a year ago and this will inspire you for sure!

6. Stress yourself out
Odd to say, but some people work better and think better under pressure. So turn on the timer for two minutes with the goal of coming up with at least one great topic to blog about. Okay if you need three minutes then go ahead. Try it, and you will be amazed at how well it works.

7. Twitter to the rescue
Just type in twitter search “I am writing” and see what comes up. The twitter search engine is amazing as it shows what millions of people twit about all over the world and there for, doing that search, you will get tons of ideas.

8. Newspaper Inspiration
There will probably be no shortage of topics if you ask your facebook and twitter followers what they read in the newspaper this morning that they found interesting. From my experience people tend to remember only the most interesting stuff they read in the newspaper and this is what you will want to write about.

So while you are going through these few suggestions of mine make sure you open up a second window on your computer, and start listing all the ideas you come across for your blog writing. Chances are you are going to gather enough data to keep you going for the next little while. In fact I am still working on topics I picked up from two months back.

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About liorsy

Lior works for a task managmenet startup and also advises to a nursing wear company called Milk Nursingwear.

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{ 22 Responses }

  1. Karan Labra says:
    I go through the time line of the famous blogs in my niche to get new ideas for writing new stuff.
  2. Pankaj Gupta says:
    Newspaper Inspiration is really unique and new for me.. I will try to use this method to get some ideas. Thanks for sharing.
  3. Usama says:
    Stressing yourself out works? I thought relaxing would help but no, you want us to stress ourselves to misery. Just kidding. Loved the creative way. Will try out. Thanks.
  4. jared thompson says:
    eight great tips which are all bookmarked for me in my hour of need, there is no denying we need a push back in the right direction when we hit the wall of writers/designers/creativity block.
  5. Chadrack says:
    Just want to say thanks for these great ideas. You've just empowered me!
  6. Biodun says:
    I usually use Twitter when i need something to read, its great for that . thanks for sharing other stuff. ~6, i usually get inspire when i walk around ...
  7. TJ McDowell says:
    When you're using YouTube content, are you mainly using your stuff or do you ever use other people's YouTube videos?
  8. darrius says:
    i like your 1 and 2 point because when i have no idea to update my blog, 1st i go to digg to get some idea and post it to my blog another one, go to youtube and find the nice video and post it to the blog, it's done
  9. Andreas says:
    The videos I posted on youtube haven't got much response so I am rather sticking with text content on twitter and facebook.
  10. Blazing Minds says:
    I've asked blogging and social network friends in the past for inspiration for blog posts and they do come through for me with some helpful tips or even something that I may have missed in the news.
  11. Abhishek says:
    Hi Great ideas you shared. Thanks For Sharing -Abhishek
  12. Pritam Nagrale says:
    Good Post. The resources you have mentioned here are good and we can find lots of topics for our blogs. This is the situation of many blogger that what to write next. Which topic will give you great exposure and how the SERP rankings will increase for the keywords.
  13. Mike says:
    I often get my inspiration from newspaper lol :) Some of the magazines, they are really creative in putting the title, the design. My favorite magazine is Wired because in Wired, you can see the editor really adapts the design to the content of the article. For example, if you are in an art section, you will see many weird images which spice up the content really much :) @Hesham, I saw your new theme design, so nice :) much clear like the old one... do you get inspiration from Mashable?
  14. Sajib says:
    :D :D I often go through TIME and find a lot of blogging inspirations. News.google.com is an amazing source, indeed. Twitter is awesome when you need something to read, especially. It inspires to blog, as well.
  15. bryan says:
    very helpful list of things here. I think about getting stressed out, you probably can get some ideas under pressure but also under other circumstances say you are taking some time off from your blog also helps get ideas flowing. I think that helps me get ideas to blog about. Then again some people prefer to be under pressure than otherwise.
  16. atm says:
    Google trends (www.google.com/trends) can also be a great source of latest breaking news and hot trends. Quicker you write on any latest news the more traffic you can get.
  17. James King says:
    Interesting ideas. I went for a 20 mile bike ride earlier to clear my head from blogging thoughts and after cycling I thought of half a dozen ideas just from the experiences I've learnt today. You can be inspired by many things. My favourite saying that I created out of thin-air is: "inspiration provides creation", when you're inspired your more likely to create something worthwhile.
  18. Brian says:
    You make a great point about asking your social network. I have found a great way to get a response is asking what about your industry is bothering them. Once you get a good feel for the consensus, try to come up with some possible solutions and then blog about it. You will be writing valuable content while already knowing that you have an interested audience waiting to read it.
  19. Paul Castain says:
    Very helpful post . . . Thanks! Don't forget Linkedin Groups (especially ones that are representative of your target audience) Look at what's trending. What are people talking about. Perhaps you might want to reference a particular discussion or post one of your own and bring it over to your blog. Respectfully, Paul Castain
  20. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Lior, Thanks for sharing a creative list. My favorite source of inspiration is stopping by fellow blogger's sites. I usually generate an idea from one of their posts, put it in writing and move with it. I also like to write posts about problem solving or how one might improve their blogging skills. As an example the number of people who use the tweetmeme button but don't edit their retweets so that their user handle shows up is high, too high in my opinion. Everything you do should carry your signature! Seeing this, I might write a blog post describing stressing the importance of adding your handle to a RT and how to do it. Ryan Biddulph
  21. Will says:
    Hi Liorsy, Nice post - and particularly like no. 6 as it reminds me of my father ... he said I was like a steam engine - and only worked under pressure. I thought it was harsh, but funny. Cheers Will
  22. Derek Jensen says:
    Gathering inspiration from Digg is a great because there is already many thousands of users that use it to rank basically what content they are interested in. You can also use Digg to see how well your content matches up and that will bring more ideas (usually more creative ways) on how to attract people from Digg to your blog. Additionally, much of the inspiration can be found in your very own blog. Your mission or purpose will not change, but the focus and content over time will certainly develop for you and your community. Going back through the archives and expanding on the content for newer content is important.

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