Saturday, November 18, 2006

Blogging Tips - 29 Topics and Sentence Starters for Your Next Blog

Blogging Tips - 29 Topics and Sentence Starters for Your Next Blog
By Rita Wilhelm

Are you a small business blogger who has run out of ideas on what to blog about? Do you have a bad case of writer's block? Here are 29 ideas on what to blog about, along with 29 sentence starters for your next blog.

1. Press releases- making new announcements
2. Thoughts for the day
3. Product comparisons
4. Opinions on a topic
5. Promoting your product or service
6. Sharing thoughts about a recent study
7. Giving links to other similar products
8. Asking people to try a product
9. Sharing positive or negative customer service experiences
10. Providing consultation services
11. Providing information regarding your area, traveling and other related information
12. Giving creative ideas about your business
13. Sharing information on local events or industry tradeshows
14. Latest news
15. Providing tips, FAQ’s and support
16. Providing updates about changes in your website
17. Providing information about projects and their status reports
18. Crisis management
19. Explaining how a typical client would use your product or service
20. Improvements in your product
21. Talk about your pet
22. Getting feedback from the customers
23. Information exchange
24. Creating brand equity
25. Sharing articles
26. Sharing reviews on the latest products
27. Discussing personal, public & government issues
28. Sharing information about the charitable causes your company supports
29. Providing expertise

29 Sentence Starters For Your Next Blog

1. I just read an article by ...
2. Today’s tip is about ...
3. We've outlined many of these steps ...
4. There are a lot of ways to ...
5. What I like about our industry is that ...
6. Most of what I’ve written ...
7. For those who don't know already ...
8. I'm thoroughly impressed with ...
9. Do you really want to make a difference ...
10. We have an exciting new announcement ...
11. There are many proven and time-honored strategies ...
12. Thought it would be fun to share ...
13. An interesting thing happened recently ...
14. The older I get the more I realize that ...
15. Sitting out here by the sea ...
16. One of the best ways to ...
17. Ouch. Not really even a fight ...
18. There's a tremendous swell of interest in ...
19. More often than not ...
20. In case you missed it, I finally ...
21. Have you ever tried to figure out why ...
22. Here is a different twist on the ...
23. You've heard me say that ...
24. It looks like there is ...
25. Knowing what it means to ...
26. One of the earliest lessons I learned about ...
27. Entering the mind of a ...
28. Are you looking for a change?
29. Every so often, I talk with clients who would like to ...

We hope these lists may have sparked some new blogging ideas for you. Use it as a resource whenever you have another case of writer's block. Happy blogging!

Rita Wilhelm helps small businesses with their website strategies.

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