Free Blogging Tool: Post Topic Generator
The Digital Marketing Minute Episode 2 Staring at a blank screen when you are trying to write your next post can be as frustrating as it is pointless. That's why I don't do it, and you shouldn't either. My first stop is often LinkedIn, Quora, and sometimes Twitter. I see if there are any questions that I think are interesting, and that I can write about. If that doesn't inspire me I pursue my ideas folder full of bookmarks. I read a lot and regularly come across posts that are based on an interesting premiss. If I think I can add a different perspective, or take the idea another way and make it uniquely mine, I save it. However, usually as I start to write I'll end up going a different direction. The post becomes merely a springboard, and that is how I usually "find" my best post topics. Which is why I like SEOgadget's Daniel Butler's Content Strategy Generator Tool (CSGT). The CSGT is short on strategy, but big on topic specific post idea starters. Using a Google Doc spreadsheet, Daniel set CSGT up to populate with news and blog posts from around the web recently published on your search term. It tracks Google News, Bing news, Reddit, Hot YouTube videos, topics trending on Topsy, Digg, Twitter, number of blog aggregators, and several other sources. It is very easy to use. Follow the simple instructions Daniel provides and you are ready to roll in about 3 minutes. Getting Started Access the tool here http://bit.ly/Isfvac Log in to your Google account File the Make a Copy Enter keyword into cell "B3" and hit return. (for multiple keywords use the "+" operator e.g. Banking+Fraud) Your Hosts Adam Helweh @SecretSushi https://twitter.com/secretsushi Secret Sushi Creative www.SecretSushi.com Steve Farnsworth @Steveology https://twitter.com/steveology The @Steveology Blog http://stevefarnsworth.wordpress.com/
The Digital Marketing Minute Episode 2 Staring at a blank screen when you are trying to write your next post can be as frustrating as it is pointless. That's why I don't do it, and you shouldn't either. My first stop is often LinkedIn, Quora, and sometimes Twitter. I see if there are any questions that I think are interesting, and that I can write about. If that doesn't inspire me I pursue my ideas folder full of bookmarks. I read a lot and regularly come across posts that are based on an interesting premiss. If I think I can add a different perspective, or take the idea another way and make it uniquely mine, I save it. However, usually as I start to write I'll end up going a different direction. The post becomes merely a springboard, and that is how I usually "find" my best post topics. Which is why I like SEOgadget's Daniel Butler's Content Strategy Generator Tool (CSGT). The CSGT is short on strategy, but big on topic specific post idea starters. Using a Google Doc spreadsheet, Daniel set CSGT up to populate with news and blog posts from around the web recently published on your search term. It tracks Google News, Bing news, Reddit, Hot YouTube videos, topics trending on Topsy, Digg, Twitter, number of blog aggregators, and several other sources. It is very easy to use. Follow the simple instructions Daniel provides and you are ready to roll in about 3 minutes. Getting Started Access the tool here http://bit.ly/Isfvac Log in to your Google account File the Make a Copy Enter keyword into cell "B3" and hit return. (for multiple keywords use the "+" operator e.g. Banking+Fraud) Your Hosts Adam Helweh @SecretSushi https://twitter.com/secretsushi Secret Sushi Creative www.SecretSushi.com Steve Farnsworth @Steveology https://twitter.com/steveology The @Steveology Blog http://stevefarnsworth.wordpress.com/