100 Ideas for Your Blog

No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog
Margaret Mason | Peachpit Press | PDF | 145pgs| 12mb

100 | Just write.
How many people have visited your site today? More than yesterday?
No! Less! Is that because it’s only 8 a.m.? Or is it because people
hate that last post you wrote? They definitely hate it. You should
take it down. But who do these people think they are? You can write
whatever you want! Who are they to decide whether your work has
merit? Still, maybe you should take it down.

Whoa there. Get yourself a soothing cup of herbal tea, and think
about why you’re doing this. Most people who blog do not have many
readers. And by “most,” I mean that the vast majority of bloggers are
writing for their friends and family. If your only motivation is to write
for an audience, you may find it tough to maintain the moderate but
consistent pace you need to earn that audience.

Frankly, providing a steady stream of content for a few years is one
of the only sure ways to build traffic. That means you’ll need more
profound motivation than building a readership. You’ll need to love
what you’re writing about.

So take a breath, back away from the stats, and make your own list of
things that make you want to write. Post about each and every one,
and then leave the keyboard in peace.

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