Find sources of content
Posted on July 14, 2007
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I have found myself in a weird place recently, trying to write and not being able to. Well, my cousin read his feeds recently and found out about this article of Aaron Wall (the creator of SEObook, the best SEO book you will ever find).
He pinpoints some ways of finding unique sources of content, among them:
interview other experts, create interactive contests, offer awards, etc. – these touches the ego of others and uses their reach to help market your site (one thing I did for my Romanian blogging community, but with podcasts)
parallel markets – read information from other markets and relate it to your current market – I find this very interesting, since I rarely see information crossover.
One more thing I did not see on that list, while not that unique, it will surely help you create unique content: if you are creating evergreen content (gardening is a good example), look for books that are out of the copyright timeframe and use the texts found there. Of course, my advice is not copy/paste it, but add some up-to-date information and, there it is: new and unique content.
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The best ideas for content always come from reading other peoples works.
There are days when I get tons of ideas for content and I write like crazy, and there there are days when I struggle to write two sentences (that don’t even make sense).
It’s funny that with so many tips on how to be better at writing I’m still experiencing some difficulties.
Another thing that may account for your lack of ideas could be the fact that you live in Romania (and speak romanian all day long), but you must do your writing in english.
The language you speak influences the way you think! The solution is simple: to get more ideas for an english language blog, try to speak less romanian.
This technique does wonders for me.
There are many more things to say on this subject, but I don’t want to turn this comment into a full-length post.
PS: I simply hate writing tips that are just words… they look good on paper but don’t have any real use.
PPS: This is probably the second longest post I’ve ever written.
Speak less Romanian?
) You mean don’t get out of the house? 
Back on topic, I have a lot of ideas that seem great to write about, but they suddenly don’t seem so great when faced with the “paper”
I don’t necessarily mean that, but it’s an option.
It’s a known fact that we have the power to choose… so you could choose to either have a great blog and great ideas, or go out with the friends and run a mediocre blog. 
More on the topic, a quick tip:write first, edit later. When you are writing, just write! Never hit backspace.
Once you are done, edit.
for mixed romanian & english content try Ghidoo http://www.ghidoo.ro
ps: Blogoree seems to be fear this website a lot
Daniel, nice script and design. Your comment is borderline spam, here, but nice idea. I like the reddit-ness of it.