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11:24 am
October 24, 2011
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Dominique Brown
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What are your best ideas for coming up with blog content?
Mine are:
Opinion articles based on current events
Responses to guest articles
Responses to articles written by other personal finance blogs
writing about real life financial mishaps and success
Writing a finance related article from movie scenes (think boiler room, wallstreet, company men)
Taking a non finance related quote and seeing the financial wisdom in the quote (motivational article about failure)
Text books! (We all have read a finance topic that was explained poorly)
That's all I can think of for now. Where do you get your ideas from?
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12:21 pm
October 24, 2011
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I wish I could give you a new method of coming up with fresh content, but I dont have anything. I typically write about life experiences, which in a way is a theme for my blog…which is why you don't typically see articles on my site about investing in commodities, or bankruptcy, etc…of course I do allow the occasional guest poster to use those topics.
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1:01 pm
October 24, 2011
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Jon | Free Money Wisdom
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Try Google updates on finances. They will send you an email a day with all the latest popular stories for finance related material. It's worked great for me when I run out of things to write about!
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1:05 pm
October 24, 2011
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Dominique Brown
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Jon | Free Money Wisdom said:
Try Google updates on finances. They will send you an email a day with all the latest popular stories for finance related material. It's worked great for me when I run out of things to write about!
Oh that's a good one!
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1:31 pm
October 24, 2011
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Shannyn @FrugalBeautiful.com
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I typically get inspiration from non-financial sources. I like to tie in my financial lesson posts to life experiences or I get ideas from watching movies or reading books that aren't necessarily financially based.
When I run out of ideas it helps me to read other blogs (financial/non-financial) to see if anything irritates me or gets me fired up to write or get ideas for ways to apply these topics to my particular audience in a new way.
I really should start reading the finance articles on Google but since I'm attempting to write for an audience of 20-somethings like myself, a lot of my writing is foundational without getting too complicated.
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3:17 pm
October 24, 2011
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martin
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I keep notes on my BB. I have like 20 article titles ready to go. When I'm dry I just check out my favorite blogs. I might write a rebuttal or something on a similar topic.
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8:52 pm
October 24, 2011
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OneCentAtatime
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More you read more ideas you'll get to write. keep rading
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6:18 am
October 25, 2011
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I will read other blog articles and sometimes come up with an idea, sometimes not even on the topic of what I'm reading but maybe just off a sentence or something like that.
I'll have an everyday experience or observation that can provoke a post.
I will hear something on the news or read something that inspires me.
I will use something that comes up in conversation with family or friends that makes a light bulb go off.
The trick for me is keeping track of my ideas because I might have an idea at a time where I can't write about it, but if I don't write down 'the idea' I'll forget all about it. Having a smartphone helps :)
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7:09 am
October 25, 2011
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JT_McGee
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Ask and you shall receive–ask on your blog, that is.
I posted a short "throw me some ideas" post on my blog and got a lot of feedback about what people are interested in. It helped a lot.
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7:49 pm
October 25, 2011
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PK @ DQYDJ
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Definitely agree with the surf around until you get fired up posts. A lot of times, I'll write a 'rebuttal' to something I read, even if I don't call out the original source.
Sometimes I do call the source out though, heh.
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4:38 am
October 26, 2011
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I have found that blogging about personal finance is really easy. I use many of the techniques listed above by others. What I have found is that all I have to do is write about what is going on currently in my life. Just about everything ties to personal finance. Include a personal story, explain how it affects your finances, then insert advice, opinions, comments or even ask a question.
Most recently, my wife had to bring my son to the ER in the middle of the night. The next morning I started to write about that, which led to my theory and opinion about how it affects my personal finances.
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7:04 am
October 26, 2011
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OneCentAtatime
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JT_McGee said:
Ask and you shall receive–ask on your blog, that is.
I posted a short "throw me some ideas" post on my blog and got a lot of feedback about what people are interested in. It helped a lot.
I liked this idea and posted today. Let's see if there is is really any engaged reader outside Yakezie and a few who comment.
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7:57 am
October 26, 2011
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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1. What is going on in my life
2. What is going on in the economy (news)
3. Reader comments
4. Scouring the web (I like Quora for inspiration)
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5:37 pm
October 26, 2011
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FamilyMoneyValues
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I write mainly from my life experiences, but also on topics I currently am researching due to my own interest. I try to think of what I want my grown kids to know or understand and write a story about that.
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8:53 pm
October 26, 2011
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Sandy @ yesiamcheap
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Post edited 8:54 pm – October 26, 2011 by Sandy @ yesiamcheap
I like the methods above but I also like to expand on popular posts and turn them into a mini-series looking at the same topic rom different angles.
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