Not a good content writer for blogs
blogging 9 CommentsChris asked, “I’m not a writer how can i get good content for a blog?”
I don’t believe I’m a good writer and have struggled with this from day one online myself.
So, I only write content for a few sites I really like and out source the rest.
Let’s have a chat, a brainstorming session together and come up with some ideas to get content. If you have an idea even if you think it’s not a good one, just leave it as a comment.
Here are a few ideas off the top of my head.
1. Go to your local university and run an ad in their newspaper looking for writers.
2. Use online resources to find writers.Just search article writers in Google. I do not pay more than 10 dollars an article and like to pay less.
3. Buy PLR articles and create an audio blog by reading the PLR articles into your blog.
4. Post youtube.com videos on your blog and just write your thoughts on the video.
5. ASK! If you ask your readers what they want, it’s real easy to write 
6. Trade services. I am very good at some tasks and found a writer that is not good at the same tasks. So from time to time I do work for my writer friend and she does writing for me. It’s a real good deal! I get out of what I hate to do and so does she!
OK folks, leave your ideas as comments below so all of us can benifit.
Thanks,
Craig
There are also a fair number of people that offer free reprint rights to their material so long as their resource box is left intact.
And then there is a publishing service called NAPS
http://www.napsnet.com/
Which is very good for emergency post material.
Chris,
Also, if you read something of interest to you, you can basically either a) rewrite it in your own words or b) just comment about it on your blog saying that you just read or saw this and this is how you feel about it, etc.
Just some thoughts.
Carey
I like those ideas, some more than others…
How would I create an audio blog?
Exchanging skills is efficient and promotes good feelings between collaborators
Posting a video or something I’ve read on another blog and commenting could lead to links?
I will write posts or articles in good english in exchange for a book cover – any
takers?
Hi Fran,
What kind of ebook cover would you like? Post an example.
How many articles are you willing to write and for each article what word count? 300, 400?
What subjects do you know well? What subjects are you not willing to write about?
Here are some ideas I’ve heard, though I’ve not actually used all of them:
1. Public domain material – This is material that either was published without a copyright or that no longer has a copyright. Because there is no copyright, the material can be used without restriction. In the United States works published before 1923 no longer have a copyright within the United States. Some works in the U.S. published after that time may have lost their copyright. Figuring out if something is in the public domain can take a little work, but some people claim that this source for material is really rich (I’ve not used this source myself, but I plan to at some point). This guy seems to be an expert on public domain materials (this is an affiliate link with my ID – hope that’s OK).
2. Read a book on your blog topic, and use post-it notes to mark different points in it that strike you as significant. Then write posts based on these points.
3. You can post articles from article directories like Ezine Articles. Just be sure to include the proper credits for any articles you use. I heard this idea in a presentation by Anik Singal.
4. Google Alert – You can create Google searches on topics of your choice that get run automatically every so often. The search results can be delivered to your email box. This service delivers new web pages that have appeared and are related to the keywords you specified. It’s a good way to keep an eye on things happening in your blog topic area and can generate ideas for material. I heard this idea in a presentation by Anik Singal.
How to write content for a blog…Hmmm
Personally struggled with that one for the past few years in trying to create content, first for a niche website and later for a site blog. Tried the PLR articles and the membership sites. Found only a hand full of very vague, subject related articles.
A couple months ago, I decided to simply jump into the deep end and try writing my own articles by first jotting down notes – the same type of notes you would write when conducting research on any subject.
I use NotePad, and save a series of blank text files on the desktop. Each file is saved as “article title”. Focus on a single subject at a time. Add to the text file as the ideas come to you during the day. Refine the outline. Refine again. Before you know it, you have 350-450 words, maybe even more. Surely that qualifies as an article and/or a substantial blog post. In fact, I’ve found myself writing 900+ words over a period of a couple days and then having to divide the post into Part I and Part II.
Di I like your technique for writing articles. Very unique, I think I could work well with that method too. I tend to use ‘organizer applications’… like MyInfo for Windows and MacJournal for Mac, which would allow you to do the same thing from within the application. But I do like the idea of having all the files scattered on my desktop… then when they are done they can be tidied up into a folder.
I have always loved to write, but at the same time I get writer’s block before I even start. It’s the starting that’s the hard part. I think this is partly due to trying to edit before I even start writing – censoring myself before I’ve created anything. Not good. One thing I have found works wonders for me is binaural beats – nothing else I’ve tried comes close to them. They are special mp3 audios with music and “binaural beats”, I sit at my computer, like I am now, with my headphones on listening to binaural beats to induce creativity and I just start typing… the words flow. I can write entire articles start to finish without a break, something I would normally struggle with. If you’re interested, Creativity Booster (aff) is one of the most effective that I have found, and the one I’m listening to right now
What kind of ebook cover would you like? Post an example.
How many articles are you willing to write and for each article what word count? 300, 400?
What subjects do you know well? What subjects are you not willing to write about?
Would 10 articles do it? 400 to 500 words…at $5.00 ea.
Subjects I don’t like to write about: credit, forex, that line of stuff…
Subjects I do like: health, staying fit as we age, and health specifics i.e. asthma,
heart health, metabolism, cholesterol, etc..
Relationships: marriage, child/parent, adult child/old parent
The cover would be for an ebook about effective email marketing
I like your ebook about learning Japanese Craig, I was reading it online this morning…
the vowels are like french too! I’m an an affiliate of Kevin Reily who’s in Osaka… he
loves living there too!
Fran
Hey! Just wanted to say wow, thanks so much for all the great ideas!! I have been struggling with ideas for content for my new site i am building, lyricalresonance.com. These are some great ways to come up with content that i had not thought of. I did have a couple questions tho. Someone mentioned posting ezarticles with ref. and using utube videos as content. Is there danger of getting in trouble with google for duplicate content using these methods? That is what i have been worried about. Also, i found a site called rssground.com that teaches you how to use rss feeds to have constantly updated content, and it says no fear of duplication or scraping…does anyone know if that is possible or has tried this method. What i was thinking is that i would use the rss as initial content to get my site online and indexed, and in the mean time be creating my own unique stuff that i will start to publish over time.. Does anyone know if this is a good idea, or a viable option, even if its just a temporary one? Ok thanks, i appreciate all the great info! Maybe someday soon i can offer my own insights on how to help someone out here!
regards,
Cori