Business Blogging - Tips To Help You Barrel Through Writers Block

Its inevitable. Everyone hits the wall. Whether youve been blogging ten weeks, ten minutes, or ten months, eventually youll find yourself with absolutely nothing to say. Or so you think. So what in the world do you do when youre stumped? - Talk about what youve already talked about Pick a topic youve gone over before and give it some spin. Try a new angle, like playing devils advocate. For example, if you are a search engine journalist, and last week your position was that most mainstream sites need Google traffic to survive, try proving your point from the con perspective, instead of the pro position. There are dozens of ways to write about the same thing. By putting your point another way, you might give someone in your audience what a client of mine referred to as an Ah-ha! moment. That's when they realize the true value of the items for sale at your site to them and their business. - Talk about what someone else is talking about If you want to have a popular blog, find other bloggers in similar areas, and talk about what they said in their posts. Friendly debate can often spark the soap-opera like drama that will have both your audiences visiting both blogs to see what the other fella had to say. As an added bonus, if both of you are using Trackback in your blogs, youve got yourself a mini-link party that other people who are speaking on similar topics will want to join.. - Have yourself a good rant The intimate nature and voice of blogs lends itself well to the opinionated, angry ramble. But as a professional, dont let yourself get too unfocused, and remember to back up your opinion with facts. - Feature someone, something or somewhere I like to call mine of the Day. As I zip around the Net conducting my business and research, if my attention is called to a resource or tool that my audience might find useful, I hit my blog bookmarklet and save that bad boy for later. Then when I get too busy for a full blown tip, Ill crown the resource, feed, tool, download or freebie the featured Deal of the Day, changing the word deal to something else more appropriate as needed. After a while, my audience started to look for it as a feature, as opposed to being upset at the interruption in my mad, mad rambles. - Let someone else talk for a change Invite a guest blogger, or post an article that offers free