Simple tip for blogging ideas – Answer peoples questions

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We all get writers block from time to time, and find it hard to add content to our blogs. My approach is pretty simple, just listen for some problems and try to solve them.

Not only will this help get your creative juices flowing, but you will also be accomplishing so much more. If you have not become part of any question and answer forums yet, please do so. a few to look at are; linkedin.com, yahoo answers, answerbag.com. Google “question and answers” to find more sites.

Almost every industry will have them. For example, real estate has Trulia voices and Zillow advice just to name a couple.

I don’t recommend joining every social network that you see. It’s better to join one or two and become heavily involved instead of spreading yourself thin.

I use linkedin.com only. Each question topic has it’s own RSS feed. I added the technology and marketing feeds to my Google reader. My reader is open all day, so I can keep up with new questions. I really try to be the first person to answer. I also like knowing about the question as soon as it is posted because if it is a really good question that I can make a blog post about, I try to make a quick blog post and them use the permalink as a reference in my linkedin answer. You’ll be surprised how fast you can write a blog post if you have a question to answer.

Business karma

The new mantra of business is “help others first”. Listen for problems and help people solve them. The more you give the more will receive. So jump onto a Q&A website and start helping people, making connections and building relationships.

Finding popular topics

You’ll notice as you follow all the questions that are being asked, you will see trends and common problems that need solving. Use these trends to create blog posts that you know will be popular. Remember to restate the question in your blog post because that is probably what people will type into the search engines.

Use your blog posts as references

A good blog posts can be used a reference. Instead of retyping your answer everytime, just post a link to your blog post that answers the question. Great way to kill two birds with one stone, help some one out and drive traffic to your website.