How to Get Ideas for your Next Blog Post, Pt 5.
Hi. I’m Nicole Dean. I’m a friend of Mike’s and I’m here as a Guest Expert sharing my tips about “How to Get Ideas for your Next Blog Post”. I’m wrapping up the series today.
If you missed any of the last posts, you can catch up here:
Let’s move on to our last 5 tips.
16. Customer Support Questions.
Every single question that you get from a customer should make you ask yourself “Is this an issue that I should write about on my blog and/or add to our frequently asked questions page?” That will not only inspire blog posts ideas, but help you better address questions that your visitors may have that are preventing them from buying — or that you can turn into a marketable ebook to sell. (Here’s a great guide to help you write and sell small reports for profit.)
17. Refunds.
Just like #16 above, you can take a negative experience like getting a refund request and turn it into a positive. All you have to do is use the objections that you receive in the refund request as inspiration for your blog. If the customer said “I’m returning this because the bird costume doesn’t fit” then write a blog post about “how to size your bird for a bird costume”. If you can overcome the objection on your sales page — and in a blog post, you can use their refund request to make money for you for years to come.
18. Cross Blog Conversations.
A cross blog conversation works like this:
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You ask a fellow blogger a question on your blog.
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Notify that blogger about your question.
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That person answers the question on his/her own blog and ends with a question for you.
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You answer the question on your blog and end with a question for the other blogger.
And, it can go on … and on… and on… as long or as short as you’d like.
This is a brilliant strategy that I’ve used on a number of occasions to get exposure on other blogs.
You can see one of my favorite posts here: How I plan to Double My Income.
19. StumbleUpon and Digg.
If you’re not using StumbleUpon and Digg yet, you’re totally missing out on my favorite tool for watching what’s hot (and you’re missing out on boatloads of traffic). I love my StumbleUpon.com traffic, but I also use the site to research interesting ideas for blog posts and Twitter tweets. Check out the site.
20. Twitter.
There’s a cool twitter search at http://search.twitter.com/ that’ll help you to find out what people in your market are talking about. Whether you’re in the frugal housewife niche or if you’re helping marketers to outsource the research is invaluable.
Speaking of Twitter, please follow us. We’re good peeps!
I could go on all day with this topic, but I have to give Mike back his blog. 
 I do hope that you’ve enjoyed this series as much as I have. Thank you ALL for your comments and thanks for reading.
Warmly,
Nicole Dean
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August 14th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Thanks a lot for a great series all week. Have really enjoyed it.
August 14th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Twitter is very powerful, and using it’s search feature like you said is just another way that it can really pay you to use it. It’s a good way to find out what people want, but also to keep track of keywords/names.
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August 15th, 2009 at 4:27 am
I like the cross-conversations on blogs idea…haven’t tried that yet myself! I generally get inspirations for blog posts by either reading the questions asked on other forums, or seeing what ridiculous tweets I receive (which was the catalyst for my latest).
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