Ideas for writing a blog post
Sometimes, it so happens that you run out of new ideas to write blog posts. This happens especially after you give a small break to blogging. Don’t write a blog post for a week or so…and wham! When you try to write something new, your brain goes frozen. You run dry of ideas that can be converted to blog posts.
Here are some ideas to write a blog post and get yourself back on to the rails of blogging:
> Do an image blog post: An image post is a post that contains more images. Doing is an image post is very simple. All you need to do is upload some cool pictures and that is it. For example, you can collect pictures of old computers [or something like that] and post them in a sequence as a blog post. However, don’t forget to include some text after the images as it would be helpful when it comes to search engine optimization. Also add some keywords in alt tags. You can shoot some pictures on your own or search royalty free image sites like www.sxc.hu or www.morguefile.com to find appropriate pictures.
> Do a video post: Search in video sharing websites like YouTube for interesting videos and embed those videos into blog posts. Add your own opinion or commentary to the video in such a way that it interests the visitor and intrigues him/her to participate in a discussion through the comment box. If you own a video recorder, you can record your own video and use it instead. You can also consider uploading a screencast. For example, you can create a screencast explaining how to upload files using ftp or something similar. I use TechSmith Camtasia to create screencasts and I would recommend it.
> Write about a website you love: You might have definitely come across some interesting websites which are worth sharing with others. Write a review of the site(s), explaining why you liked it (or them), what was unique, etc. For example, you can write about social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon [Personally, I feel that it is a great website with an innovative concept behind it.]
> Write a software review: Who doesn’t use software? So, that explains why a software review should be very interesting to the reader. Now, how do you write a software review? Simple 
Go to www.download.com and search for an appropriate software. Download the software and install it. Create screenshots of the features of the software and write your views about the features, how to make use of them, etc. Also mention about the price of the software, trial limitations, etc. You can also use information from the publisher’s description of the software.
> Review a news article: Go to a news site Google News, BBC, etc. and look for an interesting news article. Write your opinion on it and try to generate interest in the reader. You can copy and paste snippets from the news article and express your views on each statement separately. However, don’t copy and paste the entire article as it is a violation of copyrights.
> Reprint articles: This is the easiest of all. Simple go to an article directory, search a good article and reprint the article on your blog. Most article directories stipulate it that you preserve all the links in the article (or its footer) and don’t alter the article in anyway. This may pose the problem of duplicate content. However, you can write a summary at the top of the article and your views on the article after the footer and make the blog post unique to some extent.
In addition, you may also consider outsourcing article writing. Go to freelance websites and pay a writer to write 10 or more articles. You can also try webmaster forums to locate good article writers. You can get an article written for as low as $4/500 words. Keep these articles aside and when your brain goes dry of ideas post them to your blog as blog posts. Joining a PLR (private label rights) membership site is also a good option. You will never run out of articles and these articles are usually much cheaper when compared with custom written ones.
Feel free to contribute some more ideas using the comment box below
