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- Polish Your Ideas for Blog Posts to Create Bang-On Articles. - November 28, 2012
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Being a blogger, it is a must that you preserve each and every idea that strikes your mind. Not doing so means that you are missing on some great epic content that might have the ability to become the pillar articles of your blog.
OK, it might be possible that you get lots and lots of ideas about your next blog post or about your marketing strategies, but the question arises that do you use them to the fullest? You brain might be generating some great ideas every second and the nest second you forget it as you get engrossed in some other work. Now when you are writing a post and you think of that idea you are not able to recall it. That point is too frustrating as you know it was a great idea to implement.
So how can you preserve all your ideas without losing even the smallest one? Let’s first see how you can preserve your ideas and later we will discuss the concept of polishing the ideas so that they can shine more than before.
Store your Ideas for Future use.
If you ask me where do I look for ideas for my next step, I will confess that I look everywhere and every time – at home, in my college, in lectures, during parties and also when I am watching movies or listening songs. I know that these are some weird places to look for ideas for your blog post but believe me you will find something great.
Sometimes professors in the lectures utter such inspirational words that can turn into your next BIG post, dialogues in the movies are written by award-winning professionals and so you will definitely find great points to look out for. I have written 4-5 posts from ideas that I got from movies.
Now comes the part where we will store our ideas.
1. Use the Technology.
If you are not using the technology provided today then you are insulting the scientists and the developers who have worked day and night to make it possible. So you must use the technology to make your presence felt in the blogosphere. Nowadays everyone has a smartphone or every phone has smartphone like features. So why not use your smartphone to store your ideas. That’s a great move. Like this you will be sure that all your thoughts are stored at a proper place, away from the danger of being lost. You always carry your smartphone, so not using it will be a stupid thing.
2. Go the Traditional way.
Not a smartphone fan. No problem. A decade ago, people weren’t having smartphones, so they were using something different to keep their notes. You can keep a small diary in your pocket all the time and jot down points as soon as they strike your brain. This is also a great way to keep a record of your ideas.
Polishing Your Ideas For Blog Posts.
Now that you know how to store your ideas, even the smallest one; its now time to see how you can polish your ideas for blog posts and create some great and compelling articles.
#1. Take Down Every Ideas on a Hard Copy.
This is the practice that you need to do at every day’s end. You make a hard copy and note down every idea that struck your mind. Like this, you will end up writing more new ideas and more new concepts.
#2. Split them Up.
Now you have to separate all your ideas and make proper categories. You don’t want to end up writing a post on a topic that’s doesn’t fit your blog. So it is advisable to split your ideas and make different categories.
#3. Make a Mindmap.
Now you have to pick up a proper idea and keep it in center. Once done, look into the respective category of ideas and connect every idea with your central idea. Make a proper mindmap. This way you will not only get more and more ideas for blog posts but you will end up writing a whole post series.
#4. Repeat the Process.
Always remember you need to repeat the process every time. Once you have a proper blogging gameplan at your disposal you need to repeat the whole process time after time to get the best results.
Now It’s Over To You.
There it is. I have tried my best to show my fellow bloggers how to preserve the ideas and polish them to make the most out of it. Always remember, you can get new ideas for blog posts everywhere and at any time, so be swift enough to grab them.
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Hi Arbaz,
Nice post Brother, Idea of Polishing ideas Is very nice, many bloggers follow it and who don’t than they should Because not only it keep your eye on the ideas but also it teaches you the art of management.
Initially i was like many others i used to just limit the ideas in brain only.This result me to forget many good ideas.This taught me a lesson to make a count of every ideas.So i started righting the ideas in my diary.
And slowly slowly this idea of writing made to mange my things very easily.I made a diary and made different pages for different works like- My researched target keywords,Ideas to write article, Every day task, Monthly task , track of growth on my blog etc..
So Writing on diary is a very good habit and for a blogger it is must.
Thank You
Shroya Bist
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Hi shorya ! Thank you for your nice comment. I agree with your comments on this blogging earth. Sometime i forget to eat, drink and sleep.what about you ? Is it right to be a passionate for blogging? Blogging can be more dangerious than a smugglings. Is it write ? But litited blogging really improve the life cycle. Am i right?
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Hi Googma,
Friend i don’t know about if blogging is dangerous than smuggling or not but i know 1 thing that i love blogging and its my passion.Blogging not only give me a platform to express my views to my viewers/readers but also helps me to know what other think on the topic on which i am writing.
Keep Blogging,have fun.
Cheers!
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Hi Shorya,
Its good to know that you have implemented the habit of noting down ideas whenever they hit your mind. This thing helps a lot when you sit down to write a post on an idea that came into your mind but if you don’t note it down than within seconds you will forget it and thus you won’t be able to write a good quality post.
Keep working like this only mate.
Cheers
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Great idea of polishing. The difficult task in blogging is to think the topic. I waste ,y two days in just thinking topic and what to write in it. Your article ideas will help me a lot.
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Hi Stella,
Thanks for your comment.
The only way to come up with new ideas is to always keep looking for it. Ideas are everywhere, only you need to find it out and then prepare a proper note of that.
Cheers
Hello Arbaz
Nice post I must say.. Yes I agree to you that getting ideas is the must for blogging. Even I love to do so…
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Hi Nidhi,
Thanks for your lovely comment
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Some great ideas Arbaz! I am constantly jotting down thoughts and ideas and I implement both the digital and hard copy methods. Another thing I’ll do to help myself is to start posts on microsoft word and as I acquire more thoughts or information on their subjects I will build on them until they are finished. Sometimes while writing a post, I will get ideas for expanding the articles I’ve already started, so this works out great.
Another thing I take advantage of is to use the wordpress posting schedule. There’s nothing wrong with writing a few posts and setting them to publish on a schedule. That way you can give your readers something fresh to read every day, or set to what ever posting schedule you prefer.
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Hi Robert,
That was a great comment, mate.
I am also using Microsoft Word but only for the guest posts that I do. And It really helps a lot. It really helps me come up with 2-3 more guest posts from a single one, which is very great.
Frankly speaking, I never save a post or schedule it, I prefer writing the post and directly publishing it after then. If I have an idea for a post, I never work on it in free time. If I am to publish it then only I write. But scheduling is a great point as you won’t ever have the fear of running out of the post.
Thanks again for the great comment
Some of the points you’v made here are ‘bang-on’, Arbaz! As far as tech goes, good use of tech would include using something like Evernote to jot down and remember/preserve your ideas, and keep them in sync across devices. And using free services like Google Alerts and Twitter for actually generating post ideas.
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Hi Aaron,
Thanks for your comment.
I personally have never used Evernote because I am satisfied with the ‘Memo’ function in my phone. But that was a great suggestion.
Thanks
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Hey Arbaz Khan ! Thank you for your Professional writing. As a professioal blogger you wrote this tricks for beginers and it can be a higegic digest for this blogging world. Blogging is your passion and blogging is your profession, therefore you exposed the best tactics to draw the line what mind catch up. I have been also blogging for more than a half decade and i alwyas think about blogging. Whenever i’m searching new topics, new trics and innovative as well as constructive ideas. When i visit others blogs and i would like to leave a comment over the post. I think commenting on others blogs is like a drugs, because i can not satisfy without leaving a comment. I have got some net trics from your post, it will really help to improve my qualty. When i started my blogging, i was less zero in writing any topics but i improved my little bit skills on blogging. Today my life is speding by bogging, everytime i thik about blogging. Some time my family irrited with me because i could not manage my time. At last i appricite for your nice digest, i will do some better than toway by getting some clues from your blogging ricepes.
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Great tips. I also bring along my diary with me and write down anything interesting when I’m unable or too damn lazy to open my lappy.
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Every time I read such chain articles I questioned myself did this work on me? But, eventually it does not. As I’m blogging on tips & tricks my articles help people learn computing & internet tricks. How I’ll preserve Ideas or polish it later on?
I just test things and then blog on it. There is nothing getting idea from anywhere in my case.
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Great thinking! I like to write down every idea I have whether it’s for a blog post or marketing strategies and then put them to work. I prefer a traditional way of writing things down and crossing them out when I am done. Great tips. Thanks a lot!
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Hi
Arbaz,I like your point that you can get a many ideas from your daily activities and if you have a hard copy to note these,then it will be good, sit for then think more about idea which you have got from any activity and then write a good and unique post for your audience.
The ideas discussed in the post are pretty good for polishing$preserving ideas.
Thanks for sharing these nice points.
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I’ve always admired Seth Godin for this. He said he gets 4-5 article ideas a day. I barely get one a week.
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Blogging is writing and writers take time to research and construct their ideas before presenting them to the public. Hopefully the concept of brainstorming and organizing ideas isn’t totally shocking for bloggers.
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what a great post… i never have difficulty writing my post content but what make things hard is the title. once i come up with a title, the content wont be that hard to drop. thanks
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This is definitely the right way to create interesting articles as you can explain your idea in the best way. However, if you want to make money, you can mix your originality with others ideas’. I just read this post here http://www.monetizeblogging.com/how-to-steal.html and couldn’t stop smiling!
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I think you can get idea about your next blog post from anywhere, you just need to be attentive and able to understand how it could be useful and informative for your audience.
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A great Post Arbaz. I like your ideas very much and should follow it also.
Regards,
Sohil Memon.
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Amazing tips! It’s great that you offer a variety of simple ways for getting ideas. I am certain that they will work for me. Thank you very much indeed for this inspiring post.
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Hello Arbaz,
Very well written article. I do use my smartphone and a small diary to note my ideas that I get from everyday life. I spend a lot of time here on the Internet and my mind is always full of new ideas. The problem is that I don’t get time to implement these ideas. I think I should work on time management. Nice tips.
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Technology articles are becoming more and more interesting area of publishing and writing because of the increased curiosity of readers in technology in past few years.
With the availability of fair communication media i.e. Internet, readers are getting more and more technologically sophisticated articles in a more abstract manner so publishing technology articles is definitely a great opportunity for authors to go through.
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Hi Arbaz a diary is the most useful invention that could happened for us bloggers. Most of us e don’t use it but then it has great potency
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Funny, because I use tape recorder, I got the idea from old movies, but it is the best way to record your idea anyway.
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wsrite them down on a notepad, record on a voicerecorder or use whateever means to jot down those notes as they come. Use brainstorming technique using those ideas once a week, month or whatever frequency fits you.
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Thanks Arbaz for writing in such informative posts. Writing unique content takes a lot time and thinking process. You have to continuously be in thinking mode when you a specific topic to write on. But the reward is worthy for those who work hard to do something out of thier comfort zone.Then magic happens.
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Hi Arbaz,
I keep a Word Document of ideas for blog posts that I don’t have time to write at the moment. I also use my iphone to write and store ideas for blog posts.
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Hello Arbaz, Thanks for the post. Like Justing I also maintain a word file to document the ideas related to same niche so that I can write a post covering all of them
Cheers!
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Hi Arbaz,
I’m a sucker for technology and I use a combination of Evernote and dontforgtthemilk to organize my online life. I often put a few hours aside in the week to solely brainstorming blog post ideas.
Cheers
Mark
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Nice post. I am one of those that tends to struggle with writing. Sometimes I have a ton of ideas sometimes I have none. I like the idea of writing down anything that might inspire me to write either on my phone or paper. I’m more of a paper kind of person. When I have lots of ideas I tend to struggle with putting my post together. Next time I’m going to try making a mindmap and see how that helps me organize my thoughts.
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Thanks for the post. Luckily i already note down any idea which come to my mind and than create a mindmap. but I think now I have to split them too.
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This is a great post that has so many great points. For me, I love to write everything down. Even if the idea sounds dumb, I still write it down. You are right on the money, inspiration is everywhere so don’t be afraid because you never know, a great blog post may come out of it!
Actually this is a very important thing. Quality blog posts are imperative if you want to drive traffic. I think a lot neglect to do this because they are just up to having blog post at every week not realizing how really important quality is. Thumbs up for this article.
Not a lot of people go over the “behind the scenes” details of day to day blogging. I like this approach. I’ve always had to use an idea diary of some kind, because my memory is terrible. It definitely helps the idea brainstorming process as well.
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Great and fresh idea in the blog post has a great impact. A good idea has positive impact the blog
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Hi Arbaz, I agree with your post here. I do sometimes have a great idea for a new post, but I can\’t simply put it out of my head and into the computer. I never knew how to deal with it, so I simply let that idea go. Your tips are great, I\’ll try to remember them, thanks.
This just makes me realize how much I have to learn as being a blogger. I already do not like to write, but I am getting better about that! Thanks for the tips!
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thanks great post. Some of the points you’v made here are ‘bang-on’, Arbaz! As far as tech goes, good use of tech would include using something like Evernote to jot down and remember/preserve your ideas, and keep them in sync across devices.
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Steal The ideas of probloggers !
That’s All !
Great post Arbaz, by following your ideas, bloggers can their posts much better. It is a fact that success in blogging is decided by how much you are good in sharing your ideas in a better way. The more our writing is good, the more we succeed in getting the attention of readers and they will use to visit us regularly only when they enjoy what we write..
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Hi Arbaz, great info here. I send emails to myself all day when i come across a good idea,the only problem is that i do not review them at the end of the day.
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