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If you blog you have probably gotten to the point where you needed an article last minute to keep up the pace of your content publishing.  Here are 5 tips that might help you put together an article really quickly (like I did with this one).

  1. Write an article that is a list of 5 ideas.  People love lists and tips, especially in blogs.  They are easy to scan and easy to digest.  Perfect for web surfing or scanning your RSS reader.  This article is an example.
  2. Publish a list of links.  Linking is the currency of the blogosphere, and if you link to other bloggers, they will notice (good ones should anyway, except for the really big/famous ones who get tons of traffic) and you might get a link or comment back.  Here is an example of a list of links article.
  3. Take a recent experience and share it.  Has something interesting happened to you?  Was it at all related to your blog subject?  Write a blog article about a recent experience, like this blog article I wrote about a spam email sent to me.
  4. Answer questions you have received recently.  We all get questions by phone or email from clients and prospects in our area of expertise.  Collect a few of them and then publish a blog article answering them.  Here is an example of a blog article that answers some questions.  A great tip is to start with the actual email question you received and the email answer you sent, and then just edit it so it is more general and not client specific.
  5. Comment on other blog articles.  Need ideas?  Read other blogs in your industry, and then provide your own point of view on the issue at hand.  Here is an example of a blog article that is responding to another blog article.

Have other tips on how to get a blog article out quickly?  Share them by leaving a comment below.

 

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Posted by Mike Volpe on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 @ 11:12 AM

COMMENTS

Great list! I use four of those options quite often and you've inspired me to make a list of links...gonna go put one together right now - including a link to this article!

posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 5:52 PM by Chad

Chad - Thanks for reading, and thanks for the link!

posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 6:23 PM by Mike Volpe

Is this an example of a really quick blog post? it is a list of 5 ideas!

posted on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 9:31 PM by Thomas Sinfield

Thanks for the post! I've recently started blogging myself and was looking for some advice.

posted on Friday, December 28, 2007 at 5:37 PM by SpiderSavvy

A few nice ideas in this article. Hoping to apply them on my blog.
How in the world do you get this much Alexa traffic?

posted on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 7:03 PM by Squeaky

Squeaky - It's not only "alexa traffic", its real traffic :) We've been blogging for over a year, and also have a company website atwww.HubSpot.com and another website atwww.WebsiteGrader.com where we have our free marketing report tool - and they are all linked to each other. The combination of good content, useful tools, and a lot of hard work have built up our traffic. We have also used social media a lot, we've been on the front page of sites like Digg and Reddit numerous times, plus we get a fair amount fo traffic from our SEO efforts.

posted on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 7:57 PM by Mike Volpe

It's true, lists are a good idea. I see lists on social bookmarking sites all the time.

posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 1:22 AM by Matt

Answer questions you have received recently. We all get questions by phone or email from clients and prospects in our area of expertise. Thanks

posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 3:08 AM by kral oyun

Answer questions you have received recently. We all get questions by phone or email from clients and prospects in our area of expertise. Thanks

posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 7:58 AM by kral oyun

hello

posted on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 4:06 AM by oyunlar

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