I just wanted to say thank you for this article. Definitely some advice here that I need to think about and do some research on. I had never thought of getting a guest "speaker" and such for my website. While I do go to other blogs to see what is out there I've never actually used this or put a link over to it. Thanks again for some great ideas.

Really interesting article, a lot of options covered here - a lot of this can apply to your personal blog as much as a business one. 
Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the great List of tips. I have large lists of helpful links related to Panama, living in Panama, moving to Panama, staying at our B&B Inn in Panama etc... I often take one of the links and expand on the link, describing the business, the website or whatever. Doesn´t take long and your link connection LOVES you.

@Ben Moore - Guest posts are key, not just to creating content, but to building links and making valuable personal connections.  
 
@Chris Harris - You can apply any of these lessons to your blog too.  
 
@Cynthia Mulder - Thanks for sharing how you do the list thing. I checked out your site and would recommend you get it hosted on your own domain - for SEO purposes.

Thanks for the great advice, especially #7. You helped me come up with my own quick blog post today. Thanks again!

Great article, Marie. I think we should hire you to make all of my articles more concise. :-)

Great advice. Thank you!

Save all questions and comments from your visitors/customers/subscribers. Use these questions and comments to write your articles/blog posts. I have done this many times! As the saying goes, "Give the people what they want!" Great article!

@Seymour Products  
 
That's a great suggestion to use questions your readers leave on your blog as fodder for future blog posts. 
 
PS. Please your real name when you leave comments, so we can respond to you as a person. Also, we use the "no follow" tag in our comments, so it's not helping you with SEO. Plus, you already rank #1 for a search for "Seymour products".

I'm just getting into blogging and really appreciate this article.

Great tips. I would also suggest using Evernote to keep track of blog topics as they come to you -- we're not always in front of our computer when we have our best ideas (I for one am usually in the shower). 
 
(for the cynical: I'm not affiliated with Evernote in any way, I just think it's a great product)

Thanks a lot for the tips. I am relatively new to blogging and I have run across quite a number of aggregated blogs. In relation to #1, I think it seems useful if writers' block is in the way. Do you think it defeats the purpose that "content is king" in the sense that the writer is actually "borrowing" some other people's work?

I like to keep a list on my iPhone notes with topics for blog posts as they come up. Sometimes I'm in the car, at a restaurant, out with friends and something just pops into my head. I write it down and always have a list on hand to help me through the dry spells. 
 
I also like to post other people's events and activities which usually gets some attention from the event hosts if they're watching the trackbacks. It also gives me a leg up when it comes time to ask for a link back to my site.

@Jamie Scheu - Evernote Looks like a cool tool for "remembering everything" if you're often brainstorming w/out a pc and an internet connection.  
 
@Erin - I see you use your iphone to keep a list.  
 
At HubSpot, we have a wiki where we post ideas for upcoming blog posts. Sometimes we'll just start a draft post too.  
 
@Sydnev - I don't think aggregator blogging (or reblogging) destroys the "content is king" thing. I think people that aggregate are serving a purpose by moderating the web. There is a ridiculous amount of information out there and we all are trying to sift through. Just like using delicious.com or digg, aggregator bloggers are filtering for us.  
 
@Erin - I like the idea about posting relevant events - especially if you're going to them.

Thanks for this post. It is helpful and pursues a subject I have been interested in for years; how to turn out a lot of high quality articles efficiently.  
 
 
 
Most high quantity producers use formulas for their articles. A formula doesn't imply low quality-- ML King's I-had-a-dream speech was wriiten to a formula King learned in seminary. I explore several formula on my blog. 
 
 
 
Your list includes approaches that are only possible on the internet and so especially helpful to this old dog. I do find writing articles on a theme cuts time. In essense, you take a list (ten ways to . . .) and write one short post per item, instead of including all on one post. I have series on "Making Time for Business Development" and the use of anecdotes in selling.  
 
 
 
Getting in a debate with another blogger over a subject you differ on, also eases writing. I have recently had a debate over the value of LinkedIn. 
 
 
 
Thanks again for your post. 
 
 
 
Ford Harding

Hi, thank you for all the ideas. I never thought to use twitter that way, but good idea, question and answer. 
 
 
 
Yes getting guest bloggers is an excellent way to network and build content. 
 
 
 
I also never thought of revamping old blog posts, but good to know! 
 
 
 

Very thoughtful article, as always from hubspot! 
 
One more way of quick blogging I can think of is to write details / analysis of latest headline which might be completely irrelevant to my business, but in general, can be close to my readers' minds. e.g., In India, people are passionate about cricket and any news makes big. If I write my analysis about latest cricket news in my blog, I think it will have following effects: 
- It can attract readers (and more readers) to my blog 
- I can draw an analogy between game of cricket / news in question and benefits of my business, to prove my point. 
 
-Nikhil.

Pete, 
 
You highlight excellent points. I try to use a good mixture of these strategies in between writing some longer posts which take a few hours of research putting together. I have recently started to solicit more guest posts and interviews. I also like having some of these quick posts already prepared in case something happens and I realize I haven't blogged in a couple days. I can quickly grab one of those email interviews or guest posts, spend a few minutes formatting and its done. 
 
One thing I didn't notice in your list but I think is an effective way to not spend a lot of time preparing a blog post is through video. I am continuing to shoot more video on my other blog (http://primecutsblog.com) because I find it a fast and informative way to communicate the same information. A typical video takes me 20 minutes to shoot and another few minutes to upload/publish. Add a couple minutes to type a few sentences and you're done!

Those are great ideas. Actually, I used the one from Dane Carlson just a few minutes ago. I love that idea because it is quick and still gives great information. 
 
Tim

Wow. Thanks for including me in such great company :) 
 
I not only write these posts to make people thing but to point out what others in the space are up to. It makes for an interesting look at the social media/marketing/PR world on a daily basis. 
 
Thanks again!

Thanks for this article! Very informative for someone just starting out with blogging! 
 
Kati :-)

its just getting started and doing something a little different is all it takes. 
 
Drive a different route home to change your mindset then go home and get blogging. Thats it

good but hard to apply advices.  
 
My web site is  
 
Your trade partner in EuroAsia 
 
if you want to link exchange please contact me

Take a photo and tell us about it. Many of us in real estate learned that from Teresa Boardman - http://www.stpaulrealestateblog.com/

Thanks for this post... I enjoy blogging, and know that it adds value to my business, but time has always been against me (particularly when it comes to original posts). You list some excellent and practical ways for me to overcome the time barrier. Thanks once again!

Another way is to respond to the news. general news or your industry news.