Blog Training and How-To Guide for Business Blogging

Continuing the theme of keeping the ideas flowing, Dan Smith, Vice President of Publishing for Know More Media, offers his own expert blogging tips.

Easton and Kimberlee have already given us excellent pointers and principles on coming up with brilliant post ideas for your blog and maintaining a steady flow of post ideas. In this post, I am supplying a brainstormed list of specific post idea suggestions that you may be able to incorporate in your blog. Without further ado:

• “How-To” posts
• Tips, recommendations
• Your expert advice & opinions on any related topic
• Industry terms/definitions/vocabulary
• The history of your blog topic
• Current events
• Your opinion of a related webpage/blog with link
• Advantage/Disadvantages
• Warnings, cautions, concerns
• Reviews/summaries of top providers/related companies
• Reviews/summaries of associations/governing bodies
• Reviews of top authors/journalists
• Product reviews (software, hardware, books, guides, service offerings, etc)
• New product announcements/reviews
• Reviews/reports on conferences
• Upcoming conferences
• Training/training courses, both online and traditional
• Schools/Universities, degrees and classes
• Continuing education
• Certifications
• Careers/Jobs
• Skills needed for success
• Contract/freelance opportunities
• Your own editorial/essay
• Interview with an industry expert and provide the transcript (Q & A style) over several posts
• “Link of the Week” (or “Link of the Day”): a favorite link to a webpage/blog
• Host a poll
• Run a contest
• Jokes
• Anecdotes
• Podcast interview
• Videocast interview