Comments on: Get inspiration from blog comments when writing your next post

By: Scott Mahler

Scott Mahler — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:48:15 +0000

Great ideas here. You can also use comments from other people’s blogs, ones on which you are leaving your own comment, to get inspiration for topics. I get ideas for blog posts from reading anything and everything I can get my hands on in the blogisphere, feedback from my own blog and, as I just mentioned, from comments other people leave on blogs I’m commenting on. In fact, I got an idea or two from this one. Thanks.

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:00:09 +0000

Ah yes.Another tool to add to my prolific arsenal!

Stumbled upon you this evening – glad I did so.

Heading over to subscribe…

George

By: W

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:32:36 +0000

Great Post!

I write most of my posts based on my readers comments and ask them to leave questions they have about HTML, CSS and anything else design/blog based in the comments section for Tutorial Tuesday Posts.

I also get great ideas from Twitter.

By: Douglas Wade

Douglas Wade — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:56:15 +0000

Good stuff!
Thanks

By: Amaete Umanah

Amaete Umanah — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:16:46 +0000

I am definitely going to bookmark this page and and come back to it as a reference. Just reading the post has given me all sorts of ideas for my blog. I often tell people, once you start to brand yourself, product or service and start building a community around that brand; listening to what your customers say is very key, not to mention how much you can learn from them.

Thanks for the post!

By: Marko

Marko — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Thanks for your comments!

@Lindsay: I agree with traffic stats comment. If something works very well for you, expand on it and try to build a whole series of articles on that theme.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:04:58 +0000

Great point. Often what we think is the most important thing we can write about (because we care about it most or we think everyone needs to know about it) isn’t very popular. Then something that we almost didn’t post or weren’t that excited about ourselves turns out to really strike a cord with people.

In addition to checking comments, check your traffic stats. You’ll probably find that a few of your articles account for a lot of your traffic. It makes sense to mine that popularity and expand on those topics.

By: Matt | Small Biz Bee

Matt | Small Biz Bee — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:56:56 +0000

This is a great point, quite often some of the most spirited and varied conversations on a blog come in the comments section. Taking those conversations and expanding on them is a great way to bring interesting content to your readers.

Great post,
Matt

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:16:14 +0000

This is a great idea. Often, the tendency is to answer questions in comments. But by creating a new post, it is more likely that people will read it. And then it can spawn more discussion. (Btw, nice header.)

By: Blog Expert

Blog Expert — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:21:52 +0000

Awesome post. Answering a question in a post is good because people will likely be looking for it.