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3 Simple Rules To Choosing A Blog Topic

March 26, 2008

Doggy Tip Of The WeekHow do I choose a blog topic? There are many schools of thought on how to choose a blog topic. These are my 3 simple rules.

3 Simple Rules To Choosing A Blog Topic

  1. Choose a topic you’re passionate about.
  2. Choose a topic you’re interested in learning.
  3. Choose a topic where you’re an expert in the field.

Now you may be asking why should I follow these three rules. One reason…it makes it much easier to create content. I believe most blogs fail because they don’t consistently produce content.

Do My 3 Blogs Follow The 3 Simple Rules?

I’m currently writing to three blogs:

  1. The Global Workplace - A place to learn online productivity tools to help people better communicate with family and friends.

    • I am passionate about learning new technologies.
    • Many of the topics I write about are new tools I’ve just learned.
    • Some consider me authority on these topics others consider me a newbie.
  2. Minds Like Water - Not just a blog, but used to update our community on everyone’s blogging progress.

    • I’m definitely passionate about teaching my family and friends better communication using online tools. Although this site will be more about updating our community on everyone’s blogging progress…The Global Workplace will be teaching people the tools to being more productive.
    • A lot of these things I’m still learning.
    • Just like The Global Workplace I’d be considered an expert by some and a newbie by others.
  3. Puppy In Training - My view on dogs and puppies.
    • I’m passionate about dogs and puppies.
    • I continually want to learn more about dogs, puppies, and training.
    • Though I don’t know everything I do consider myself somewhat of an authority on training dogs.

So my tip for the week…try to choose a topic that falls into at least one of my three simple rules and you’ll have a much easier time producing content for your blog. By the way, I also wrote a little bit on this topic at The Global Workplace - How To Choose Your Blog Topic.

Good luck choosing your blog topic and as always if you have any questions or advice please leave us a comment in the comments area below.

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