When you are seeking inspiration for content, simply lifting your eyes from the PC screen and looking at what is going on in the world can often give you some great ideas. So here are a few ways to draw from what you see, hear and experience in your everyday life to create great content.
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Ask the audience
If you don’t know what to write about, remember the first rule of content – it needs to speak to your audience. That means, of course, that your content ideas are easier to come up with if you have a specific reader in mind. But, rather more obviously, it means you can askyour audience what
Lost for words
In talking to people about content, far more of the challenges they experience relate to their ‘dynamic content.’ Dynamic content is all the content which is regular, and ever changing (blogs, articles, social media posts and networking pitches for example) – as opposed to ‘static content’ which is only changed from time to time (such
Getting organised to write your masterpiece
At the start of the year you said to yourself “This is the year that I’m going to write a book.” If you’ve been following my blog series on this topic you’ll now have a better idea of what is involved. Now, then, is the time to get organised and, by bringing it all together
Getting into print
Someone asked me recently, “How did you get published? Is it expensive?” These days, there are so many different ways to get your book into print that I thought I would share the one most people use these days – self-publishing. It is worth saying, from the outset, that I am one person, using a
It’s not just about the writing
How much of the time it takes to create a book is spent writing? Not as much as you’d think. I was once introduced to a model of writing that makes writing only 30% of the process. The bulk of the time is spent either side if the writing. We’ve already discussed planning so now seems
When writing non-fiction make four decisions first
If you have a non-fiction masterpiece within you, dying to get out, it can feel like a challenge. No making stuff up like those lucky fiction types. No. You have to make sure everything you say is right! Well, not quite. Any book you write is from your own perspective so opinion is allowed as
For fiction, you need to consider the four elements
When your ambition is to write a novel, one can sometimes feel rather daunted by the process. It isn’t like writing non-fiction, where the information all exists and your job is to organise it and put your perspective on it. No – you have to make stuff up. Let’s be clear here, unless you are a
To be a writer, first you have to write
Who has started 2019 by saying, “This year I want to write a book?” The desire to write a bestseller is a common desire. Plenty of people dream of pouring out their soul into a novel, or sharing their wisdom in a non-fiction masterpiece. The fantasy usually leads to one having an unexpected bestseller at
Why, How & What to Blog?
Why? Blogging is the perfect way of engaging your target audience by gifting them a snippet of what you do, to ideally whet their appetite for your paid content. Can you imagine having an endless stream of interested individuals who love what you do and are ready to part with their cash on your products?