Most of the time, sitting down to work on the content for your site or your blog or your newsletter is a pain in the ass.  Let’s face it:  Most of you don’t like to write.

That’s fine.  We all do tons of things we don’t like.  I don’t particularly like changing diapers, but I do it.

The thing is, with some practice, you can actually fly through the stuff you don’t like.  I still don’t enjoy changing diapers, but I can whip one off and back on like I’m roping a calf.

One way to do that with your writing is to use prompts (I’m not implying that your writing is shitty- I just used that example because I have a one year old).  Teachers (good ones) use this technique all the time to get the writing juices flowing in their students.

Here are ten that you can use any time ideas for subjects are escaping you.

1. You Best Customer Service Story Anytime is a good time to write about great things you’re doing for your customers.  Be humble, but get the story out there.
2. New Products You’re Using Actually, it doesn’t even have to be something that you’re using.  What new products are you dreaming up?
3. A Word On Your Colleagues Pick someone in the industry you respect and talk them up.
4. A Little History Not everyone knows that you had to eat ramen noodles on stick furniture for 3 years before your business took off.  Tell them.
5. Best Practices Write a little bit about the standards in your industry.  Comment on why those things work the way they do.
6. Best Employees Everyone with employees has some.  Write it like an awards ceremony- guaranteed to boost morale.
7. Food And Beverage This one might seem weak, but people love to find out about new foods.  Is there an office favorite?  What’s the best in town?
8. Tech Tips You can definitely get traction on tech writing of any kind, as long as it’s useful.  This one might get some good feedback from someone using a tool you haven’t tried.
9. Local News What’s going on in your neck of the woods?  How is it changing your business?
10. Location, Location, Location There’s always something about where you live, work, or play that’s worth writing.

Tags: writing

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