Five Ways to Do Something Different With Your Content Today

Posted: January 01, 1970

If you are tired of the same old content on your blog, then check out these 5 techniques you can use to liven up your blog.

If you are tired of the same old content on your blog, then check out these 5 techniques you can use to liven up your blog.

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut with your blog content? Perhaps you’ve mastered the list post, or you’re great at “how to” writing … but your comments have dropped and your readers don’t seem to be quite so engaged as they once were.[caption id="attachment_10251" align="alignright" width="333"]© iQoncept - Fotolia.com[/caption]

Or maybe you’re just struggling for time and inspiration right now. You don’t want to sit down and write a 700 word post as usual – you just want to get something valuable out there in front of your readers.

Here are five different things you can try. Give one of them a go this week!

#1: Ask a Question and Make Comments the Focus

Instead of writing a great piece of content, crowdsource it! Ask your readers an interesting question, and get them to write their responses in the comments section. You could introduce this with “Your turn” or “Over to you” or similar. Some bloggers do this on a regular basis, perhaps weekly or monthly.

One word of caution here: you may well end up spending a while responding to comments, so this isn’t necessarily a time-saving technique.

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