Comments on: 101 Ways to Run Out of Things to Blog About

By: David Poindexter

David Poindexter — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:11:17 +0000

Brian Clark, that’s an interesting idea about a comprehensive “101 things” post being a book. I wonder if anyone’s ever published a book like that? For example, Michael Flessus was asking Darren if he had any suggestions for “how to” books. Darren could gather his most important posts together in book form, send them off to a publisher and release an e-book, and possibly an actual printed book from one of the print-on-demand publishers that abound. Extra revenue stream for Darren, and much easier research for new bloggers because they cut out the extraneous “searching” time to find the real nuts and bolts of blogging. Just an idea though.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:26:14 +0000

I wrote a “1oo Things to do before I die” list, which gives me loads of potential follow up as I try to achieve my aims.

(Some are too rude to be blogged about, but others have given me quite a few posts each.)

By: sccci

sccci — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:09:58 +0000

a great plan is needed indeed. many bloggers tend to spell out all the ‘juice’ in their first post and thats it, they have nothing better to blog about in their future post.

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www.techtagg.com - See Tech Taggers view on this story! — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:45:45 +0000

101 Ways to Run Out of Things to Blog About…

what happens after you write a great story…

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:05:38 +0000

We recently did a 100 Beginner Running Tips article. I was not concerned with it drying up our well because a) of what you mention in terms of using it as a springboard to other posts and b) because of what Brian mentioned right before me. Brian, you stole my thunder! ;-)

Great post!

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:51:29 +0000

It depends on depth of knowledge. Everytime I do a list post I almost feel bad for what I *don’t* say about each item.

But that just means there’s room for elaboration later.

A “101 list” that was truly compehensive would be a book, but then again I don’t know the topic your friend blogs about.

By: 新公司法

新公司法 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:46:01 +0000

By: LearningNerd

LearningNerd — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:36:49 +0000

I write a lot of all-encompassing posts on my blog, but I don’t have to worry about ever running out of things to cover, because I’m trying to cover everything! So much for being niche, huh? Too bad I’ve yet to get bookmarked or dugg.

Not only do huge posts cover too much information (for a niche blog), but they’re exhausting! I started my blog less than 2 months ago, and I’m already starting to feel like I’m going to burn out. Learning everything is overwhelming! But I’m going to push myself as far as I can, and then when I’m about to crash, I’ll just have to post less often. Of course, I would’nt recommend that method to anyone; my blog is an experiment more than anything else.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:32:16 +0000

Interesting post – and timely.

I was just finishing up a longer, list-based post and was debating whether I should split it up or leave it as is. While I do like how the post currently flows (and I think it is important to mention flow when considering the length of a post and how to split it up), your post has shed some light on other factors I didn’t consider, specifically the “running out of ideas” element.

Glad I woke up early and fired up FeedDemon!

By: Stefan Juhl

Stefan Juhl — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:28:54 +0000

When I come up with the idea for a good list within a specific topic, then I always consider how I can make a bunch (or at least some) more specific posts, which I can write and post on my blog before releasing the list. Then I’m able to link back to the specific posts from the list.

I also try to avoid making to generel lists for my topics. I alwasy just make lists for kind of sub-topics of my generel topic.

By: Michael Flessas

Michael Flessas — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:22:33 +0000

I just have to say that your blog is so informative. How many hours per day do you sit at the keyboard either writing or work on the architecture of your blog? Are you constantly looking for new affiliates? Lastly, what are your favorite blogging books either in terms of blogger’s personal stories or “how to” books?