Even creative people get stuck when theyre trying to come up with ideas for a blog post. Get book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature in your inbox. Dec 08, 2016 for some reason, i dont often run out of content ideas. Careers blog about amazon press center investor relations amazon devices amazon tours. Publish a post about the pros and cons of something. I feel like i always have too many ideas in my head at once and want to post them all immediately. Marketers and bloggers regularly turn to their bookshelves for education and for building their skill set.
If you dont get many comments, check a popular blog thats read by your ideal readers or ask. Mapheads book blog pillaging the public library so you dont have to. Are you looking for ways to generate new content ideas. The topics seem directionless and mostly sensational than insightful. Ive put together a huge list of blog post ideas that i hope will inspire fellow book bloggers. For some reason, i dont often run out of content ideas.
Check your blog comments for questions your readers have asked and answer them in your blog post. This blog started out exploring what it means to make mapsthe ontology of cartography. Travelogues highlights, lowlights, hopefully with photos. Lets start with 7 blog post ideas to refocus on your readers and write posts your readers crave to read. Some of the most creative ideas people came up with are in bold. Nov 18, 20 the book at first seems to show a series of maps, but i suggest we should better look at it without the assumption that each new image is a separate map. I think of blog content development as having two parts. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks and millions of other books are available for instant access.
Capture and organize your blog pages using applications like word, upload the document and your book will. There are hundreds and hundreds of tag posts on the internet. Then most of the time bloggers move on to an author interview. That little nudge is enough to get ideas sprouting in your head, growing quickly, and bearing fruit. Ive always wanted to start a book blog ever since last year but couldnt, not until i graduated. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is kens followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by. Mar 29, 2019 how to choose an idea for creating website or blog. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Are book bloggers limited to writing about the books they read.
Download this book with tips and strategies for coming up your next idea, followed by a list of 500 styles of. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is a love. I figured i would share some really general blog post ideas for book bloggers. Nov 26, 2017 thanksgiving readathon wrap up i first read about this on maphead s blog and was redirected to the hosts of this readathon. Then there are blog tours, book promotions, blurb releases, cover releases, book blog tags and lets just start the list. See more ideas about blog, about me blog and social media.
Apr 07, 2016 maphead by ken jennings i recently read maphead. Powers has reared maphead alone, but now they have returned to the english town where maphead might find his mother. Measured words about the words we casually toss around and what they end up really meaning. There are an unfathomable number of different ideas for starting your own website or blog. In fact i just picked up ken jennings earlier book brainiac and im. I challenged myself to create 100 blog post ideas in 30. I thought it also might be fun to share them with you.
The blog post headline analyzer will score your overall headline quality and rate its ability to result in social shares, increased traffic, and seo value. The book covers a miscellany of topics related to maps and to the people who love them. Transform your blog content into a professional, bookstore quality book. Much as brainiac offered a behindthescenes look at the littleknown demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass. Then i spent some serious time working on issues surrounding theological diversity among quakers. Maphead by lesley howarth is an intriguing fantasy. What street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power by deidra mask published by macmillan is a storyfilled and thought provoking book in the vein of bill bryson, mary roach, and henry petroski. I know i wont have any more problems wondering what to write.
Maphead by lesley howarth meet your next favorite book. This article will talk about book blogs and how to start your own. Ottavia at novels and nonfiction and jackie at death at tsundoku. These are each examples of the placement of individual memory upon a common mapthe visualization of the internal processes all of use when we use maps as repositories of memory. Constantly thinking of new blog post topics can be a daunting task. A lot of what we read on the web is inspired by books and things weve read before.
Sometimes, all you need is a push in the right direction to get moving. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Publish a post about your success and epic failures. Photo montages from your past, from your hometown, from a family reunion. Look into bottlenose bottlenose provides live social intelligence for you by. I wanted to clear this upa lot of people are pronouncing my upcoming book maphead maphed instead of the correct way, which is muhfeed. Maphead was my driver when i visited the middle east last year and he had a lot of good ideas for the book. Among the actual maps that jennings mentions are these click images to zoom. Jan 03, 2020 constantly thinking of new blog post topics can be a daunting task.
Rather than putting together a list of generic blog post ideas, we felt it would be far more useful to share with you the process of brainstorming blog post ideas. Walking the dog a daily blogjournal, exploring the ways we keep the weather from affecting us. Here are 81 blog topic ideas to get you thinking about what you could focus or refocus your site on. I think the two are related, and the common threads seem to be a regular theme here. How to choose an idea for creating website or blog. Feb 10, 2017 sometimes, for book bloggers especially, it can be difficult to come up with enough ideas. Your blog is the perfect place to share where youve been and what youre doing without having to explain too much or worry about things looking polished. Sometimes, for book bloggers especially, it can be difficult to come up with enough ideas. As fans of his blog or his television appearances know, jennings is incredibly charming as he drops witty. As a creative professional building an online presence, a blog is a great way to add personality to your portfolio, helping you attract clients and adding dimension to your work. In this post, we give you 30 inspiring blog post ideas for writers.
Thanksgiving readathon wrap up i first read about this on maphead s blog and was redirected to the hosts of this readathon. Maybe i could come up with just one for that day on my own. Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the library of congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the national geographic bee to the. Begun on the winter solstice 2011, to be wrapped up the same day in 2012. Twelve year old maphead is conceived of a human mother, who was rescued from death by lightning bolt by his alien father, powers. Lately its become even more freeform, though im still interested in both these areas. Im not sure if it was intentional or not, but i clicked in to that post thinking that they would show me how they had come up with 100 ideas in 30 minutes. Offer free help in your industry to get new contacts. The idea was to read as much as i can between november 22 and november 26. Ive searched around the interent for inspiration and created a list of 15 blog post ideas that im going to try out. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. In a world where geography only makes the headlines when college students are endlessly discovered to be bad at it. The book at first seems to show a series of maps, but i suggest we should better look at it without the assumption that each new image is a separate map.
We use cookies to make hubspots website a better place. How to come up with 100 blog post ideas in 30 minutes. Maybe you dismissed it as too timeconsuming, or feel like you dont have any design, art or photography blog ideas. Included in the book is a reading group guide and discussion questions. How to never run out of topic ideas even when you blog daily. Cookies help to provide a more personalized experience and relevant advertising for you, and web analytics for us. Mask puts the very familiar road signs, house numbers, street names, city planning, etc. However, there are a ton of unique topics that you can write about related to books, reading, literature, and blogging itself. This blog aims, among other things, to create that atmosphere. Maphead is clearly written by an american aimed at americans, which is a shame because throughout maphead, jennings passionately derides uscentricity how the book ties together quite a lot of trivia in a format that allows a smooth transition from one fact to the next. In this article ill show you 7 easy ways to help you find new and interesting content ideas for your business blog. Oct 03, 1994 maphead by lesley howarth is an intriguing fantasy.
There are many different types of blogs, ranging from sports blogs to cooking blogs and back again. Not all the ideas were new to me but i liked being reminded about some of the evergreen ones and having them all together in one place. Try the headline analyzer have you ever sat down to write your upandcoming blog post just to find yourself staring blankly at your computer screen. It will bring together ideas of all kinds, from artists, writers, philosophers, historians, technologists, and scientists social and. Im new to your site and have to admit it was the 365 blog ideas that caught my eye. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks paperback april 17, 2012.
These are based on some of our blog posts at writers write and others ive enjoyed reading on the internet. Maphead, a boy with strange powers from a parallel dimension, finds himself alone without his father for the first time and returns to rubytown to find his own destiny. I came up with the idea to challenge myself to come up with 100 blog post ideas in 30 minutes after i misunderstood the title a post i stumbled across called. New york photographer shriya samavai uses her blog as a photo diary, sharing images from different places she visits without any explanation, so the photos speak for themselves. I challenged myself to create 100 blog post ideas in 30 minutes. Post a list of blog post ideas talk about book clubs and how they can help your career. Preserve and share precious writings and thoughts you have with your family and friends. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Some are very specific, and others are very general. Now that i have, and time is on my side, i cant think of good ideas to name my blog. Are you struggling to come up with articles for your blog. Its hard to consistently come up with valuable ideas. Most of these i pulled out of my own head or looked through old posts i wrote. Here are the resources i perused very quickly before i sat down to create my own 100 blog ideas.
Bookishness and tea the blog of a book and tea addict. One for each day of the year except this one, 2016, which is leap year. Americas map nerds in a world where geography only makes the headlines. Thats why we have compiled a list of 103 original blog post ideas that you can write about today. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by former game show contestant ken jennings. One of the biggest problems in content marketing is ideation. Theres something for everyone in this book and if you love maps you will love the strange world behind maps and globes that jennings explores. Make a post about your most popular blog ideas to date. Blog books appearances dabbling about ken faq message boards. She has come up with 365 ideas for blog posts for writers and authors. Dont let yourself get stuck before you even get started. These templates also bring to you the best of html and css.
A free short story, novella, deleted chapter, character sketch, or book club questions for your work. Nonfiction blogs list ranked by popularity based on social metrics. Mar 16, 20 ive always wanted to start a book blog ever since last year but couldnt, not until i graduated. Maphead geography educators network of indiana, inc. To keep your blog audience engaged, you need to continually generate new content.
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