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What should I write next? The Ultimate Guide to Ideas for Your Next Blog

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Crye-Leike, Realtors

lightbulbEveryone gets writer's block at some point. You blog, you blog, and you blog some more and then what. At some point the ideas run out. Some of you may have been patient and saved ideas on a list for future times, but for many of us there's just a void. I've searched Active Rain. I've searched google. I've bookmarked several posts just for occasions like this.

I thought other people may enjoy bookmarking this collection: Here's links I've collected to ideas for real estate blogs:
 

  1. When the well runs dry, by Rick & Ines
     
     
  2. lightbulbEffectively Utilizing Localism, by Toby Barnett 
     
  3. 10 Ideas for Localism Using Google's My Maps Feature, by Angie Vandenbergh
     
  4. Blogging Ideas How to Start a Local Real Estate Blog, by Justin Smith
     
  5. The Blog Fodder Series, by Mariana Wagner
     
  6. I humbly submit my 100th featured post, by Bryant Tutas 
     
  7. Top 10 Business Generating Post Ideas, by Christopher Sartorius 
     
  8. 101 Real Estate Blog Ideas, by Teresa Boardman on the Real Estate Tomato
     
  9. A Year's Worth of Real Estate Blog Ideasfrom RSS Pieces RE Blog Girl
     
  10. Create Real Estate Shows for Your Blogs  by RealEstateShows.com (showcase neighborhood expertise and many other ideas) Check out their blog for more ideas on how to use shows.
     
  11. 101 Great Posting Ideas that will make your blog sizzle, by Philip Liu (not specifically real estate, but general enough to apply)
     
  12. Driving more traffic than your blog can handle with online events, by Mary McKnight
     
  13. Turn your blog into a lead generating machine, by Ann Cummings
     
  14. Are you the local authority? Building an authority site, by Agent Web Design
     
  15. Ideas to Blog About, by Karen George
     
  16. Breaking Writer's Blog-ck...Local Content Ideas for your blog by Mariana Wagner
     
  17. 101 Ideas to blog about...or serving your long tail by Barrett Niehus
     
  18. How to find topics to blog about by Netta Blackwood
     
  19. Writers block ideas to unblock it, by Ashley Drake
     
  20. Best Resources for Real Estate Blog Content by Carolyn Nelson
     
  21. An Alphabet of Localism Post Ideas A-Z by Mariana Wagner
     

lightbulbHopefully that should give you ideas. But my best advice is to READ, READ, READ. The more you read on the Rain the more you'll see what works and what doesn't. What is popular and not. What is liked and not liked so much etc. Write about what you like. And reading will help you refine it.

If you know of links to other great ‘idea' blogs, please include them here in the comments and let me know. I plan to update as I find more great idea posts.

Comments (46)

Toby Barnett
KW North Sound - Marysville, WA
Toby Barnett

Thank you for the link love Angie, that is comprehensive list and i'll have to refresh my memory on them. Have a gret day!

Aug 02, 2007 07:18 AM
Anonymous
Netta Blackwood
Angie, thank you very much for including me in your comments.  Again thank you for the refresher...we all need it from time to time.  Keep up the good work!!!
Aug 03, 2007 01:00 AM
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Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine - Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent

Hi Angie - many thanks for including the link to my post!  Another series of posts to add to your list is the 'alphabet soup' series that Mariana Wagner has been posting.  I think she has one more to go, covering the entire alphabet with all kinds of great ideas.

Great list to help out when we can't think of something to write about.  I've bookmarked this to help me out!

Ann

Aug 14, 2007 11:43 PM
Angie Vandenbergh
Crye-Leike, Realtors - Memphis, TN
A Crye-Leike Blogger
Ann - I agree about adding Mariana's alphabet of ideas. I posted a comment on her first post and let her know that I planned to link to the series once she got to Z. I'm personally curious to see what all the X ideas are. Here I've got one.... X marks the spot (for certain features in town a subdivision, restaurant, activities etc)
Aug 15, 2007 02:57 AM
Agent Web Design
Specialists Real Estate - Las Vegas, NV
Hey, thanks for the referral (http://activerain.com/blogsview/56374/Are-You-the-Local)! Nice post.
Aug 15, 2007 05:05 AM
Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine - Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent

Hi Angie - yep, I'm curious about those odd letters, too. I like your "X marks the spot"...you should make sure to send that one to her, and she'll include a link to you for the suggestion.

Ann

Aug 15, 2007 06:03 AM
Joe Bartolotta Florida's Upfront Mortgage Broker
Fidelity Mortgage Services - Altamonte Springs, FL
Thank you very much for compiling this list.  It will be very helpful.
Aug 15, 2007 06:35 AM
Michelle DeRepentigny
Success Realty - Athens, GA
Broker Athens, GA
Bloggers ChoiceAngie, this is a great list and I'm looking forward to using some of these to jump start some different kinds of post for me.  Thanks!
Sep 19, 2007 06:56 AM
Jeff Turner
RealSatisfied - Santa Clarita, CA
Angie... this is a great list!
Sep 19, 2007 06:08 PM
Jeff Turner
RealSatisfied - Santa Clarita, CA
Angie... this is a great list!
Sep 19, 2007 06:08 PM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate
Hi Angie:  Thanks so much for what seems like an awesome list.  I need to sit down and read them all.  I so very much want to get good at this.  For me, why do it if I cannot do it well.  Thanks for the list of ideas...     Karen Anne
Sep 19, 2007 07:35 PM
Kathy Robertson
Kettley Realtors - St. Charles, IL
Thanks a lot for the post. I've bookmarked it for review. Want to start blogging in my local community & figure I need all the help I can get!
Nov 05, 2007 10:28 PM
Angie Vandenbergh
Crye-Leike, Realtors - Memphis, TN
A Crye-Leike Blogger

Kathy - good luck. If you come up with any good ideas for community posts - feel free to come back here and include a link to them.

Nov 06, 2007 01:09 AM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

I love this.  Great for learning and for the days when the ink and ideas run dry.

Jul 21, 2008 05:38 PM
Maria Shircel
Maria Shircel Property Management, LLC - Clarksville, TN

Thank you very much for the great ideas, I look forward to learn and utilize them.

by Maria Shircel, Maria Shircel Property Management, LLC

Feb 06, 2009 09:25 PM
Aron Bailey Bruser
Win-Win Home Staging & Redesign - Huntingdon Valley, PA

Awesome, I will read every one of these.

Mar 10, 2009 08:20 AM
Bill Wallace
Bridge Realty - Bloomington, MN
William Wallace

tag - when I need more inspiration this will be a reference post to go look at

Feb 04, 2010 08:47 AM
Michael Dellerose - Mullica Hill, NJ REALTOR
CENTURY 21 Hughes-Riggs Realty - Mullica Hill, NJ

LOTS of great info!  Thanks!

Nov 18, 2010 04:12 PM
Renee Hearne
Crye-Leike Realtors - Maumelle, AR
Realtor, CRA, CPPS, MMDP

Thanks Angie for the great ideas!

Mar 19, 2011 04:15 AM
Anonymous
Stephanie Harley

Wow! Thank you for the post.  I will be chewing on this one for a while:)

May 10, 2011 07:13 AM
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