About one hour ago, I sent out an email to a client, offering ideas to help him generate article topics for his new blog.

On re-reading the message, I realised others struggling to get started with their writing, may also find its contents useful.

What follows below are 3 tips you can use, based on excerpts from that message to my client.

1. Draw Inspiration from What Others Write

I told him how, I came across some articles I believed could give him at least 2 article topics to write about on his blog.

In the email, I linked to the specific articles.

In this article, I ask you to imagine coming across an article(s) in your field of interest, that make(s) you feel like doing a rejoinder.

Believe me, if you do a few searches using your topic or subject, you’ll find some.

Try to focus on those with controversial/unusual themes, and especially those covered by news bodies.

That’s a sure way to arrive at a topic to write on that will interest many people potentially interested in that subject.

You can write an analytical article/rejoinder/educational piece in your capacity as an expert in that field.

Your purpose will be to better inform people about the subject – providing insights most outsiders are unlikely to have.

If you do this right, it will boost your credibility.

You should aim to constantly author articles that you can instantly offer to any person considering your products or services…or those expressing doubts.

You would typically publish your write-up as a blog post, and sometimes as a PDF download.

You would also send emails with URLs linking the blog post or PDF to others, or even have them ready in print (as photocopies) to give out to those you meet in person (It would be a mistake to keep it all online, and expect all who need it will find it!).

I do ALL of the above – “as the spirit leads me”…and it works wonders for my marketing and sales

If you do it like I do, you’ll find yourself doing MUCH LESS talking to convince anyone to buy from you!

2. Use 2 to 3 Minute Video Marketing Series to Promote Your Writing

This is simpler, and yet more powerful.

I recommend you speak (in a video recording) on the any theme you write about above for 2 to 3 minutes.

Then publish the video clips on your own You tube channel. Note that I mean YOUR VERY OWN You tube channel.

In case you’re wondering, it’s FREE. Once you have a gmail account, your You tube account comes bundled with it.

Video is one of the most powerful marketing media ever created.

I estimate that over 75% of the sales I make of my Excel-VB driven Livestock Feed Formulation Software happen AFTER the prospect has viewed the You tube demonstration video I created to promote it. And that’s just one of many available on my Youtube channel.

No exaggeration here. And you know the best part?

Virtually all the buyers start by stumbling on one of my cost-saving farm business ideas articles during an online seach.

They then click on a link in it to watch the video. And it’s from there that they either post a comment on You tube asking for payment details, or they send me an email…and in some cases, they simply call me on my mobile.

You may not see the possibility now. But I can tell you that this approach can win you buyers for ANYTHING you sell, with far less effort than you currently expend!

That’s why I’m using these new videos, to promote my Poultry Farm Management software and the Best Operating Process Management System (BOPMS) I recommend farmers adopt.

3. Use Unpublished Stuff You’ve Written In The Past to Author New Blog Articles

In case it has not occurred to you, one good way to generate new article ideas and content is to review stuff you write to others.

That includes business proposals, feasibility studies, special reports, emails or letters to friends, family or work associates.

Anything you write – formally or informally – to another person, which you never formally published. Anything you take out time from your busy schedule to focus and write with serious intent to another person.

As long as it is ORIGINAL to you (i.e. you are the sole author), all such material can be creatively converted into an article YOU can publish on your blog – or elsewhere.

I estimate that 25 to 40% of the articles I’ve published on my blog in the past 6 months were written like that.

You see, very often I have to respond to email enquires from visitors to my website, and/or my blog.

Or sometimes those who read my articles at places like www.ezinerticles.com.

Also I periodically have to send email explanations, or even write step by step descriptions of a process or procedure for a client.

As I have said in past articles, rarely do I let such writing go to waste.

With a little creative thinking, virtually anything worth sending out to another person can be successfully converted to a useful article.

Indeed, such articles tend to come across as more real. And they may become more useful than those you author from a relatively more abstract perspective.

I know this to be true, because article marketing is an integral part of my Web Marketing System. And it remains a crucial contributor to my sales leads generation stream.

So take a closer look at converting your past, unpublished writing into articles to publish on your blog.

If you need help, let me know!

Final Words: Save Time, Effort and MONEY By Doing As Much As Possible Offline, Before Coming Online

A word of advice with respect to publishing on your blog.

If you’re like me and keen to save money on your Internet connectivity, do as much as possible of your writing and editing OFF-line.

Once you’re sure all’s set for publishing online, logon to the web, and open your word press blog post editing interface.

Then copy the article from MS Word, and paste it into the blog window.

Add a title, category etc, and finally click on the PUBLISH button.

You’ll find that working this way can help you cut back on time you spend online.

And it will help you avoid wasting time in your Word press window, doing stuff that could have been done offline in MS Word – at ZERO COST!