Stumped for blog ideas? Thar’s gold in them thar comments! (Update)

By JC Kiadii, Internet Marketing for Mortgage Professionals

I’m always amazed by people who say they are stumped for blog post ideas. I find them everywhere!

During a recent blogging workshop for a group of mortgage professionals and real estate investors, for example, I rattled off 7 ideas for mortgage blog topics – just based on the questions and discussion during the Q&A.

In this post, I am going to encourage you to explore an often neglected source for fantastic blog topic ideas – your comments section!!

Thar’s gold in them thar comments, I tell ya!

Here are a couple of places to find and mine the gold in your comments:

• Questions – San Diego Real Estate & Homes for Sale :: Robert T. Boyer, Ph.D. asked a really good question on one of my recent blog posts, so I am going to answer that question by writing an article.
• Controversy – Did someone disagree with you, or not understand the purpose or content of your blog article? Write about it! A colleague recently had someone write an unnecessarily argumentative (in my opinion) comment on her blog post. She wrote a post to address his comments.
• Your comment on someone else’s blog post – There are many time when I am inspired by another writer’s blog post. When this happens to you, by all means comment on their blog. While you are doing that, however, consider fleshing out your thoughts into a blog post.  (Thanks to Cameron Novak, Featured California Short Sale Agent for inspiring this third tip).

Start searching – how many blog post ideas can you find in your comments?

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