Archive for the ‘Replenishing your Mental Inkwell’ Category

Easy Ways to get Quality Content onto your Blog (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)

Another great option for getting quality content on your blog (Quality over Quantity, as I’ve said a million time) is to get others to make it for you. While I’ve never had any other content on this blog other than my own, I’ve read quite a few that have quality content that’s written by somebody [...]

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18+ What to Do When your Mental Inkwell Runs Dry (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)

It’s worse than bloggers block. When your mental inkwell runs dry, all your writing suffers. You’ll find that even writing letters to family  members becomes a challenge. As you sit, staring blankly at an article you’d yet to write, you realize that you have a problem. However, do not worry, my fellow bloggers. There is [...]

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The Gift of Stumble-Upon…And the Curse (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)

As a follow up to my article on Why I Try not to Stumble-Upon StumbleUpon, Stumbling is incredibly addictive, and can be detrimental to your blogging, by consuming vast quantities of time on the web that you could be spending doing something creative. However, there is a way to use StumbleUpon to your advantage.

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When you should Stop Blogging for the Day (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)

For many bloggers, the problem with blogging isn’t coming up with content (though if that is a problem, see Easy Content), it’s coming up with too much content. Which is, oddly enough, a very common problem. Most bloggers call it Blogger’s Block, and it affects bloggers throughout the blogosphere. If you feel like your doing [...]

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Easy Content: The Blogging Trick I learned from a Comment (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)

Blogging consistently is difficult for many bloggers to do-especially if they post articles daily.
The fact is that pretty much everything you read online has been said elsewhere. Even the topic you write about now has been written in a different way by a different author. It is rare to find new information and chances are [...]

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