{"id":5186,"date":"2011-05-23T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2011-05-23T09:43:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T09:43:48","slug":"fresh-ideas-for-your-company-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/fresh-ideas-for-your-company-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh ideas for your company blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Most companies don\u2019t update their blogs very often, and writing more than a couple of blog entries per month is a commitment, particularly if you have lots of other tasks and little time to come up with ideas. Scheduling posts in advance, delegating and inviting guest posters to your blog can help take some of the pressure off, but inspiration isn\u2019t as easy\u2026which is where this list comes in.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll notice that many of the ideas below involve some kind of preparation before you can get writing. Forward planning is the single most helpful way to organise your time for blogging, and ideally you should be in the position where you have posts and resources on hand for future use. Mixing shorter blog posts with longer, more intensive pieces can also help make your blog manageable for you but still useful for your visitors.<\/p>\n<h4>Tutorials<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A tutorial from abduzeedo.com<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Use cross-promotions<\/h4>\n<h4>Start a series<\/h4>\n<h4>Lists<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas2.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A screenshot of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/category\/web-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Free Photoshop Brushes &#8211; 37 terrific links<\/a> post<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Go through your archives<\/h4>\n<h4>Get inspiration from subpages<\/h4>\n<h4>Poll It<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas3.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas3.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A screenshot from OK Cupid&#8217;s blog<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Q&amp;A Blogging<\/h4>\n<h4>Giveaways\/Contests<\/h4>\n<h4>Video blogging<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2x3DHd3_9yE\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas5.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2x3DHd3_9yE\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a> to raise awareness of malaria<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Staff interviews<\/h4>\n<h4>Customer case study<\/h4>\n<h4>Use your site\u2019s history for inspiration<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas4.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas4.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Heart Internet back in 2006<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Get local<\/h4>\n<h4>Head to Yahoo Answers<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas6.png\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/blog-ideas6.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"blog-ideas6\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Yahoo answers search results<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Where do you get inspiration for blog posts? Leave a comment below!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most companies don\u2019t update their blogs very often, and writing more than a couple of blog entries per month is a commitment, particularly if you have lots of other tasks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-your-business","8":"category-your-website"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fresh ideas for your company blog - Heart Internet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fresh ideas for your company blog - Written by the team at Heart Internet.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/fresh-ideas-for-your-company-blog\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fresh ideas for your company blog - 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