Boost Your Blog

Open-ended questions are probably one of the best ways to connect with your audience and grow your engagement. Why? Because it takes the focus off of you and turns it around onto your reader. Now it might seem a little strange to do that, after all, your blog is supposed to be about you and your experiences. Let me share a couple little secrets about blogging…

• First Secret: people don’t follow blogs, they follow people; they always have.
• Second Secret: your blog isn’t really about you; it’s about giving people the opportunity to see into your life, a keyhole into your world that you otherwise or may not show people.

When you let them in and trust that things will be okay, amazing things happen. Here are 10 open-ended questions topics/titles to help inspire your next blog post.

10 Open-Ended Blog Topics/Titles

1. How Would You Help Kids Learn Math?
2. What is Your Favorite Color?
3. Why is Peanut butter and Chocolate so good together?
4. What is the most frustrating or fun thing about connecting with new people?
5. What are your solutions to temper tantrums?
6. How do you overcome Creative Block?
7. If you could do anything, what would you do?
8. When you tried (Fill in the Blank), how did you feel/what did you think about it?
9. What is the coolest thing you’ve created or seen created with (Fill in the Blank)?
10. How did you overcome (Fill in the Blank)?

I’d like to thank Thaleia Maher of Something2Offer for hosting this event. She has been the inspiration and driving force behind this collaborative challenge and it wouldn’t have happened without her. Please take a moment to visit other pages on her site as well as check out the other Hostesses helping out who have made this challenge possible. Thank you everyone! If you have questions or would like more help with your blog, please contact me directly.

See you tomorrow for Day 9,

Martiel

No matter what you blog about, offering up a tutorial or an informational/how-to post is a great way to show off your skills, engage your audience and encourage your visitors to come back for more. Don’t try to dazzle your audience with things you don’t know, just tell them what you know and how to do it. I guarantee they will appreciate your candor and the tutorial. Here are 10 blog topics/titles to inspire your next blog post.

10 How-to/Tutorial Blog Topics/Titles

1. 5 Activities to Keep Kids Busy for 30 Minutes
2. How to Learn to Crochet (Or Knit/Sew/Embroider/Etc.)
3. 7 Steps to Living an Inspired Life
4. Video Tutorial: How to Custom Code Your Blog
5. How to Use a Sock to Create a Fantastic Bun (in your hair) – seriously, look this up, it’s totally radical!
6. How to Make Buttercream Frosting
7. 3 Simple Tutorials for Inspiring Your Next Creative Project
8. How to Create and Use Paper Fabric
9. Get Organized in 5 Steps
10. How to Use a Gelli Plate

I’d like to thank Thaleia Maher of Something2Offer for hosting this event. She has been the inspiration and driving force behind this collaborative challenge and it wouldn’t have happened without her. Please take a moment to visit other pages on her site as well as check out the other Hostesses helping out who have made this challenge possible. Thank you everyone! If you have questions or would like more help with your blog, please contact me directly.

See you tomorrow for Day 8,

Martiel

Cheat sheets and charts are in the same area as resources and reference material in that they are a way to continuously drive traffic to your blog well after the initial posting. For example, I particularly love sites that offer charts on practical things like crochet hook sizes, basic HTML code, or the different tensile strength of various wires for beading/jewelry.

Some bloggers offer these in the form of posts where visitors can come and simply use the content directly from the page and some blogger offer it in a format where you can print it out and take it with you such as a PDF. Whatever you decide to do or however you offer it, these types of posts will surely attract visitors for a long time to come. Here are 10 topics/titles to help inspire your next post in a chart or cheat sheet format.

10 Cheat Sheet & Chart Blog Topics/Titles

1. Crochet Hook & Knitting Needle Reference Chart
2. Diaper Size to Baby Age/Weight Chart
3. HTLM Cheat-Sheet: How to Add Essential Sharing Buttons To Your Blog
4. Paint Brush Style & Use Chart
5. Organic Food Labels Demystified
6. US & Metric Conversions for Cooking
7. Basic Grammar & Sentence Structure & Use Chart
8. Create Your Own Chore Tracking Chart
9. Polymer Clay Tools & Uses Chart
10. Home Decorating Style Sheet

I’d like to thank Thaleia Maher of Something2Offer for hosting this event. She has been the inspiration and driving force behind this collaborative challenge and it wouldn’t have happened without her. Please take a moment to visit other pages on her site as well as check out the other Hostesses helping out who have made this challenge possible. Thank you everyone! If you have questions or would like more help with your blog, please contact me directly.

See you tomorrow for Day 7,

Martiel

Inspirational blog posts should be a part of every blogger’s repertoire of blogging topics. Whether you do it once a month or once a week, try to pop one in on a regular rotation. There are several ways you can go about writing inspirational posts, here are a few formats:

• Lead with a quote
• Lead with a personal story
• Lead with a lesson

Each of the formats listed above could be found in one inspirational post or they could be found individually, it’s totally up to you on how you go about setting up and writing your post. Here are 10 topics/titles to help you write your next inspirational post either directly or vis-à-vis.

10 Inspirational Blog Topics/Titles

1. Where there is beauty…
2. When you see it you’ll believe it!
3. Opportunity awaits; what are you waiting for?
4. Guided by Love and (Fill in the Blank)
5. Creativity is…
6. Bring Your Own Sunshine
7. Give Your Hunches an Opportunity to Show You Something Spectacular!
8. I wish I would have known…
9. Discovering Something Sweet & Unexpected
10. Today I’m Calm and Peaceful

I’d like to thank Thaleia Maher of Something2Offer for hosting this event. She has been the inspiration and driving force behind this collaborative challenge and it wouldn’t have happened without her. Please take a moment to visit other pages on her site as well as check out the other Hostesses helping out who have made this challenge possible. Thank you everyone! If you have questions or would like more help with your blog, please contact me directly.

See you tomorrow for Day 6,

Martiel

Comparison posts are one of my favorites because when you have the opportunity to take two things (maybe related or maybe not) and compare them, it can be super fun! Comparison posts are all about showing how two objects (either virtual or physical) are alike and different according to your perspective. For example, I did a comparison between two types of yarn and wrote about it. I talked about how each of the yarns felt and how each responded during a burn test; I also created a stitch block with them and even washed them. In the end, one was clearly more durable and color fast while the other was softer and natural feeling.

Now you don’t have to compare yarn, you could compare anything. Comparisons will help you continue to build up your clout as an authority in your field and in the blogosphere. So, compare-away! Here are 10 blog topics/title you can use either directly or as inspiration for your next blog post – happy comparing!

10 Comparison Blog Topics/Titles

1. Play-Doh™ Brand vs. Homemade Play Dough: The Kid Comparison Test
2. Facebook Ads vs. Google Ads: Getting the Most Reach for your $1
3. Pros & Cons for Digital Calendars (or Print Calendars)
4. Pros & Cons of Name Brand (Fill In the Blank) vs. the Generic
5. Is Knitting Better than Crochet? (Or Vice Versa)
6. Is Home School Better Than Public School? (Or Vice Versa)
7. The Best Places to Get Married in (Fill in the Blank with a Location).
8. The Best Places to Learn Online
9. 3 Apple Cobbler Recipes Compared and Put to the Test
10. Dog vs. Cat: Which One Will Win You Over First?

I’d like to thank Thaleia Maher of Something2Offer for hosting this event. She has been the inspiration and driving force behind this collaborative challenge and it wouldn’t have happened without her. Please take a moment to visit other pages on her site as well as check out the other Hostesses helping out who have made this challenge possible. Thank you everyone! If you have questions or would like more help with your blog, please contact me directly.

See you tomorrow for Day 5,

Martiel