I hope that my examples of brainstorming inspired you to come up with a few good ideas of your own. The next step is to check carefully if there is an audience for your topic and how popular the topic is.
There are a few ways to research the existing market for your future blog. The simplest method is a free tool located at inventory.overture.com . Type your keyword and check the screen to see how many searches were made for the past month regarding any subject that is on your list of “brainstorming ideas.”
My results are listed below:
American Idol 667, 226 Dog training 135, 946 Baby shower 125, 673 Movie review 79, 485
A second website to visit is Google News Print your keyword at the top of Google news homepage and observe how many news items appear about the selected topic.
My results were as follows :
American Idol 7,459 Movies review 3,035 Dog training 3,975 Movie rental 1,119 Baby shower 890
Another excellent place where you can check how many people are discussing your topic is Google Groups
My results are listed below:
Lose weight 1,800,000 Movie rental 117,000 American Idol 1,840,000 Movie review 865,000 Dog training 712,000 Baby shower 1,340,000
Other good sites for learning about hot topics being discussed online are Technorati and MySpace.com. Use these free tools to narrow your list of ideas, based on the results of their popularity. The information you have gathered together, with the knowledge and passion you possess, has now prepared you to write about your topic on a regular basis.
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