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Photos. If you attend an event, upgrade your oce, visit a client, have visiting partners or

clients, or simply have a fun oce party, take photos! Upload the photos to Pinterest, Flickr,

TwitPic and talk about them on your blog. I like to lter them in over the course of a few days or

weeks. Photos can be leveraged for the long term. There are many reports from Facebook that

photos are still the top viewed content.

Inspirational nuggets. What inspires you? What inspires your clients? What inspires your

readers? Quotes are an easy way to share your personal beliefs, motivation and inspiration.

Quotes are also one of the top retweeted content on Twitter. Make sure you add the hashtag

#quote or #quotes to the end of your tweet. Again, you'll hear some tweeters boss you around

telling you not to tweet quotes. You know my answer… if it works for you and your audience, then

do it. I have met some amazing people who are now business partners and clients from

tweeting simple quotes.

People who inspire, educate and influence you. Who influences and educates you? Who

inspires you to keep doing what you're doing? Why not write a blog post about them? Do a

quick interview via email or phone. It is a great way to say thank you to the person who

inspires you as well as be a blessing to your readers as they can now learn and benet from

your network.

Crowd source answers to questions. People love to hear the perspective of others. Ask your

network a question and have them answer via email. Keep their answers short and focused.

Give them specic criteria, word count and purpose of post. Be sure to include a specic

deadline date when content is due. Once you have all of the input compiled simply combine

into one blog post. Add a small prole picture for each one and include links to their blogs,

Twitter proles etc. I am working on several of these right now that will soon be launched. It's a

win win for all involved.

Guest blogging. Invite some of your favorite bloggers or industry thought leaders to guest

blog on your blog. Don't just let anyone blog so you have content. Focus on finding people who

know their study and who your audience can relate to..

Product reviews. This is pretty straight forward. Identify a top list of products that are

relevant to your audience. Write a simple blog post about the product. Share the key features,

benets, review of how it works, how it compares to competitive products (if you know) and

what your personal opinions are. This can often also work well with video.

Write a series of blog posts. I am a big believer in creating an editorial calendar that is

dynamic. It's impossible for me to stick 100% to a calendar. However, I do use one and I have

very specic goals with my content over the course of a year. I love creating what I call “content

buckets” of which I include specic topics and sub-topics into one series. People love them. I

then add video, whitepaper, and soon to be a radio show and podcasts. to

your and you can grow your list exponentially if you are providing good content.

Marketing and business tools. Do you have a favorite spreadsheet, Photoshop template or

other framework your audience could leverage? Make it available when people opt-in to your

email list. You can then nurture the relationships and provide valuable content over time that

will hopefully inspire them to do the double click on you and your brand! We got thousands of opt-ins within just a few days. I was shocked at the results. It was proof we hit

the nail on the head of a need our audience had.

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