Content is King

As I am beginning my blog on writing websites people read, the first thing that comes to mind is having content people want to read.

Do I have something to say people want to listen to?  Scott Ginsberg wrote a post last month about Content Being King in which he attributes the primary reason for having 34,000 readers A DAY is his content.

He offers thoughts, observations, lists of ideas for his readers to contemplate and comment on.

In Margaret Mason's book Noone Cares What You Had for Lunch she offers 100 ideas for blog posts.  Some are better than others.  She talks about finding a picture, uploading it to your site and then writing about the thoughts, memories and feelings it evokes. 

She talks about being controversial.  How do you feel about that.  Recently I wrote a post on another site that I thought was being clever and thought provoking but instead insulted and offended someone I care about.  I certainly was controversial and received a response, but I was embarrassed that my attempt at being thought provoking back fired instead.

If content is king - how do you decide what to write about and is being controversial okay?

Deborah Chaddock Brown

Web Writer

Comments

[Lynn Winters]

Ideas for artices are all over the net. One of the best ways to find out what people are talking about and asking questions about is to visit forums on whatever subject strikes you as interesting.