Social Media Nation's Blog

There is nothing worse than writer’s block.  We have all had it (even me!)  So what do you do to get the juices flowing again?

Consistent, relevant content is what you are providing to all of your readers–those nuggets of gold if you will.  If it is really good, they will bookmark your RSS Feed and every time you add something to your blog, it will alert them and they can read it right away.

The informed blogger will keep in touch with his readers and/or customers and pay attention to what they ask for on a daily basis.  There are also a number of free online tools which can also provide a wealth of great ideas.

DO NOT copy and paste content from someone else’s site.  Some will give you permission but only look to them for sources of articles which YOU can write about.  If I copy and use someone else’s article, I ALWAYS give them credit.  I am usually passing along relevant information regarding Social Media and the like.

Here are a few sites to get you started:

• Delicious This site is a social bookmarking site.  Members bookmark sites or content they visit, then tag or categorize it based on how they want to remember it.  You can use this site to revisit and research sites which you find are useful for your niche.  If you keep an eye on the “hotlist” you can also spot rising trends.
• Digg This site can be used to submit websites and other content.  The most popular (voted on my members) rise to the top.  This site is a little heavy on technology but you can get a quick overview of popular sites and other sites you may not have known existed.
• Google Alerts If you set up custom searches on the homepage, you can receive daily e-mail updates on any subject, industry, company or other search criteria.  This is a great way to stay informed and on a topic on a daily basis.
• StumbleUpon You can set up a toolbar for this site which will allow you to click on a button and be sent to sites that match your preferences.  The goal here is to “stumble upon” something really worthwhile for your use.
• Yahoo Answers What can I say?  Get an answer to any question you can think of and more.  Yahoo members ask and answers these questions.  If a number of people are asking the same question…..maybe you can write a blog post about that.

Hope that will give you a few ideas where you can do some research.  Happy writing and idea gathering!

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Dharmesh Shah (one of the founder’s of Hubspot) follows me on Twitter and The Social Media Cartoon is an occasional Mashable feature created in partnership with Hubspot.

Lots of startups have tried to solve the social networking overload problem. For example, FriendFeed lets you aggregate activities from dozens of different sites, and Facebook has followed suit with its own import features.

But what if rather than try to aggregate activities from existing social sites, there was just one social network that combined them all? Meet Flitterin, the subject of our latest social media cartoon!

The Social Media Cartoon is brought to you by HubSpot. HubSpot is a marketing software company that enables inbound marketing through the use of social media, blogs and search engine optimization.

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Hubspot has a wealth of information to help your Social Media business.  Hubspot’s main focus is on the Inbound Marketing system.  Take a look at the following video to get an idea as to what Lead Generation is and what it can do for your business. This may help if you are stuck and do not know where to begin your Social Media strategy. (The video may be slow to load on your computer but it is a wealth of information and well-worth the load time!)

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Time Magazine decided to put together a list of the Top 25 Blogs on the Net.  That is great for people like you and me~we get to see how the “Big Boys” have made it to the top. This list can be used to absorb a wealth of information on how to improve your blog.  You could use it to add similar items or take away those things that are really not relevant.  There is nothing wrong with investigating and looking around their blogs to get ideas and tips.

Take a look at the list and I guarantee you will pick up pointers on how to reconstruct your blog so that you get the type of traffic these blogs draw.

Of course, conversely, take a look at the 5 Most Over-Rated Blogs for a lesson on what not to do….

Happy Blogging!

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