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We know blogging, or content marketing, is a necessity in online marketing to create a true online presence for any business.
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Blog Ideas That Don't Require Writing

Published on Nov 18, 2015

How to create content for your blog without writing.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BLOG IDEAS

THAT DON'T REQUIRE WRITNG
We know blogging, or content marketing, is a necessity in online marketing to create a true online presence for any business.

NOT EVERYONE IS A WRITER

IN FACT, SOME SIMPLY DON'T LIKE IT
But not everyone is a writer, or comfortable trying to become one. Or, some people simply don't like to write.
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DON'T WORRY

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS
If that description fits you, don't worry: content marketing doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve got to sit down and get your advice, ideas and information across to your audience by typing words into a computer.
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TO CREATE CONTENT

THAT DON'T REQUIRE TYPING WORDS INTO A COMPUTER
Content is created in a variety of ways and forms.

IN A VARIETY OF FORMS

HI-TECH KNOW HOW

NOT NEEDED
And you don’t need expensive equipment, or high-tech know how to do any of the above.
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HERE ARE SOME IDEAS

TO CREATE CONTENT FOR YOUR BLOG
Following are some ideas on other types of content for your blog.
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CONTENT IDEAS

  • Videos
  • Slideshows
  • Photos
  • Charts
  • Infographics
  • Illustrations
  • Podcasts
If you’re of the artistic bent, and prefer to communicate your thoughts visually, infographics, illustrations, photos and videos are fantastic types of content to publish on a blog.
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Here's how to create some of those ideas

Here’s how to easily create visual content.
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IDEA NO. 1

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USE A SMARTPHONE

TO TAKE BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOS OR VIDEOS
Most smartphones have good enough cameras with which you can capture an image or video of behind-the-scenes action at your company, or celebrate a coworkers birthday or other special event to share with your followers.

Schedule a behind-the-scenes or product update once or twice a month, with a caption for your blog, and share it from there with your social media networks.

You can use other smart devices, such and iPad, to take images and video as well.

Post videos to your blog via YouTube or with Twitter's video embed tool

Use Twitter's video tool to post to your newsfeed. Embed the tweet into a blog post, and share with your other social networks.

Or you can use an app like Adobe Voice to create videos, upload to YouTube and use the embed code to post your blog.

Post image slide shows or photo-collages to your Wordpress blog via plugins.

IDEA NO. 2

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A SLIDESHOW

WITH AN APP LIKE HAIKU DECK
Use an app like Haiku Deck, to create slideshows.

Generate an embed code to post it to your blog

Use the embed code to post your slide show on your blog.

If you use Keynote or PowerPoint to make a slide show, and upload it to Slideshare, you can not only use their embed code to paste into your blog, but the app also generates a text transcript of your headlines and captions from your slide. Paste into your blog post below your slide show for optimum SEO and discovery.
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IDEA NO. 3

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INFOGRAPHICS

USE CANVA TO EASILY CREATE
Use an app like Canva to easily make infographics. You just need to brainstorm and research a bit about the information you want to convey, choose a predetermined layout in Canva, and plug in the information and add images or icons.

Post the infographic to your blog in JPG or PNG format

PNG format will create a larger file, so JPG might be best for your blog.
Or, if you use Wordpress, a plug-in such as Embed PDF will enable you to embed a PDF infographic into your blog via Google Docs Viewer.
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IN SUMMARY

YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR THOUGHTS
In summary, there are a variety of ways to express your ideas and thoughts, and publish them to your blog.

Without writing a word

Without having to write a thousand-word blog post.

People can be engaged by images, videos, infographics and more.
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And engage and
grow your fan base

And your creative expression will engage and grow your fan base.
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