I have a student who will soon hop on the blog wagon.  But, as almost always, I get the question: “what will I blog about?”.

There’s actually any easy method to figuring this out.  Here’s a list of questions you should ask yourself before writing your first article:

What is my blog about?

When I first created this blog, I don’t think I knew it would be an online business blog.  I probably figured it would be a personal blog mixed with some business experiences I’ve had.  It think it was originally called “The Personal Blog of Aaron Brandon. Once you have some idea of what your blog will be about, you can move forward with the next question:

What will I write about?

If you picked the subject of your blog, you will write about it, and the categories within.  Most blogs have a list of categories on the side of their blog.  Go search for other blogs on your subject.  What are those authors writing about?  Do you have your own opinions about their thoughts?  Express your own on your blog.  Want to know how other blog authors started off their blogs?  You can often do that by looking at their blog archives.  Go find their very first post.  It will likely just be an introduction to themselves and their blog.  That’s a good start.

How often should I write?

Start by writing one article Monday through Friday. If that seems like a lot of work, it isn’t…  It should take at least 30 minutes of your time per week to write that amount.  Once you get in the habit of doing so, you’ll find it easier to sit down and start typing away.  Once you develop enough daily traffic to your blog, you’ll feel the importance of getting that daily blog entry posted.  You wouldn’t want to let down your readers, would you?

When do I take a break?

If you can crank out a number of blog entries in one day, and timestamp them for each day of the week to be posted automatically, your blogging break will be the rest of the week.  Or, when you’ve found a good way to outsource your article writing.

Who am I writing for?

For anyone reading your blog.  It’s your duty to bring in the necessary traffic so you develop a readership.  You’re also writing to other blog authors in the blog community you’re in.

- Aaron Brandon