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Choosing a blog topic is the most important factor in having a successful, well-read blog post that attracts comments and attention. Here is how to choose a topic for your blog post.

The most basic way to choose a blog topic is to look for an attention-grabbing story in the news. This can then be used as part of the blog post and title. The title is the first thing that people read, and it’s the most important factor. As long as you grab their attention you will convince them to continue reading. Choosing a topic that is controversial will also help you to create a good blog post, as people love to read about controversy.

Create an angle on a popular blog topic. In order to do this, look for those topics in your marketplace that always get lots of comments and attract the attention of many blog owners in your market. You should then use the same broad theme but create an angle, in order to make it original. This is a very simple way to choose a blog topic and will ensure you have a market for your blog post.

Another solid approach to choosing a blog topic is to make it personal. People love to read about the lives of others, and are always interested if you reveal something about yourself. However, ensure that the blog topic is also related to the market and gives them information that can be put to use. You could offer a story of how you used a certain technique in order to improve your skills in something. Make it personal, reveal an unknown truth and then provide a solution.

If your market is one that enjoys humor then you can reveal a joke as part of the blog post. This will not work in all markets, but it is an effective method to choose a blog topic. The idea is to link something that your readers are interested in to a joke that they will enjoy. This has been done with great success and can be used to connect to your subscribers and readers.

One of the most popular blog topics is to make a list of seven secrets or tips. This is done every day and still works to generate attention and attract a lot of readers. When you create a blog post around seven tips, you will almost be guaranteed to have readers, comments and increased traffic.

Using the methods above to choose the topic for your blog post will make the process much easier and will ensure more readers to click and read your content.

About the Author

Pat Lindle is an avid writer and blogger for his metal deck / steel deck company in Phoenix AZ. When not writing and blogging about his passions, Pat enjoys scuba diving, mountain climbing, and vacationing with his family.

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Cool representation of Hoover Dam. I always appreciate a bit humor in a illustration.

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Improv Everywhere, those masters of public disturbance, are at it again, this time disrupting the GEL Conference in New York to sing about one’s urgent need to share via social media.

I really hope this happens at Mashable Connect later this week. And by “hope” I mean “really don’t hope.”

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Improv Everywhere, those masters of public disturbance, are at it again, this time disrupting the GEL Conference in New York to sing about one’s urgent need to share via social media.

I really hope this happens at Mashable Connect later this week. And by “hope” I mean “really don’t hope.”

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Improv Everywhere, those masters of public disturbance, are at it again, this time disrupting the GEL Conference in New York to sing about one’s urgent need to share via social media.

I really hope this happens at Mashable Connect later this week. And by “hope” I mean “really don’t hope.”

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I recently found this illustration here which demonstrate the above situation very creatively with full of humor in it. We would love to know what you are thinking while viewing this message from Microsoft. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter.

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Yes, texting and walking is downright rude (we’ve told you time and time again), but now we have proof that it’s actually harmful. Well, at least to one’s ego.

Check out the above video, which has been making its way around the web today. In it, mall employees watch security footage (over and over again) of some oblivious girl falling face-first into a fountain whilst tapping away at her phone.

Somehow, this footage is endlessly amusing to us. Can you tell that it’s Friday?

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More About: humor, Mobile 2.0, texting, trending, viral video, youtube

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Something with a little humor always works.

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In What I learned at An Event Apart Minneapolis, Marc Drummond writes:

A really good session, in my opinion, is not about the how, it’s about the why. … A really good session, through arguments and examples, stories and slides, humor and deep thoughts, compels you to try something new. A great session exposes you to something you haven’t done before and inspires you to take action, change the way you do things.

Based on my experience, I plan to focus even more on understanding users for the sites I work on, strategize more about content, focus on mobile and adaptive layouts, consult existing patterns for interfaces, humanize interfaces, work more iteratively, start using HTML5 and CSS3 techniques that will save loads of time and give Dreamweaver CS5 a try.

While I might have run across information about these topics before, now I feel the urgency in putting these techniques in the top tray of my toolbox, where I will use them more frequently.

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For the categories of “Interesting Ideas” and “Brilliant Humor,” this one is by no competition at the top spot. I was drawn to it the first time I saw it, and it reminded me of all those times I sat in the subway and just stared at the graffiti tags all around where it said “I Was Here” or the individual handle or alias.

I laughed out loud (honestly, I did!) when I first saw it. It’s brilliant in so many ways and with this t-shirt you are a 100% certain to put a smile on each and everyone you meet, unless the person you meet is lacking of humor entirely that is. The concept is simple, visual and truly amazingly humorous. It’s certainly one to put in the collection!

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Believe it or not, there are some things in life that may be better left untouched by social media. A first date (or any date, for that matter) is probably one of them.

Of course finding that first date is a whole different story.

Find more “Friend Me” comics at artcandy.tv.

Tags: comic, dating, foursquare, humor, social media, twitter

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