A word of warning: If you produce blog posts regularly and without fail, this article is not for you.

This article offers approaches to writing, strategizing, using research, collaborating, and scheduling.

If you’re already on top of your blog, producing regular content on schedule and without impacting your other obligations, you will not gain anything from the suggestions it contains.
Where to Begin: Write First
Putting pen to paper is the most important part of any writing project. Without that crucial step, you will never generate any content.

First you must write.

Don’t worry about style.

Don’t worry about substance.

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Have you ever been looking for that perfect fact that helps you translate a statistic from your presentation into a language your audience understands?  Well this week’s vein of online ore will help you do just that.

For example, 1 in every 8.5 American children under the age of 18 is without health insurance.  The same portion of the California population filed for personal bankruptcy in 2008.

Book of Odds has been online for close to a year offering articles and odds statements on topics from sports and relationships to health and death.  And once …

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recently compiled a list of this year’s top 25 free websites for teaching and learning.

Each site comes with a description of how it can be used by teachers or students, and while some of the sites are specifically academic, many provide online and mixed-technology solutions for anyone interested in collaborative, interactive, or long distance projects and communication.

Here are just a few of their suggestions, and how they could be used in the business world:

Mindmeister

Finally an organizational site for the visual thinker. Mindmeister’s mind map format is easy good for …
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