Sometimes it is hard to come up with content when you are close to the subject matter that you should be writing about. I often find myself talking to clients about everyday activities that they are engaged in and I point out how easily they can become blog posts. It takes a little bit of time to start identifying what would make for an interesting blog post but once you get a hang of identifying content it becomes part of your everyday routine.
Here is a list of blog post ideas that I recently put together for a musician. I removed his name but will perhaps add it back in or at the very least do a follow up post when he starts to use these content ideas. (See right there while doing my job I uncovered something else I could be blogging about - it's that easy!)
Blog Post Ideas for a Musician:
CD Releases
- You have 3 CDs so you have a ton of content that can easily be written. Even if it’s an older album you still want to sell it right? LINK TO YOUR PRODUCT IN YOUR POSTS
- Talk about the cover art
- Talk about the other artists that are a part of the project – write a post for each
- Every song should have a post with a buy now linking to the CD
- Release parties: where when who should come
- Post release party: get a flip and record a short review from an audience member makes for an easy video post
- Reviews – every time a review is published a follow up blog post should be published too with a buy now link to your CD
- You have a regular gig right? Every week…. That’s at least one new post a week
- Pre show info
- Playlists from the show
- Ask fans if there is something that they want you to play during a show - have them comment back to you about it
- Post show
- Every time there is a newspaper or magazine article about you blog about it and link out to the full article. Heck even ask them to link to your blog when they are writing the piece about you!
I put together this list in about 5 minutes just from looking at the artists website, MySpace page, and Googling their name. Now think about how many more things the artist could come up with if they spent 5 more minutes on it.
Content is limitless but it really comes down to the amount of effort the blogger is willing and wanting to put into it.
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