Trendy Topics: How to Beat Your Writers Block

Everyone has experienced it before. You sit down at the computer and prepare yourself for a massive blog session. Food, check. Drink, check. Music playlist ready, double check. Turn off the phone, look left, look right, you’re all alone. It’s just you and your keyboard and who knows where this adventure is going to lead….

The only problem is, I’ve been sitting here for close to an hour and haven’t written a single word. I keep getting up to fill up my drink, get a bite to eat, and check my phone for messages. It’s a classic case of writers block. My usual course of action is to cruise through my favorite blogs to see what everyone else is talking about, hoping for some inspiration. The only problem is it’s all been said before. Repeating the words of people who are more well known than you isn’t going to do anything to boost your authority on the web, so what can be done to beat those mental roadblocks?

When you’ve run out of ideas there are a few places that can help you find new relevant topics to write about.

Trending Websites

1. Technorati – Technorati is the true state of the Blogosphere. With the newest and most popular blog posts by authority and by attention you can quickly pick up on news before the rest of the web find it.

2. Google Trends Top 100 – Google Trends is a service provided by Google that ranks keywords based on their popularity at that moment. Many times you can find breaking news on Google Trends because of the massive amounts of people looking for certain keywords. Also if you are interested in getting more search engine traffic it can help you find topics and keywords before they make the front page of the news.

3. Twitter Trends – If you’ve ever used Twitter before then you should know what the trending topics are. I can’t tell how how many times I’ve heard about something from twitter first.

4. Alexa the Web Info Company – Alexa is a great place to do some research. There is a search option, a place for the hottest topics and pages, and “movers & shakers” where you can see the most upcoming websites. Alexa is a great place to find out where people are going online since it’s updated every 5 minutes.

Next time you are siting at your desk while staring at your screen then take some time to check out these sites for inspiration. There are always people out there looking for “something” the trick is to get them to look in your direction for it.