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Before you start a blog you really need to consider what you are going to blog about. Most bloggers tend to burn out around the 6 month time frame. They burn out because they aren’t seeing the results that they had hoped to see. The reality is that it can take 6-12 months before you start to see a lot of traffic to your blog. And traffic is what most people are after because more traffic equals more income.

It’s not hard to figure out what to blog about. Think about what you are interested in and consider if you are interested in writing about it. There are 1.7 Billion people using the Internet as of Sept, 2009 (Internet World Stats) which means that there are plenty of people out there interested in reading what you have to say. You can blog about anything you do, hobbies or activities you enjoy or opinions you have. If you just sit around and watch TV you can blog about the TV shows you watch. There are endless topics that you have to choose from, you just need to pick something that you know you will want to write about, and want to write about often.

Once you have a few ideas start planning out your content. If you can think of 50-100 post topics off the top of your head then you have probably found your topic. If you are going to blog about your experiences with something as it happens then you don’t need to plan out your posts. If you can find something you will enjoy writing about then the blogging won’t be work. It will just be straight fun.