One thing that keeps your readers coming back to your blog again and again is fresh new articles. This is the hardest part of blogging, searching for great quality article ideas. Most of the time bloggers get frustrated and then they write: “What to do when you got nothing to blog about” -type articles. On this article, I’ll focus on some the tips to recycle your blog articles.
By the way, I’m Tamal Anwar from BlogKori.com and I help new bloggers how to create a successful blog. I volunteered on MrJavo to write a guest post. If you all liked it, then I’ll write more for you.
If you take a closer look at the blogsphere, then you’ll see that everyone’s talking about the same thing all over again. How to start a blog, how to earn, how to use social media and what ever… You love the article on the same subject because this is a better version with more informations. Now if you take that concept in your blog, then you can easily create fresh articles regularly. Here are some tips to recycle your blog articles:
Create an advanced version of your article
This is one of the coolest ways to create a new article out of your old one. Just take those points and expand it. Add some more information and contents and you have an advanced version of that article. You can also mention that, this is an advanced version of this one, so your readers will check the old article too. Please note that, you should not re-publish that same article with minor changes, you have to create a whole new article.
Remake an idea
You just finished reading an interesting article form another blog like from MrJavo. Now you can take that idea to remake an article for your blog. You have to add and remove some of the points and create a better article for your blog. To be professional, mention the original article and say that, this article is an inspiration from this one. This way your readers will know that you’re not stealing an idea. When the author from that blog will know about it, he might get interested in your blog too.
Create a series
You can use some of your best articles for a new one. When you noticed that this article got popular, then you can expand it just like a gum. Add some more info and work on that topic. You’ll create some more ideas for that series and your readers will love to read it because the first one was their favorite.
Article collection
Create a list of some of the greatest articles from your blog or from other blogs. This list is not an article but still it’ll become so much popular because of those resources. One of my friends Darrel from Pliggs.com has created a list of Stumble Upon tutorials. In that list he collected some useful article links from the world’s greatest blogs. The article got popular on the web, although it’s not an actual article.
Write about an old topic
Where people are talking about Twitter and micro blogging, you can stand out by writing about digg or facebook for traffic. Now if you want to make that article to count, you have to create a well researched article, or else people will say, “Oh Digg? We know about that!” Create a great article with an old flavor, your readers will love to read and share it.
Create an ebook
Marketers create ebooks to promote their product. You can create ebooks to promote your blog. You don’t have to create new articles; you can create an ebook from your older articles. For an example, I have created an ebook, “Make a killer living with PayPerPost” -I’m giving it for free to my readers as a source of viral promotion and making them interested. You can also find a copy in my blog.
What do you think?
- Will these tips help you on writing better articles for your blog?
- How do you find new and updated ideas to blog about?
- Did I miss anything?
Leave a comment with your response and let the discussion started!
About the author
This article was written by Tamal Anwar. He blogs at BlogKori.com and he writes content to help new bloggers teaching them how to create a successful blog.
Hey! my name is Javier but you can call me Javo, everybody does.
I like the remaking of an idea. You don’t necessary have to read a post from another blog. You can rewrite an idea from your old post. As time passes, you learn new things. So make the new post as an update of the old post.
Dalirin – Blogsnd.coms last blog post..What Blogging Platform is Recommended
Ya you’re right. Once ShoeMoney wrote the article from my blog, taking the same idea as an inspiration. He didn’t gave me credits -I guess this is what big bloggers do.
Tamal Anwars last blog post..8 Biggest mistakes that new bloggers should avoid
yeah man… it always happens… but we should carry on our hard work without getting into this kind of issues… m sure everybody gain day by day with hardwork
… i know you really work hard and you will sure get something good. 
Sky Xaviers last blog post..Increase blog traffic using StumbleUpon
Ya these are some awesome tips. I liked the idea to make an ebook. Its very easy and you can use it to promote your blog
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I would recommend turning your old post into an e-book that you give away for free. This can help brand your blog and get new readers to your blog
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Ya, I’ve been doing this for a long time to market my blog(s); you can also submit the ebook in places like blogs, websites and directories too!
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yes i agree with Donny… this is the best way to attract readers as most of us are attracted to word “FREE”.
Sky Xaviers last blog post..Increase blog traffic using StumbleUpon
Nice tips. I’ve always avoided writing “Article collection” posts but as long as you make sure the information is top quality and genuinely useful to your readers then it could really work. If you just throw them together though it will look like lazy posting & filler content that your readers have already read.
Quick question, how long do you suggest bloggers should wait between an original post and the updated, advanced rewrite of it?
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It depends on your strategy. Once I created a post on “7 tips how to get more comments” -it got amazingly popular on Stumble Upon and then I thought taking 4 points from it and extend it.
After creating the advanced version in the next day, I updated the first post saying, “This post got very popular and this is why I created an extended one!: 4 tips explained on how to get more comments”
On the other hand you can use an advanced version after months too!
Tamal Anwars last blog post..8 Biggest mistakes that new bloggers should avoid
I have found that by writing one carefully thought out article (usually takes 30 minutes to a couple hours), that I can easily do 4 re-writes very quickly…
one goes to article directories…
one goes to associated content for instant money
one goes to a parasite blog or Squidoo page…
one goes to my collection of PLR articles for eventual sale.
Good post…
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Hey Leo, please keep it in mind that you can’t publish the same article in multiple places, blogs, squidoo and article directories -or else it’ll be a duplicate content. As far as you keep variations, you’ll be clean!
Tamal Anwars last blog post..8 Biggest mistakes that new bloggers should avoid
I love the idea of turning blog articles into an ebook. It would certainly be an ebook no one else has.
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Nice tips! I’m going to try this.
All good! Thanks!
JeD Chan
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Great but can you post an article on how to create an ebook??
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Sure I can… just stay tuned
I prefer the series idea as this can work for various topics.
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I do creating an ebook for all my written on blog.
I like the idea of remaking a previous post. It can be interesting if new developments occur or a change in the attitude of the blogger develops. A series is also an effective way to get new readers to return to a blog. If there was a particularly popular post, this method is sound.
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Thanks and don’t forget to research on new posts too, or else there’ll be the same content on your blog
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True. Duplicate content also hurt with Google search bots
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This is a really good idea. I haven’t seen this idea anywhere. Great tip!
I like the remake of an idea…. It always happens… but one should carry on the hard work without getting into this sort of issues… And am sure everybody earn day by day with hardwork
This is an excellent idea and I wish I had known about this before! I have always had the problem of not having anything to write about, and if I knew one could simply recycle the past articles, maybe I could have saved my blog
lol
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Thanks for these tips Javo.
As a blogger like you i agree, it can become hard to keep creating content.
Recycling is the way
Rob
Hey man, I wrote this article as a guest blogger on Javo’s blog. Thanks to Javo too for giving me this opportunity
Tamal Anwars last blog post..A step by step guide for new twitter users – Part 3
That was a great tip for anyone who has written any of their own content or articles. I often revisit my own posts, articles and content to rewrite them when a new idea or information I find elsewhere.
If you submit articles to directories it’s also a good idea to resubmit a re-write as long as it’s changed significantly and you change the title.
Ed
You can learn from and update things from old posts.
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Nice tips.
I also from time to time check my older posts to see if I can add anything, sometimes you can add so much to a 2 months old articles, as you got more experience and knowledge.
Cheers,
The Moneyac
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Great tips Javo.Remaking your old articles will really help in the branding of your blog as most articles will very related. It will also help in the development of a robust internal linking structure.
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Friends, I have created a new post about ebook creation
How to create ebooks and bring viral traffic to your blog
http://blogkori.com/how-to-create-ebooks-and-bring-viral-traffic-to-your-blog
Tamal Anwars last blog post..How to create ebooks and bring viral traffic to your blog
You could also compose your articles to pdf and submit them to scrbd.com.
Wow. What can I say but fantastic. Very clever ways of tackling such an issue. Very useful tips.
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