Seeds for Blog Post Titles or Song Lyrics

“Reading around” the web with song lyrics on my Say It For You mind this week, I discovered the most interesting website out of the UK called The Song Name Generator, promising me that I could write my own song lyrics in less than a minute. The system was based on categories (free style, love song, ballad, rap, Frank Sinatra, Simon and Garfunkel, for example) and “key words” (which I was asked to supply).

To generate a song name, I was asked to select:

• A singular noun (I chose “sofa”)
• A plural noun  (I chose “tables)
• An adjective (I chose “stylish”)
• A personal name (I chose “Rhoda”)
• A place (I chose “Indianapolis”)
• A present tense verb (I chose “writing”)
• An artist (I chose “Justin Bieber”)

Based on those elements, here are some of the titles they suggested for my song:

“Give Me Your Tables”
“Another Sofa in the Wall”
“Amazing Rhoda” (Yes!!)
“Have You Met Rhoda?”
“Writing Forever”
“Like a Stylish Sofa”

Amusing stuff, wouldn’t you agree? But on a serious note, we business blog content writers might borrow a line from this playbook. Business bloggers often confide they have trouble continually coming up with fresh ideas for their blog posts and finding new ways to talk about the products and services they offer. And, it’s a fact – business blogging is no sprint.  A long-term, drawn-out effort is required in order to “build equity” in keyword phrases, gather a following, and gain – and sustain – online rankings.

From both my work as a professional ghost blogger these last nine years and my work as a blog writing trainer, I know how challenging that can be. Just like the software template that generates song lyrics in a minute, we writers need to create for ourselves a mental template that uses idea “seeds” to generate content.

As Tevye (from Fiddler on the Roof) would agree, it isn’t easy scratching out a pleasant tune. When I train business owners and employees to create blog content, I like to emphasize that at least half the time that goes into creating a blog post is reading/research/thinking time!

Start “seeding” your mental template now!