Personally blogging can be several things. Blogging can be serious fact sharing, informational, story telling, or stream of consciousness. Too often in the past bloggers were not considered "writers" in the purest sense of the word but as blogs have become a dominant source of information, we've thrust ourselves into a position where we've now built strong relationships with our readership, some of us reaching "Rockstar" status.
I'd like to challenge you to 100 days of blogging! If you're already thinking about it, now is the time to start. Below I've listed the ideas for you already, and I'd love to see what your interpretation is of these topics. Take any approach or position as you see fit, and share them with us. If you're willing to write one blog post a day for 100 days on these topics, then leave your site's URL in the comments so that I can share all the URL's in a post as we go through the challenge.
Starting January 1, 2010, let the challenge BEGIN!!
1. Read the newspaper and write about the front page news
2. Surf the Web and find out about the day’s news. Write about a story that’s popular
3. Check Twitter for interesting stuff, especially stuff that a lot of people are talking about
4. Complain about how Digg’s front page sucks these days
5. Complain about how Digg’s algorithm is still broken
6. Discuss about any other bookmarking/news service
7. Comment on the latest Scobleizer post
8. Explain why some people are the most important bloggers ever
9. Explain why certain bloggers are losing their influence
10. Scan FriendFeed for ideas
11. Comment on the latest your latest discussion
12. Talk about celebrity news, they love the attention!
13. Write a posts talking about your heroes
14. Complain about Twitter
15. Share how your life has become better thanks to a certain “thing”
16. Write about new applications you use or that you’ve developed
17. Explain why people don’t read anymore
18. Do you immerse yourself in entertainment?
19. Stay-at-home parents have a lot to say
20. Talk about how you or someone you know suffers from a condition
21. Is online media dumbing down society?
23. Praise someone you learned something from or has done something for the greater good
24. Have you been hit with a layoff or perhaps inbetween jobs? How are you continuing your learning?
25. Are you an entrepreneur? Share your thoughts on finances, leads, and lifestyle
26. Discuss your view on world politics and its impact on your immediate community
27. Explain how the economy is going into a recession
28. Raise awareness for a social cause for social good
29. Explain how 2009 will be your best year ever
30. Create a satirical post (SNL style) on a politician/celebrity/business leader/religious leader/blogger
31. Praise a topic from the TED conference
32. Discuss how you can make a good idea better
33. Define social media
34. Explain why everyone else has the wrong idea of what social media really is
35. Explain what Web 2.0 is
36. Talk about business applications from the Web 2.0 rush
37. Define what you think Web 3.0 will be
38. How do you deal with people stuck in the Web 1.0 era?
37. Define what you think Web 3.0 will be
38. How do you deal with people stuck in the Web 1.0 era?
39. How has technology enhanced your efforts?
40. Write a post that defines some commonplace words in media today
40. Write a post that defines some commonplace words in media today
41. Seek out unknown bloggers and share their wisdom with the masses
42. Expose the supposed A-list bloggers
43. Praise a corporate blog that does it right
44. What does it take to be a top blogger?
45. Explain why people fear online media
46. Explain your take on some of the latest Internet memes
47. Explain how you can make money online
48. Explore Google AdWords
49. Have a hobby, there’s a topic!
51. Discuss the release of a new product and how it will effect the industry
52. Explore best practices for online behavior
53. Share your feelings on the salesy approach of online vendors and their pop-up ads
54. Explain how you see the music industry doing in this time period of digital content
55. Green technology is becoming a trending topic, discuss how it has effected your life
56. Discuss your take on Torrents and other file sharing services
57. Complain about how people should be paying you for your creative work
58. Complain about spam
59. Become an activist on a topic your passionate about
60. Share your life experiences with the world
61. How do you deal with comment abusers? Share your tactics.
62. What’s your process for writing a blog?
63. Rail against injustice of some kind
64. Share your thoughts on censorship
65. Support a politician
66. Maybe you’re a flamer, how do you call people out?
67. What’s your blog platform of choice?
68. Complain about “echo” in the blogosphere
69. Complain about blogs that make you register to comment
70. Explain to your readers why it is important to have an editorial calendar
71. How have you explained the benefits of blogging to someone who does not know?
72. Comment on the use of auto-DM’s on Twitter
73. Discuss how you are approached by supposed “experts” that want your money
74. Discuss your favorite sports team, past and present
75. What has society lost in terms of how we deal with one another?
76. Are you heard in the echo chamber?
77. Share some urban legends from your surrounding area
78. Discuss the current tech battle between Microsoft and Apple
79. Write a list of your own with all the great blogs topics you have!
80. Write on a topic for therapy
81. Discuss your recent experience being in the news
82. Share your thoughts on the top videos on YouTube
83. What are your thoughts on social networks and the number of followers a person has?
84. What do top blog sites have in common and how can others unlock that magic?
85. What’s your favorite podcast and why?
86. Audio books or regular books?
87. Will newspapers fade away into oblivion? How do you get your news?
88. When do you block or ban someone online?
89. Sex does not sell!
91. How has social media helped with the promotion of your blog?
92. Discuss how bloggers can use their skills to land jobs in a new career
93. Share your thoughts on some of the media’s most uninformed stories
94. What’s your take on social medias failures? Bussinesses that just couldn’t make it?
95. Share a selfless moment in your life that has changed who you are
96. What are your thoughts on celebrities on social networks?
97. Are you sick of an online personality?
98. Do you think that traditional education can prepare people for theWeb 2.0 world?
99. Which conference do you wait all year to attend? Which would you like to attend?
