AUTUMN creative business CAMP...holiday planning blog series continues. In the first post I shared how to create a DIY post-it blog calendar. Now it's time to plan! Here are over 30 ideas/questions to get you inspired to plan your holiday blog content...
- brainstorm a list of blog post topics and ideas. list whatever comes to mind, you can always edit later. keep a running list of ideas, the additional topics can be used for next month.
- brainstorm a list of holiday related ideas, themes, colors. these words might spark ideas for blog content.
- if you have a regular blog series, think of ways you can incorporate the holidays. {ie. if you do a fashion blog post series...how about holiday colored clothing or an ugly holiday sweater theme}
- create a blog series. In 2009, I created my blog series, 24{holiday} inspirations, my goal was to post 24 days of creative inspiration posts during the month of December, that revolved around topics to celebrate the holidays. This series includes DIY tutorials, color palettes, art journaling prompts, artist profiles and daily life posts all related to the holidays. I have continued the blog series for the past three years and the content has been some of my most popular posts.
- think about creative ways to show your audience the behind the scene snapshots of your studio...how you create your products or artwork.
- give a sneak peek of upcoming product releases
- what types of tutorials can you share with your audience? don't copy what's been done already, share new ideas. If you have an idea, do a quick google search to see if it's been done before. if it has, how can you make yours unique and different?
- what are your favorite things to do during the holidays? how can you translate them into stories for your blog?
- look at your photographs, what stories do they tell? photographs can always inspire great ideas for blog posts
- do you have favorite holiday memories or yummy recipes? tell the stories, share photos of the holiday table or dishes.
- ask your audience...take a poll to find out what your audience wants to read more about on your blog.
- collaborate with other artists..find ways to work with your favorite bloggers/artist friends. maybe a fun technique blog post, a themed post with photos.
- share your favorite holiday decorations.
- how can you translate holiday trends/themes into a blog post? Etsy has great merchandising resources that you can use to inspire your blog content.
- look at patterns, prints and color palettes. create a holiday post about colors.
- create a Pinterest board or flickr photo gallery of holiday inspirations
- share the LOVE..help promote your friends or other artist you admire
- create an holiday ETSY treasury
- holidays around town--->take your blog readers on a holiday tour around your hometown
- holiday window displays. I love peek inside my favorite retail establishments especially Anthropologie.
- visiting or vending at a holiday craft fair...share you experience in words + photos
- what holiday traditions do you celebrate? signing holiday carols, lighting the christmas tree, family vacation, etc.
- where do you find your inspirations? books? shopping? on a nature walk?
- share the season in photos
- vintage christmas or vintage halloween decor..places to shop..what to look for...colors and themes.
- interesting holiday paper projects or wrapping paper and gift wrapping ideas
- what are you thankful for? write a post about it, create an art journal page and share it in photos.
- create lists...top 10 holiday deserts, 20 places to find interesting gifts, my santa list
- share your kids or grand kids art making holiday projects
- write about your favorite holiday book or movie
- share ideas for setting the holiday table and fun party planning ideas
- how do you celebrate Halloween? parties...costumes...pet costumes
- kids holiday project ideas and tutorials
- setting the holiday table and fun party planning ideas
- what music do you listen to during the holidays? create a playlist, share your favorite band's music or holiday album
- read your blog comments, they might spark more content ideas
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do you have favorite topics to write about during the holidays? share you thoughts in the comments. happy holiday planning...xo~Traci
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