No One Cares What You Had for Lunch 100 Ideas for Your Blog

by Mason, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780321449726
• ISBN10: 032144972X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-11
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Tired of filling up your blog with boring posts? Take the next step and get inspired to create something unique. Author Margaret Mason shows you the way with this fun collection of inspirational ideas for your blog. Nobody Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog is a unique idea-book for bloggers seeking fun, creative inspiration. Margaret gives writers the prompts they need to describe, imagine, investigate and generate clever posts. Sample ideas include: Writing a serial novel Conducting unnecessary experiments Creating your autobiography Public eavesdropping And much, much more

Author Biography

Margaret Mason has been a professional writer and editor for over a decade. Her shopping blog, Mighty Goods, was recently named number one shopping site by both Business Week and Forbes, and her personal website, Mighty Girl, draws thousands of readers each day. She is a contributing writer for The Morning News, a New York-based Web magazine, and The New York Times. Mason is also a sought-after expert on lifestyle issues. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, Crain's Business Daily, The San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco's KFOG radio.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Fifteen Minutes of Fame	1	(24)
Reign supreme.	2	(1)
Fess up.	3	(1)
Give us something.	4	(1)
Exploit the youth.	5	(1)
Be a sage.	6	(1)
Count your blessings.	7	(1)
Examine your paperwork.	8	(2)
Talk back.	10	(1)
Transform yourself.	11	(1)
Get nostalgic.	12	(1)
Curate the Web.	13	(1)
Play favorites.	14	(1)
Act on ceremony.	15	(1)
Watch your language.	16	(1)
Fill the gaps.	17	(1)
Mine consumer culture.	18	(1)
Dial a post.	19	(1)
Spill everything.	20	(2)
Give us your scraps.	22	(1)
Make us gasp.	23	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Thirty Minutes Away from the TV	25	(24)
Address the public.	26	(1)
Play their games.	27	(1)
Define your inscrutables.	28	(1)
Make it easy.	29	(1)
Offer classified information.	30	(1)
Share your expertise.	31	(1)
Show some love.	32	(1)
Blow your budget.	33	(1)
Place yourself.	34	(2)
Be yourself.	36	(1)
Dig in.	37	(1)
Break it off.	38	(1)
Spread the words.	39	(1)
Give a tour.	40	(1)
Show some skin.	41	(1)
Swallow your pride.	42	(2)
Find the objects of your affection.	44	(1)
Start here.	45	(1)
Choose your words.	46	(1)
Cower before us.	47	(2)
CHAPTER 3 An Hour at the Screen	49	(26)
Show some family pride.	50	(1)
Make your timeline.	51	(1)
Show us a good time.	52	(1)
Take inventory.	53	(1)
Ante up.	54	(1)
Review your résumé.	55	(1)
Promote truth.	56	(1)
Hang your head.	57	(1)
Engage in finger pointing, snickering.	58	(2)
Clean house.	60	(2)
Risk everything.	62	(1)
Wear it well.	63	(1)
Categorize your readers.	64	(2)
Get defensive.	66	(1)
Take sides.	67	(1)
Go places.	68	(1)
Say thanks.	69	(1)
Think back.	70	(2)
Offer survival tips.	72	(1)
Ask science.	73	(2)
CHAPTER 4 Take Your Time	75	(24)
Collect the greatest hits.	76	(1)
Hit the stacks.	77	(1)
Make contact.	78	(2)
Get dibs.	80	(1)
Rope friends in.	81	(1)
Keep track.	82	(1)
Tell us what you've done.	83	(1)
Let us cheer you on.	84	(1)
Send a message.	85	(1)
Put it aside.	86	(1)
Become an expert.	87	(1)
Do the right thing.	88	(1)
Collect people.	89	(1)
Present your memories.	90	(1)
Be neighborly.	91	(1)
Change everything.	92	(1)
Show us your B-side.	93	(1)
Go multimedia.	94	(2)
Say cheese.	96	(1)
Keep it in the family.	97	(2)
CHAPTER 5 Think Like a Writer	99	(24)
Exit the comfort zone.	100	(1)
Get it down.	101	(1)
Start reading.	102	(1)
Break the news.	103	(1)
Branch out.	104	(1)
Use what you have.	105	(1)
Do what you love.	106	(1)
Choose your company.	107	(1)
Inch your way there.	108	(2)
Keep it up.	110	(1)
Take up stalking.	111	(1)
Look harder.	112	(1)
Share the joke.	113	(1)
Find like minds.	114	(1)
Mine your media history.	115	(1)
Lend us your ear.	116	(2)
Leave the house.	118	(1)
Gripe.	119	(1)
Obsess.	120	(2)
Just write.	122	(1)
Index	123	(5)
About the Author	128