Where Do YOU Find Content Ideas?

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My goal here at WA is to create a website that's pulling in $500/month. I started in July, so I know I have a looooooong way to go. But I'm constantly aware that I need more quality content on my page, so I think about it a lot.

Lately, I've found myself analyzing every dish I see in a magazine, cookbook - even on a TV show! And my question is, "How can I take that dish and make it uniquely mine?" There's always a twist you can make to a recipe that changes it substantially - like making biscuits out of gluten-free flour for that Chicken and Dumplings recipe, or replacing the all-purpose flour with 100% whole wheat. They all take some work to get them right, but if successful, they can become a Baking Naturally post!

I spend the early morning (I get up at 5:00 or 5:30 - too many years running school buses!) looking through my latest cookbooks (I get them at the thrift stores here in town - $1.99 to $2.99 each!). I mark pages with sticky notes on things I'd like to try. Then I research online to see if there are any keywords for recipes that are hot right now. Kyle sent out a list that had Chicken and Dumplings on it, so I've focused on that for a few days and created a new recipe that I'm testing today. By mid-morning I have a grocery list and it's off to the store on my scooter. By noon I'm baking or cooking. By 2:00 I'm taking photographs and taste-testing. And by 3:00-ish I've written my latest piece. That's a typical baking day. I'll do that 2 or 3 times a week.

On non-baking days, I'm just living life. But I'm still paying attention. What are people talking about? What's happening with the season - is it getting colder, warmer? What holidays are approaching that I can capitalize on? That's where I focus my keyword research and how I narrow down my work.

Another thing I do is research my affiliates and what they're offering. They often send out "special deals" where you can make a higher percentage if you sell this or that. One sent out a special on growing your own herbs in a little windowshelf herb garden, which I thought was very clever. So I'll be writing about that very soon.

Focus. Pay attention. Be curious. Experiment. Maybe spend a little money if you have it, and if not, scour the thrift stores! Learn. Read the latest articles. All of that will help you constantly discover new and interesting things to share with others.

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Another good place to find cheap cookbooks is the library clearance shelf. I know because one of my favorite all natural cookbooks I purchased for $2 at the library! Boy I sure can relate to this post. I will get an idea in my head and scour cookbooks and the internet ( this is a relatively new addition for me) and compare oodles of recipes and see all the variety of ideas and then sort out how I want it to taste and assemble my ideas. My recent adventures have been with an Italian quinoa and baking crackers! Enjoyed your post! :) Christa

Thanks Christa! Yes quinoa is really good stuff and I think we've only started figuring out everything that can be done with it.

You have a good niche there. One that makes me hungry. Keep up the good work and you'll reach your goals.

Thanks Jon. I'm confident I'll get there someday. In the meantime, I'm learning a lot - and that's great too!

Nice blog, my mom collects old cookbooks, has for years, Some of them are worth a lot of money, as are a lot of books. I also love to cook, love it when my house has that fresh baked aroma smell. Thursday is my baking day, and my dogs know it, they will lay by the kitchen door patiently until whatever I am baking is done, and then they start begging for their little piece....lol.

Mine too! Haha! I tend to "accidentally" drop things now and then, and it's made little Hoovers out of them both.

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