Month by Month Blog Post Ideas, Part 1 of 2

What I hear most often from bloggers is that they can't keep coming up with ideas for a blog post.

Here's another tip to help you with this so you don't have to get a headache dreaming up ideas.

Today's Blog Post Tip

Always have some resources that can nudge your imagination. By this, I mean a specific list of something you can go to time and again to mine for ideas when your imagination is on strike.

One of these resources should be the Monthly Tie-In because every month of the year is special for something: holidays, retail sales of certain items, commemorative days, etc.

You can do a google search of what a particular month is noted for or use my list that follows as a resource. Add to it. There are many things about each month that's special and that "specialness" may also trigger a memory of an experience you had about that event.

Not on the list below are each month's birthstones, astrological signs, and flowers as well as books whose subject matter can tie in to special celebrations and events.

My Resource List of Monthly Tie-Ins: January - June

January

• after Christmas sales
• New Year's Day
• resolutions
• self-improvement of every variety
• review some of the latest books about diet, fitness, vacation planning, self-improvement
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• starting new projects in the home, work, hobbies, etc.
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

• Chinese New Year
• Black History Month
• Library Lovers Month
• Valentine's Day and everything involving love, romance, relationships, marriage
• President's Day in the U.S. may spark ideas of past presidents, history, accomplishments, quotations, speeches
• Baseball spring training starts. Whether a fan or not, did you play baseball as a kid? Got memories to share?

March

• St. Patrick's Day
• Easter
• Daylight Savings Time starts in the U.S.
• spring begins
• Mardi Gras 
• Girl Scout Day
• International Women's Day

April

• April Fool's Day
• spring flowers
• allergies
• World Health Day
• World Earth Day
• National Poetry Month
• National Autism Awareness
• National Walking Day

May

• May Day
• Mother Goose Day
• Kentucky Derby
• Star Wars Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Police Officers Memorial Day
• Armed Forces Day
• Mother's Day
• Memorial Day

June

• National Heimlich Maneuver Day
• National Pen Pal Day
• Flag Day
• Bastille Day
• Summer begins
• D-Day Remembrance
• National Cancer Survivors Day
• Father's Day
• Old Maid's Day
• Graduations of every type

That should get you started. Next week, I'll post another list for July through December.

Takeaway Truth

Having a resource that generates blog post ideas each time you go to it makes blogging more enjoyable.