Have you ever found yourself stuck on what to write for your blog or someone else’s blog for that matter? That’s a challenge I face all the time and it’s the reason why I do not post more often. And it’s because I honestly do not have a plan of action on what I want to write about.

So I have come up with some tips that I think will help you and me get past the “writer’s block” and have a plan of action AND a blog post schedule that will put you on the right track to becoming a successful blogger.

1. Create a topic series or a tip series and schedule the posts on a daily basis or a weekly basis. For one topic, you could interview other experts in your industry and get some really good content to post.
2. Create and send out a survey to your industry and see what kind of topics of interest your audience would like to hear more about. This could be a goldmine for you! I recommend SurveyMonkey to create and distribute your survey.
3. Repurpose your old newsletter articles or reports you have written in the past. They make for great blog articles!
4. If you are an avid Twitter user, round up your best “tweets” and formulate blog articles from those. You would be surprised what you wrote a week ago could be your best article yet!
5. Devise a simple blog posting calendar in Outlook or Google and set reminders so you can remember that you have a blog article due.

Lastly, if you do not already use WordPress for your blog (and/or website), consider switching to their platform. I am a huge advocate of the WP product and I will be offering training to those interested in learning the system from top to bottom. If this is something that interests you, email me at aletha(at)wordpresstowebsite(dot)com and I will inform you of the training dates when they become available.

Go Back To School To Be Your Own
WordPress Expert!

Who says you cannot go back to school and learn a new skill, especially if that skill is a well sought after content management system and self-hosted program known
as WordPress?

You NO LONGER have to be intimidated by the thought of using WordPress for your website or blog.

You can now be your own WordPress Expert!

Join me, Aletha McManama, your WordPress Expert and Website Builder, and I will demonstrate to you via a live webinar presentation a sample training topic from a beginner’s standpoint, all the way to an advanced WordPress user level.

As a lot of us are visual learners, and we don’t learn a thing by listening to hours and hours of boring audio recordings that we purchased (HUGE WASTE of MONEY!), then being a part of this webinar would be perfect for you!

I will cover on this webinar call the following topics:

• Benefits of using WordPress for your blogsite or your client’s blogsite (for those who just don’t know)

• A brief tour of the WordPress dashboard (beginner level)

• Creating additional users in your WordPress dashboard (intermediate and advanced level)

• Downloading and installing a plugin (intermediate and advanced level)

So don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about WordPress training opportunities during and after the call. If you do, the call will be recorded and videotaped so you can download and listen to the presentation later on, but it would be so much better if you can be there “live” and on the phone with me!

So reserve your spot now for this *FREE* training webinar call on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 3:00 PM EST (12 noon PST)

Click here to register.

I’ve been asked to share with my reader audience the top WordPress theme sites that I recommend when you are searching for a customizable free or premium theme. I also recommend premium themes over free ones simply because you get support with a theme that you have questions or problems with. It’s well worth the few dollars out of your pocket for a great premium theme site. A good example of one is my Virtual Assistant website, DC Virtual Office Solutions.

So here’s my top list of WordPress theme sites:

Woo Themes – http://www.woothemes.com/
DIY Themes – Thesis – http://diythemes.com/
WP remix – http://wpremix.com/
iThemes – Flexx – http://ithemes.com/
StudioPress (formerly Revolution) – http://www.studiopress.com/
Simple Themes – http://www.simplethemes.net/
Theme Forest – http://themeforest.net/
Theme Spinner – http://www.themespinner.com/
Elegant Themes – http://www.elegantthemes.com/
ColorLabs Project – http://colorlabsproject.com/themes/
Gabfire Themes – http://www.gabfirethemes.com/category/themes/
Solostream – http://www.solostream.com/

Thank you for visiting the WordPress to Website blog!

Look for future posts soon as I continue to develop this website and blog.