Your Postings : Original or Regurgitation?

[Dante_311]

I thought I would pose this question to the other fellow bloggers on the forum. Do you write posts with mostly original ideas or do you report mostly on news that comes from other primary sources (ie newspapers, online media, TV)? I myself try to find a balance but it always is much more time consuming to come up with original content. To those who post mostly original content: do you find the time commitment vs. higher volume of postings to pay off? Look forward to see how others tackle this choice on their blogs.
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[suburbandollar]

I guess I haven't really thought much about it but I try to do mostly original content. There is no real reason for it and I may start adding in some more "Current Event/News" related posts. I am definitely interested to see if anyone else weighs in on this.

[PathAcross]

I'm just getting our site blog started and all of the content is original. You're right, it is time consuming.

The problem is that the topic I write about is extremely broad, so there's not a lot of continuity, not a lot of focus, and It's not really conversant with "the outside world." So actually I want to start commenting more on current events and other websites, but only if they're especially relevant to the topic. Bringing in outside information doesn't have to be regurgitation or a cop-out at all - in fact I'm beginning to see that it's pretty important.

I also want to bring in a lot more from guest bloggers and do interviews with people who can speak to things that I'm not so knowledgeable about.

-Lauren

[SrKen]

When I repost posts they get more current and detailed, from 300-500 words up to 800-1200 or more the second time around. A blog consisting of 300 good posts could be a blog of 100 good articles. There is a general improvement in wording, style, and images the second time around. It's that or let then fade away to the bottom of the pile perhaps never to be seen again. It's working ok, I like it.

I posted on this awhile back and will regurgitate it in a few months with new ideas and info I have been collecting.

[moneymatters]

I write posts with original ideas, in addition to writing things relating to current news and events. Often the current news and events are the posts that do the best because a lot of people tend to be searching for the latest news items..

[Zephyr]

So far, just about all of my content is original.

The only post I've done so far on news was the release of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Annual Report, which is a big deal among a lot of investors, but I included a summary of it in my post.

I'll likely post notices about some dividend increases in the news, but they will be tiny posts in addition to my content posts, not instead of them.

[patrenia]

Hello...I'm new here.

I just started my blog about 4 months, but the content has been original. I am kind of worried about good content getting lost in the archives, so I may need to have a repurpose plan.

I agree with writing being a time consuming task. I didn't realize that writing could be so hard, but once I've put it all together I'm really proud of how it all turned out hopefully helping someone else in the process.

Patrenia

[The Wise Buck]

I think it is important to have your own content because this is what differentiates you and builds your style or brand.

It's also helpful to comment on current events as this allows you to weave your ideas into everyday application.

One of the best ways to manage your time as a blogger is to develop a blogging calendar.

For example something like this
-7 posts minimum per week (4 original content, 3 current events)
-Pick a particular area to focus on every month and build that up on your blog - this will also help your seo efforts
-Pick at least one time per week where you block aside 3-4 hours and write your posts for the week and schedule them for the week in Word Press or similar.
-for ideas, ask your self "what is it that I really want to learn about" this is probably what others are asking

Lastly, go to problogger and get a copy of 31 days to a better blog.

Hope that helps.


Mike

[NightStar]

I have in the past researched and learned a lot of information in the area of work I had. I write about my knowledge, when I post at other sites - I tend to try to short cut and re-use information I have already talked about. Sometimes I copy and paste, but recently learned that I was suppose to rewrite. So I have been working on that. Just recently a site started asking me to re-report news items I find relevant so that is new to me.

[SmarterSpend]

I only write new content. It does much better in SEO !