Ideas for Your First Post

Here are some ideas for your first post:

- Restaurant and local shop reviews (Elements, dog food store, cafes, spas, etc.)
- Traffic construction
- New buildings being built or torn down (airport, residential developments, stadiums, schools)
- State tax policies or other government legislation
- Sports (professional, college, and high school)
- Performing arts reviews (musicals, concerts, etc.)
- Local event insider information (wine event, food festival, museum special exhibitions, etc.)
- Corporate news (new jobs in town, new plants being built, etc.)
- Historical perspectives on the city


It always helps if you can insert pictures with your posts to bring them to life a little more (just click the picture button in the blog editor and follow the directions).

<-------- I've aligned this one to left so that the text appears on the right side. You can also center it or right align it in the options. You currently cannot add videos to your blog yet. However, you soon will be able to upload videos the same way you upload photos (just click on the filmstrip button in the blog posting editor and follow the directions). Note: Make sure to "label" each post with a theme so that your readers can easily search your posts for the information they want to find. "Labels" are like post-it notes that you tag to each blog you write. You can add more than one label to a post. The different labels you create will appear on the right hand column of your blog. When readers click on a label, it will show all blog posts that have that post-it note attached. So, unlike folders where a Word doc can only exist in one folder, a label allows a blog post to exist in two places. It also helps to link to other stuff you read on the Internet (in the post editor, highlight the text you want to place the link in, click the chain link button above, and then enter in the URL link). For example, you could write an opinion on something from the Indy Star. You could say, "The Star wrote an article about the tax hikes in Indy. But here is what they didn't tell you...."

In addition, I have added Google Adsense ads on the top and right hand columns of your blog. They search the text that you write, pull out relevant keywords, and then show ads that match what you are writing about. The ads will become more relevant the more you write, which means more clicks and dough in your pocket! So blog early and often if you want some traffic and some extra pocket change.

FYI, most avid bloggers write one post (50 words to 400 words on average) two to five times a week. You certainly don't have to write that much (or at all if it doesn't appeal to you), but I thought I'd let you know so you have a comparison.