Once you have your blog set up, you're going to have to be inspired

to create content on a regular basis.

Some days this is going to be easier than others.

The way I get through it, is to always be consuming.

This doesn't mean just going out to the tech blogs or the news sites.

It means to be consuming on a variety of platforms from a variety of sources.

For me, I love reading magazines.

I read the in-flight magazines when I travel because I never know what I'm going to find.

It also means reading books.

I try to look at other sites that maybe I'm not going to on a regular basis.

But I'm always consuming, because you never know when something's going to inspire you.

Now, you want to make sure that what you're consuming is not the same old, same old.

Because that's going to limit your scope.

It's going to limit what you're taking in, and thus, what you're going to produce.

Take some time to get some variety in there.

Look at images, photography websites,

go watch videos beyond just YouTube and silly cats.

Go out to other sites like Vimeo and other video-sharing platforms

to consume content from there.

By expanding your horizons and consuming content from a variety of sources,

you never know what's going to inspire you.

And you've got to find inspiration.

Because if you're creating boring, bland content, nobody's going to want to consume that.

Think about what gets your attention.

You're either educated, inspired, or entertained.

Keep those three things in mind, because as you produce content,

those are the three sort of things that are going to grab people's attention,

make them come back to you, as well as share it with others.