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

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to create content on a regular basis.

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Some days this is going to be easier than others.

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

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

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

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For me, I love reading magazines.  

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

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It also means reading books.

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

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

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

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Because that's going to limit your scope.

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

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Take some time to get some variety in there.  

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Look at images, photography websites,

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go watch videos beyond just YouTube and silly cats.

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

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to consume content from there.

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

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you never know what's going to inspire you.

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And you've got to find inspiration.

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

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Think about what gets your attention.

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You're either educated, inspired, or entertained.

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

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

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