Step Into My Parlor

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 5:49 pm

Blogging may not be ‘rocket science,’ but it is does require a bit of Fortune Telling!

Step into my parlor whilst I explain…Won’t you?

Fortune-telling, by definition is the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means.

I said it was similar, NOT an exact!

You don’t have to rush out and have business cards made up declaring yourself a Madame or Swami.

When it comes to blogging, you have to possess the ability to ‘think outside the box’ and predict what your future visitors will be looking for based on the topic you’ve chosen to write about.

Just to have a little fun peering inside my own little blogging crystal ball, I called on four friends to throw a single topic back at me. Purely by pulling the first thing that came into their minds and sending it to me.

From those single topics, I am going to share with you, ideas of just how broad a single topic can become if you simply look into the future (and yesteryear – whichever the case may be) at all the possibilities.

The first topic that came in via my request was “The 80’s”

The 80’s lasted for ten whole years (Doh!) so surely there’s 10 years worth of content anyone can drudge up, right?

Honestly, this is a great topic because in one month alone, 80’s and various searches containing 80’s generated over 500,000 searches.

Quite a little niche huh?

Some topic directions I would consider are:

Movies – sub-feature the main actors and their bio’s

Actors – then and now

Music

Video

Fashion

Hairstyles (did you know there are whole websites dedicated to the mullet?)

Cartoons

Biggest Hair

Hot weddings and divorces (remember, the royal wedding of 81?)

Who was born? Who died?

Books (Girls, you remember Ralph? — “Forever” by Judy Blume?)

Politics (Jelly Bellies were made famous during the 80’s through politics)

Small towns making big news

80’s toys (I still have my Charlie’s Angels dolls)

Auto Industry – best and worst cars – which did you own? (Shov-ette – nuff said)

Travel

Feature items from the 80’s that are selling on eBay or Amazon

Role Play – take yourself back in a time machine and write a letter then to yourself today

One hit wonders – what became of them? (Soda Pop Rock) Oh and I wrecked my Chevette jammin’ to Carmacamilion! It’s so true!

Big Hair Bands – do they still have hair?

80’s tee shirts

Televisions shows and cast

Video games, then and now – I always did love Megamania

80’s Theme Parties – discussion, items and where to purchase

A look back at proms

Make-up trends – What were we thinking?

Time Machine Features

Laws and how they’ve changed – are we more safe today?

Did I forget anything? How many of you can think of other topics that fall into the category of “The 80’s” that might give a whole new direction of thought?

I’ve got a few more topics coming up, so check back and see how much fun we can have with those topics!

Do you have a topic you’d like to explore? Either drop the topic in the comment section of this post or contact me via email for a private ‘niche’ consultation.

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