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Forbes
21-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
4 Ways To Contribute To Your Blog When You're Tired Of Writing
Peter Boyd is an attorney and the Founder of PaperStreet. He has successfully helped 2,000 law firms with their websites and marketing. For small-business owners, writing blog posts each month can start to feel like a chore, especially if writing isn't your thing. On the days when you're staring at the screen and nothing good is coming to mind, it's okay to take a break. You don't have to write. But you should keep contributing to your content marketing in some way. I've put together a few ideas to help you still put in the effort while honoring the fact that your brain just isn't in a writing mood. (Hey, it happens to all of us. We can't be creative geniuses 100% of the time.) 1. Refresh An Old Blog Post Look through your site and find a blog post that's gotten a lot of views. Then update it. Add 'Updated 2025' to the post title and title tag. Refresh the content—make sure it's accurate, relevant and optimized. Maybe add a few new lines, replace any outdated links or swap in a new image. It's less work than writing from scratch and can still boost your SEO. 2. Make Some Artwork If writing feels like pulling teeth today, switch gears and make something visual. Many online graphic design tools are super user-friendly—even if you don't think of yourself as a designer. Create a few graphics for old blog posts, or ones you know you'll be publishing soon. Or knock out images for your next holiday campaign. Another successful effort is to take a blog post and generate an infographic from it. These might not be the most urgent tasks, but they are still productive and a great creative outlet. 3. Curate Instead Of Create Not everything has to be completely original content. Share a roundup of recent news, industry trends or helpful tools. Then write a quick introduction or add a short note about why you're sharing. If even that feels like too much writing, just let the links speak for themselves. You're still providing value, and your readers will appreciate it. Bonus: This strategy can help support your link-building efforts. When sharing your curated blog post on social media, be sure to tag the owner of the links you included. You could get some extra mentions from it, making this effort just as valuable as writing something new. 4. Generate Future Writing Ideas Spend time planning instead of producing. Scroll through your analytics. Poke around competitor websites. Check out what's trending on LinkedIn or even your Facebook feed. Gather inspiration from your favorite places. Jot down headline ideas. My team loves using AI to brainstorm blog topics when we're in a slump. Just Keep Showing Up Some days, writing just isn't going to happen. But that doesn't mean your content marketing has to stall. Whether you're refreshing, designing, curating or planning ahead, there are plenty of ways to stay productive (and creative) without forcing a single sentence. Honor what mood you're in, and do your best to stay on track. The most important thing isn't writing something, but rather committing to your overall strategy. No one minds if you pivot a bit. Forbes Agency Council is an invitation-only community for executives in successful public relations, media strategy, creative and advertising agencies. Do I qualify?
The Independent
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Trevor Eve says he regrets ‘losing work' because of his ‘reputation'
Trevor Eve has said he 'regrets' his reputation for being a difficult actor to work with as it has 'lost' him roles. The British actor shot to fame in 1979 with his lead role in detective series Shoestring, but is perhaps best known for playing Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC drama Waking the Dead. Over the years, the actor has gained notoriety for allegedly being challenging behind the scenes – and he's now admitted he 'upset some people' along the way. 'I was only difficult because I cared,' the actor told Radio Times. 'It was never about the size of my trailer or my car being late. It was, 'Why are we doing this?'. 'I rewrote a lot of my stuff because I was taught to believe if there's something you don't want to say, don't say it.' He added to The Times: 'If you could actually spend 20 minutes making something better, then spend the time and make it better.' However, Eve said that he now holds back from sharing his honest views as he was losing roles as a consequence – and said that he 'regrets' his reputation 'hugely'. 'For the last 10 years, I haven't opened my mouth because I like to work,' he continued. 'It's very easy to get not employed in the industry.' The actor also reflected on quitting Waking the Dead in 2011, after playing Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd for nine series, due to proposed budget cuts at the BBC. According to the actor, who was reportedly paid £1m per series, these cuts would have affected the quality of the show, which he said 'should have ended in 2007'. He said 'If you're the lead actor in something, you are the face on the screen. So really your investment is huge compared to somebody who's coming on just for two weeks or three or four weeks and they're gone.' Speaking about his decision at the time, Eve told The Independent: 'The BBC basically didn't have the money to continue to make it as it is. At the moment we are in the studio 50 per cent of the time and on location the rest, but the new budget meant it would be an 80/20 split. It just wouldn't be the same. 'I care about the stuff I do and want it to be the best it can possibly be. You'll have a scene that isn't right, and some people say 'just shoot it', and then when they watch it back it's nonsense. I want to do things right. I'm just genetically set that way.'
