Blog Post Ideas for Udemy

Website Links and Further Reading

All links to website urls and further reading have been organized by Section, in order of appearance.

 

[heading_bar text=”Introduction” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Brad Dowdy, PenAddict blog, http://www.penaddict.com/

Kevin Rose, “Who makes the best paper notebook? Geek out with paper guru Brad Dowdy,” The Journal Podcast on Soundcloud,
https://soundcloud.com/the-journal/who-makes-the-best-paper-journal-geek-out-with-paper-guru

Mod Notebooks, http://modnotebooks.com/

Charles Byrd, “Zero ­to ­60 With Evernote Online Course,” Byrdword blog, https://byrdword.clickfunnels.com/purchase9045664

Hemingwayapp, http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

Blankpage.io, http://www.blankpage.io

Aqua Notes Waterproof NotePad, https://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Notes-Waterproof-Notepad-Mountable/dp/B003W09LTQ

Scrivener, https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php

[heading_bar text=”Master the Mindset (Blog Post Ideas 1 – 4)” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Days of the Year website, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/  

Ferris Jabr, “Why Walking Helps Us Think,” The New Yorker blog, September 3, 2014, http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/walking-helps-us-think

Finlo Rohrer, “The slow death of purposeless walking,” BBC News Magazine, May 1, 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27186709

Maria Popova, “The Daily Routines of Great Writers,” Brain Pickings blog, https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers

Audra Casino, “Ron Friedman on Building a Better Workplace,” Mirasee blog, April 26, 2016, https://mirasee.com/blog/workplace-ron-friedman/

Jim Hopkinson, “Ritz-Carlton service at a Red Roof price why Japan is king of customer service,” The Hopkinson Report blog, November 20, 2008, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2008/11/episode-31-ritz-carlton-service-at-a-red-roof-price-why-japan-is-king-of-customer-service/

Jim Hopkinson, “What Japanese toilets taught me about the auto industry,” The Hopkinson Report blog, December 18, 2008, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2008/12/episode-35-what-japanese-toilets-taught-me-about-the-auto-industry/

Jim Hopkinson, “How to Work Remotely From Buenos Aires,” The Hopkinson Report blog, February 29, 2012, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2012/02/thr177-how-to-work-remotely-from-buenos-aires

Jim Hopkinson, “The Hopkinson Report Thailand Travel Home Page,” The Hopkinson Report blog, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/thailand

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[heading_bar text=”Great Artists Steal (Blog Post Ideas 5 – 9)” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Marcus Sheridan, The Sales Lion blog, https://www.thesaleslion.com/

Jim Hopkinson, “Episode 19: Interview with Wired’s Jeff Howe, author of “Crowdsourcing” The Hopkinson Report blog, August 27, 2008, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2008/08/episode-19-interview-with-wireds-jeff-howe-author-of-crowdsourcing/

Jim Hopkinson, “Episode 03: Reddit.com Interview” The Hopkinson Report blog, April 30, 2008, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2008/04/episode-03-redditcom-interview/

Jim Hopkinson, “Episode 95: Interview Part 1 with Diana Levine, Pro Photographer – The path from magazines to freelance to celebrities” The Hopkinson Report blog, March 11, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/03/episode-95-interview-part-1-with-diana-levine-pro-photographer-the-path-from-magazines-to-freelance-to-celebrities/

Danny Iny, “Kick Start Your Blog by Embracing the Nobodies,” Kikolani blog, http://kikolani.com/kick-start-your-blog-by-embracing-the-nobodies.html

Brandon Werner, “Social Media is the New Rock and Roll,” The Hopkinson Report blog, August 19, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/08/episode-118-social-media-is-the-new-rock-and-roll/

Lisa Baker, “July’s Best of the Web – Business Blueprints and Templates,” Mirasee blog, July 31, 2015, https://mirasee.com/blog/business-blueprints-templates-botw/

Elena Verlee, “20 Men Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter,” PR in Your Pajamas blog, http://prinyourpajamas.com/20-men-entrepreneurs-to-follow-on-twitter/

Google Trends, https://www.google.com/trends/

Facebook Trends, https://www.facebook.com/trending/

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[heading_bar text=”Alert the Media (Blog Post Ideas 10 – 13)” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Nate Cooper, “Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS and WordPress,” natecooper.co blog,  http://natecooper.co/2014/08/build-your-own-website-a-comic-guide-to-html-css-and-wordpress/

darrentyler, “Louis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy,” YouTube, October 24, 2015, 

Jim Hopkinson, ““Business Class at 30,000 Feet,” The Hopkinson Report blog, September 22, 2012,  http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2012/09/thr-204-business-class-at-30000-feet/

Brian Clark, “5 Things Depeche Mode Can Teach You About Effective Online Marketing,” Copyblogger blog, April 6, 2010, http://www.copyblogger.com/depeche-mode/

Brian Clark, “The Grateful Dead 4-Step Guide to the Magical Influence of Content Marketing,” Copyblogger blog, June 28, 2010, http://www.copyblogger.com/grateful-dead-content-marketing/

Sean Platt, “The Eminem Guide to Becoming a Writing and Marketing Machine,” Copyblogger blog, November 23, 2009, http://www.copyblogger.com/eminem/

Brian Clark, “Inigo Montoya’s Guide to 27 Commonly Misused Words,” Copyblogger blog, December 8, 2008, http://www.copyblogger.com/commonly-misused-words/

Jim Hopkinson, ““Episode 40: Marketing Lessons from Slumdog Millionaire,” The Hopkinson Report blog, January 22, 2009, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/01/episode-40-marketing-lessons-from-slumdog-millionaire/

Jim Hopkinson, “Wired-O-Nomics: Marketing Lessons From Slumdog Millionaire,” WIRED blog, January 30, 2009, http://www.wired.com/2009/01/wired-o-nomic-1/

“The Hunger Games (film series), ” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_%28film_series%29#Reception

Francis Bridge, “The Odds May Be In Your Favor: 10 Lessons We Can Learn From ‘The Hunger Games,” Forbes blog, March 23, 2012, https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2012/03/23/how-the-odds-will-ever-be-in-your-favor-10-lessons-we-can-learn-from-the-hunger-games/#57d69d556262

Eliana Dockterman, “Beyond the Blood: What The Hunger Games Can Teach Tweens,” Time, November 19, 2013, http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/19/beyond-the-blood-what-the-hunger-games-can-teach-tweens/

Beki Winchel, “7 crisis lessons from ‘The Hunger Games,” PRDaily blog, November 24, 2015, http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/7_crisis_lessons_from_The_Hunger_Games_17665.aspx

Zoë Henry, “What You Can Learn From Katniss Everdeen’s Fearless Leadership Style,” Inc, November 24, 2014, https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/leadership-lessons-from-katniss-everdeen.html

Eduardo Briceño, “Growth Mindset and Testing: What We Can Learn From The Hunger Games,” Scholastic, March 20, 2015, http://edublog.scholastic.com/post/growth-mindset-and-testing-what-we-can-learn-hunger-games

Monica Kim, “How to Be a Modern Katniss Everdeen: Introducing The Hunger Games Beauty and Fitness Challenge,” Vogue, November 20, 2015, http://www.vogue.com/13372616/hunger-games-mockingjay-beauty-fitness-katniss/

Jon Morrow, “Mad Men Guide to Changing the World with Words,” Copyblogger blog, November 1, 2010, http://www.copyblogger.com/mad-men/

Danny Iny, “Desperate Housewives on Writing, Storytelling and Selling,” Big Girl Branding blog, http://www.biggirlbranding.com/desperate-housewives-on-writing-storytelling-and-selling/

Jim Hopkinson, “Why Elon Musk should make you feel like a loser that has never accomplished anything,” The Hopkinson Report blog, April 23, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/04/thr-232-why-elon-musk-should-make-you-feel-like-a-loser-that-has-never-accomplished-anything/

“The Big Picture,” Boston Globe website, http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture

Reddit DIY forum, Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY

Nathan Pryor, “GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT,” Hahabird blog, February 4, 2016, http://www.hahabird.com/2016/02/garbage-in-garbage-out/

Jim Hopkinson, “Is this the me generation, or has social media just made it that way?,” The Hopkinson Report blog, August 26, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/08/thr-248-is-this-the-me-generation-or-has-social-media-just-made-it-that-way/

Selene Benjamin, “The State of Online Courses [INFOGRAPHIC],” Mirasee blog, September 12, 2015, https://mirasee.com/blog/course-creation-survey-infographic/

Cool Infographics, http://www.coolinfographics.com/

Infogr.am, https://infogr.am/

Piktochart.com, https://piktochart.com/

Easel.ly, http://www.easel.ly/

Visual.ly, http://visual.ly/

Canva, https://www.canva.com/

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[heading_bar text=”Analysis Paralysis (Blog Post Ideas 14 – 18)” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Tim Urban, “Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story,” Wait but Why blog, http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/doing-a-ted-talk-the-full-story.html

Jim Hopkinson, “Dear Levi’s, I’m back — How an iconic brand lost its way, then won back a customer 10 years later,” The Hopkinson Report blog, February 3, 2011, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2011/02/episode-139-dear-levis-im-back-how-an-iconic-brand-lost-its-way-then-won-back-a-customer-10-years-later/

Time Warner Cable Problems, http://timewarnercableproblems.com/

Jim Hopkinson, “Episode 108: Is your business doing the 1 thing it needs to do to succeed?,” The Hopkinson Report blog, June 10, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/06/episode-108-is-your-business-doing-the-1-thing-it-needs-to-do-to-succeed/

Jim Hopkinson, “Efficiency vs. Impatience – A New Yorker Rant,” The Hopkinson Report blog, July 16, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/07/thr-243-efficiency-vs-impatience-a-new-yorker-rant/

Joseph Jaffe, “Dustin Curtis – Dear American Airlines,” Flip the Funnel Now blog, http://www.flipthefunnelnow.com/dustin-curtis-%E2%80%93-dear-american-airlines/

Matthew Berry, “Berry’s bold predictions for 2015 fantasy football,” ESPN, September 9, 2015 http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/berryboldpredictions2015/matthew-berry-bold-predictions-2015-fantasy-football-players-do-unexpected-things

Jim Hopkinson, “State of the Industry—Predictions, Rants, Analysis, and Advice for the New Media Entrepreneur,” The Hopkinson Report blog, September 14, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/09/thr-250-state-of-the-industry-predictions-rants-analysis-and-advice-for-the-new-media-entrepreneur/

Jim Hopkinson, “The Fall of Facebook? 7 reasons why the mighty giant might fail,” The Hopkinson Report blog, May 20, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/05/episode-105-the-fall-of-facebook-7-reasons-why-the-mighty-giant-might-fail/

Jim Hopkinson, “7 reasons why “The Social Network” Facebook movie will be a huge success,” The Hopkinson Report blog, July 22, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/07/episode-114-7-reasons-why-the-social-network-facebook-movie-will-be-a-huge-success/

Jim Hopkinson, “The Social Network Movie Review – What’s more important, the product or the money?,” The Hopkinson Report blog, October 7, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/10/episode-124-the-social-network-movie-review-whats-more-important-the-product-or-the-money/

Jim Hopkinson, “Best Earbud Headphones for the iPhone, a Marketing and Technology Test,” The Hopkinson Report blog, February 26, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/02/episode-93-best-earbud-headphones-for-the-iphone/

Jim Hopkinson, “10 Lessons Learned From 100 Podcast Episodes,” The Hopkinson Report blog, April 15, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/04/episode-100-10-lessons-learned-from-100-podcast-episodes-including-marketing-party-tips-and-thank-yous/

Jim Hopkinson, “THR 244: Backing up files, photos, and websites – How I Do It,” The Hopkinson Report blog, July 24, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/07/thr-244-backing-up-files-photos-and-websites-how-i-do-it/

Jim Hopkinson, “How to Create a Viral Infographic to Market Your Brand,” The Hopkinson Report blog, August 26, 2011, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2011/08/episode-166-how-to-create-a-viral-infographic-to-market-your-brand/

Jim Hopkinson, “THR 230: How to facilitate a core conversation or speech at SXSW or your next business meeting,” The Hopkinson Report blog, March 29, 2013, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2013/03/thr-230-how-to-facilitate-a-core-conversation-or-speech-at-sxsw-or-your-next-business-meeting/

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[heading_bar text=”That’s Life (Blog Post Ideas 19 – 21)” order=”2″ color=”green”]

Danny Iny, “How a Tiny Blog Landed Guy Kawasaki (and Copyblogger!),” Problogger blog, March 29, 2011, http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/03/29/how-a-tiny-blog-landed-guy-kawasaki-and-copyblogger/

Jim Hopkinson, “How I created, planned, and got sponsorship for a successful conference in less than 60 days,” The Hopkinson Report blog, March 29, 2012, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2012/03/thr179-how-i-created-planned-and-got-sponsorship-for-a-successful-conference-in-less-than-60-days/

Danny Iny, “Business Failure or Strategic Relocation?: It’s Your Call,” The Sales Lion blog, https://www.thesaleslion.com/failure-business-strategic-relocation/

Jim Hopkinson, “What six crappy part-time jobs taught me about life,” The Hopkinson Report blog, September 15, 2011, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2011/09/episode-168-what-six-crappy-part-time-jobs-taught-me-about-life/

Danny Brown, “You Don’t Have to Die to Live,” Danny Brown blog, April 21, 2011, http://dannybrown.me/2011/04/21/you-dont-have-to-die-to-live/

Jon Morrow, “On Dying, Mothers, and Fighting for Your Ideas,” Copyblogger blog, December 24, 2012, http://www.copyblogger.com/fight-for-your-ideas/

Brian Clark, “The Snowboard, the Subdural Hematoma, and the Secret of Life,” Copyblogger blog, May 5, 2008, http://www.copyblogger.com/the-secret-of-life/

Jim Hopkinson, “Why a distal humerus fracture has NOTHING to do with social media,” The Hopkinson Report blog, September 2, 2010, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2010/09/episode-119-why-a-distal-humerus-fracture-has-nothing-to-do-with-social-media/

Jim Hopkinson, “8 Life lessons from a fallen friend,” The Hopkinson Report blog, October 25, 2011, http://www.thehopkinsonreport.com/2011/10/episode-173-8-life-lessons-from-a-fallen-friend/

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