How is your content planning for the year coming along?  Or, perhaps the plan is in place, but you are now looking at a blank page, with an old-fashioned case of writer’s block.

Fear not, as we have collected the top ten posts on content creation and inbound marketing.

Blog Content Creation: Idea seeding:  How to create a tree of content, starting with a ‘seed’ of an idea.

Blogging at the Intersection of Relevance:  How to use different types of external hooks to anchor content at a higher level of relevance.

16 Blog Topic Ideas: A surefire way to come up with new ideas.  Hint: this post is very similar to #10.

Three Blog Archetypes: Writing for Results:  Is all of your content a bit… alike?  Improve engagement and capture your audience’s attention by using three different post formats.

Blog Post Magic Bullet:  More on structure, and how to use the concept of the “twist” to improve recall and relevance.

Blog Cluster Strategy:  Learn how to drive readership between related content posts.

24 Branded Content Ideas: Learn about the variety of ways to deliver branded content.

White Papers and Inbound Marketing:  The range of channels for inbound marketing is exceptionally wide.  This article describes six approaches, and provides examples of each.

Eight Video Strategies:  Content isn’t just the written word – many people prefer to watch or listen.  This article describes eight different ways video can be used.

CASL: Six Name Recapture Strategies:  Content marketing is not just a Social Media activity – email remains a powerful connection channel. Sadly, new anti-spam legislation means that many names have fallen off marketers lists.  This article describes how to recapture them.

This week’s action plan:  Yes, read the articles that are most relevant to you.  But also pay it forward, by sending a copy of the Tipsheet to anyone else that you think might benefit.