How to Avoid Writer’s Block | Ep. #390

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #390, Eric and Neil talk about avoiding writer’s block. Tune in to learn how they keep their creative juices flowing even in those moments of low energy and low enthusiasm, and the tools they use to stay productive and focused. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Avoid Writer’s Block 00:35 – Writer’s block is when you don’t know what to write 00:38 – Neil shares 3 things to do to prevent writer’s block 00:42 – Go to BuzzSumo, put in your competitor’s URL and it will show you what’s popular within your space 00:58 – Go to Ahrefs and it will show you what drives traffic to your competitors 01:09 – Put in words and phrases on Twitter and you’ll see what people are tweeting out 01:21 – Ask around or create a survey when you need an idea 01:36 – Eric has a Pomodoro app on his phone 01:42 – Pomodoro technique lets you focus on something for 25 minutes then a 5-minute break 01:48 – Eric uses this app every morning when he’s writing and it’s effective for him 02:05 – You always start slow but you find the flow after a few minutes 02:23 – Writer’s block is usually due to distractions 02:49 – Sometimes, writer’s block happens to Eric and Neil while podcasting 03:15 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription of Crazy Egg which is a visual analytics tool 03:52 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway for multiple entries 04:05 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: See what the people in your space are talking about, and then write on those ideas. Try to stay focused and never let distractions get in the way. Writer’s block happens to everyone—the people who accomplish their goals in life are those who find away around their writer’s block. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
0:06.8	entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any
0:11.4	marketing capacity. You're listening to marketing school with
0:14.9	your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:51.3	Welcome to another episode of marketing school.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sue.
0:56.0	And I'm Neil Patel.
0:58.0	And today we are going to talk about how to avoid writer's block.
1:01.0	So Neil, how do you avoid writer's block and what is it?
1:03.4	Sure, writer's block is when you don't know what to write on. It's really simple. You can do three things and
1:09.5	I'll break them down to you and then it's all error from here. One go to Busuomo, put in a keyword or a
1:14.9	URL of a competitor and I'll show you what's popular within your space. It'll give you
1:18.9	ideas if you can write other content related to that that's better because you don't want to write
1:23.0	duds you want to write stuff that does well and it breaks it down based on
1:26.0	social shares second is a triffs you can put in a URL in there it will show you what's
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