Brain Tickler Tools for Story Ideas - Part 1
April 8th, 2008 (12:00pm) Aliza Sherman 6 Comments
Where do you get your ideas? Much of my work on the Web involves content development which is my fancy way of saying I write articles, monthly columns and bi-weekly blog posts for clients. Coming up with new ideas to publish on a regular basis for a variety of media outlets can be a daunting task, but I work hard to be “fresh and original” for each client. So far, so good, but my biggest challenge? Finding a super simple way to save sites and portions of articles and blog posts that I can access easily at a later date as I’m looking for content ideas.
I blogged about a “dream tool” I could use and called it Ticklr, and several WWD readers threw out some possible options of Web tools that actually exist, so I thought I’d try them out.
This is the first of two posts where I’ll test out these tools specifically for creating an online tickler file of potential story ideas. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: articles, blog posts, Instapaper, notefish, tickler file

