Writing blog tips on a regular basis can often be frustrating. Looking at the best and most popular blogs within this niche, including the likes of Problogger, Dosh Dosh etc, there’s a lot of similar content, the same core tips and ideas being repeated over and over again, in different phrasings and angles.

On Problogger for example, there’s only the slightest variation between articles like “How Bloggers Make Money From Blogs” and “How I Make Money Blogging”. Despite all these articles containing the same information, they still manage to attract literally hundreds of comments. I find this phenomenon to be rather strange and have a feeling that our own blog is guilty of rehashing the same tidbits again and again.

Is this what writing for the web is really all about? Hammering away at the same points every which way, fully exhausting their potential until all avenues have been reached? Is it about getting traffic from every variation a key phrase could be entered in a search engine? There has to be a better and more engaging way of generating original content, I need to break away from this (re)cycling of tips to produce something that is truly exciting and worthwhile. Otherwise, all the effort just gets lost the mix.

I propose a system or a series of points that can help bloggers from repeating themselves with their content. But to do this I will need some help, both from both other bloggers and blog readers. What are some of your thoughts on keeping a blog fresh and innovative, without ending up with another ‘greatest hits’ package of ideas?