For days I’ve sat and thought–in an effort to arrive at a somewhat intense, philosophical, or okay, even superficial idea, for an article that will benefit a discerning, entrepreneurial population! For a way to surely officially seal my knowledge of the numerous machinations of the virtual realm to the advantage of any readers! Nothing, nada, zip! Perhaps the difficulty lies in trying to be “too” reflective. Or maybe overly verbose! After all, few of us are rarely profound and intense—even some of the time.

A “quick-start” guide to get you going

If you’ve been scouring magazines, books (e- or otherwise), the article banks, or any web page on the Internet, you know there are plenty of topics for the taking and ideas in the making. If you’ve been in any conversation with your friends, your neighbors, discoursed with your family, or your industry peers—you know you’ve got something about which you can write. And, if you’ve ever explored any way to market your business, you know by now one of the best ways to do that is to “just write”.

Write, you say? But I can’t write. I don’t know what to write. What will I say? Who will want to read what I write? Red flags line up and–you know? You really “protest-eth” too much!

Don’t worry about what people will say or that no one will want to know what you write. For you are never alone–there will surely be at least one person who will perk up and want to read your words. And in the reading, they will learn.

Pick a topic

No–better yet, first anyway, just start putting words on paper. Get your computer, your keyboard and your mouse, or a pen and paper. Begin by putting any thoughts that come to mind in front of you. For instance, when I finally got around to starting this article, using the above suggestions to “throw out ideas”, I first thought I’d tell my audience about the run-ins I’d recently had with Murphy’s Law and how they related to my anti-virus program; sorry, I’m saving that for another day.