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Content idea: local love stories

22nd October 2010 by nickygetgood

melinda and steve

Most people love a good love story, and the readers of your community website are no exception. Are there any couples in your local community who have a particularly romantic tale to tell? Might they be willing to share their story with your … [Read more...] about Content idea: local love stories

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: anthony hickey, Cheeky Girls, Darren Geoghegan, digbeth, digbeth is good, karen strunks, Knock airport, Kristen Stewart, mayo, Mayo Today, Melinda Scwakhofer, Monica Irimia, moretonhampstead, People Magazine, Robert Pattinson, Sally Perry, Simon Perry, Steve Coxon, Tuam, Twilight, ventnor blog, wake green park

Content idea: write about art on display in your area

22nd June 2010 by nickygetgood

Out of the Box exhibition

Try writing about any visual art that is on display in your area, such as in a local art gallery, museum or arts centre.  This could be a simple notice of a forthcoming art exhibition, as Ventnor Blog did with the Out of the Box photographic … [Read more...] about Content idea: write about art on display in your area

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: alan in belfast, as one, Belfast, birmingham, birmingham city council, bishopthorpe, created in birmingham, digbeth, digbeth is good, graffiti, isle of wight, public art, street art, talcontent, ventnor blog, war memorial

Content idea: write a review of a local cafe or restaurant

17th June 2010 by nickygetgood

Digbeth is Good: Week of Breakfasts

If you are going out to eat, be it for breakfast, lunch, a spot of light dinner or a slap-up meal, why not write a review of it for your community website, like Ventnor Blog did for The Hillside Hotel? London SE1 encourages restaurant reviews from … [Read more...] about Content idea: write a review of a local cafe or restaurant

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: digbeth is good, hillside hotel, london se1, restaurant reviews, ventnor blog, week of breakfasts

Content idea: local wildlife and animals

17th June 2010 by nickygetgood

'Dove is in the air' at Parwich.org

A little local wildlife can bring a lovely bit of colour to a community website.  Take a look around you - are there flowers in bloom, ducklings waddling along the canal towpath or a pet kitty prowling the neighbourhood? Take a photo of the local … [Read more...] about Content idea: local wildlife and animals

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: b29, digbeth is good, faunography, guardoggy, jane b, karen strunks, kings cross environments, meowseley, parwich.org, springwatch, talcontent, ventnor blog, wake green park

Content idea: write a review of a local gig, play or event

14th June 2010 by nickygetgood

Ventnor blog review a local Battle of The Bands competition

If you are going out to enjoy a local play or concert, why not write a review of it on your community website?  Take a look at these links for inspiration: Pits 'n' Pots' Tony Walley reviews the Stoke Christmas panto Dick Whittington. The author … [Read more...] about Content idea: write a review of a local gig, play or event

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: birmingham, isle of wight, more canals than venice, pitsnpots, stoke, talcontent, ventnor blog

Isle of Wight Words

20th August 2009 by nickygetgood

Ventnor Blog's Isle of Wight Words is a truly touching feature of the hyperlocal site, bought to the island by Sally and Simon Perry. Ventnor Blog (which isn't just about Ventnor, but covers the whole island) had been pondering a dictionary of … [Read more...] about Isle of Wight Words

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Content, Ideas, isle of wight, labs, Mr Caulkhead, Oral History, ventnor blog

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