1. Message Boards Read posts at message boards to see what people are interested in. You can then write your article on topics that people already want to know more about.

http://homebizlink.com/wwwboard/ http://bkauras.com/internet-marketing-forum http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/index.html http://www.websitepublisher.net/forums/ http://www.ablake.net/forum http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

2. Discussion Lists This is similar to using message boards. Just read to see what others are posting about and write articles on those subjects.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hbj_chat/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ideasbypost/ http://www.o-a.com/ http://www.netpreneur.org/connect/am/default.html http://www.i-advertising.com/html/join/join.shtml http://bkauras.com/marketing_discuss_list

3. Surveys You can use a survey to find out what people want to hear more about. There are several places to find people to take your survey. Send survey to your net contacts, post to discussion groups, post on message boards, put it in your newsletter, or put it up on your website. Offer something of value for free, like an ebook or ecourse, to those who take your survey.

4. Newsletters By subscribing to and reading newsletters, you can find out what is currently popular. Here are a few directories where you can find newsletters.

http://www.newsletter-directory.com/ http://www.ezinehub.com/ http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ http://www.expresslists.com/ http://www.jogena.com/ezine/ezinedata.htm http://www.list-city.com/

5. Keywords Get article ideas by studying most searched for keywords, which you can find at these sites.