• Do you participate in any online forums or Yahoo Groups that have to do with birth? Look at old posts and emails that you have written.

• Have you written any handouts for your doula clients or childbirth classes? There is a wealth of information you can share.
• Do you maintain a blog? What blog posts can you use to create an article?
• Look for old emails to clients that offer useful information. What could be transformed into an article?
• Do you produce an email newsletter for a group of subscribers? Take that material and turn it into an article.
• If you have conducted any surveys regarding your work, write an article about your findings.

Once you have compiled material from these sources, put together some articles that are 250-300 words in length, think up some catchy titles and start submitting them to online article directories. If the original material you are using is much longer than 300 words, see how you can break it up into multiple articles. If you are starting from scratch and want some inspiration, here are some ways to find inspiration:

• Think about what you are passionate about.
• Make a list of topics you already know a lot about.
• Visit online forums for pregnant mamas and find some hot topics.
• Identify some trends about birth or that are occurring in the media, or find recent news stories that talk about a new study or statistics.
• Visit some online article directories like Ezine Articles or Associated Content and do a search on some topics you are interested in. Consider writing about a topic that you DON’T find on these sites.
• Choose a topic and create a Top 10 list.

I hope this gives you a good start. I’d love to find out what you’re inspired to write about. Please comment below!

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