I love when inspiration strikes and gives me a great blog post idea. I also tend to start a post, finish it when I can flesh it out, and schedule it to post later. Several times, I’ve seen a post on another blog with the same topic I just posted or was planning to post.
I also love when I see someone post about something I just wrote about. Personally, I’m all for overlapping post ideas. I love reading different experiences and points of view. It also gives me warm and fuzzies when my readers are inspired to write about something after they read it on my blog. As long as no one is lifting my content without my permission, I’m all for it.
Have you been inspired to write a post after reading about it on another blog?
Oh yes! My “If We’re Going to be Friends” post was inspired by a similar post on another blog (linked in the post itself). That one was really fun.
I have been inspired by other bloggers quite a few times! I always try to include a link to their blog in the intro, like, “I loved Lisa’s post on blah blah blah at Sorority Life to Army Wife, so I just had to do my own blah blah blah.”
that happens to me alot but, just bc you were inspired doesn’t mean you stole their blog topic. B/c you really didn’t. You just got inspired.
all of the time. i think that it’s okay just because it helps the original know that they did something awesome
Yes! I agree – I love that reading blogs inspires more blogging. There have been several times when I noticed a similar thing – I had written a post that either wasn’t quite ready or was scheduled for later that someone else just wrote about, too!
I definitely love posts inspired by other blogs! I definitely have done it a few times & love to be able to link back to the blog I got it from so my readers can even maybe find another new blog to follow!
Oh yes, I’m a big post topic thief! I just need something to write about some days.
I am also a blog topic thief! All ideas can’t be original, plus as you said it’s nice to give your own spin on things!