Blog about your favorite quote and how it can inspire your readers to do something differently.

Thanks for the great response to therapist blog challenge #1! I'm impressed by your creativity and inventiveness. If you're just joining us for the blog challenge, please continue to post your challenge #1 posts and jump in on this new challenge #2

This one will be easy and fun. Pick your favorite quote and let it be the inpsiration for your next blog post. I've posted a handful of my favorite quotes for you to use if you'd like. You are welcome to use the graphics below in your blog posts too. I created these cool, shareable graphics with the iPhone app InstaQuote (my favorite new app). OK, that's it for challenge #2. Get blogging!

Additional reminders:

Write and post your blog article in the next 2 weeks. If you miss the deadline or you read this article months later, that's OK too.
Post a link for this blog challenge in the comment section of this blog post.
Read, comment, and share other therapist's articles.
Tweet your post using hashtag #therapistblog and tag @julie_hanks so I can retweet it.
Pin it on the challenge Pinterest Board. I've invited everyone who posted a comment on the initial blog challenge post as collaborators so you can pin onto the group board.
Spread the word and invite mental health colleagues to join the challenge. Articles can be added anytime throughout the year.
Write no more than 600 words, make it easy to read, use a conversational tone, and gear your articles toward your ideal client (not other professionals).
The goal of a professional blog is to provide value your website visitors, help them get to know your professional perspective, increase traffic to your private practice website, and build your practice.

Write a professional blog post on a topic that millions of people are already searching for.

For our first 2013 therapist blogging challenge I want to you to provide your unique professional perspective on a top Google search topic or story. It can be local, national, or global.

Apparently, millions of people are searching for people, sports and entertainment in the US. The following topics are from a list of Hot Google Searches (US) on Jan. 6, 2013:

Russel Wilson Russell Wilson, Seahawks Defeat Redskins, Injured Robert Griffin III, 24-14
Downton Abby Nearly 8 Million Turned to 'Downton Abby' Premiere
Ray Lewis Ray Lewis' Post-game T-shirt Brings Attention to Psalm 91
Jillian Michaels Alison Sweeney Blogs: Jillian Michaels Is Tougher Than Ever on The Biggest Loser
Freddie E Hip-Hop Artist Freddy E Dead In Apparent Suicide
Honey Boo Boo Mother June Shannon Banking on Honey Boo Boo's Future

Feel free to pick from any top Google search in your own country. Get creative! There are many different angles you can take from the search list above. Feel free to focus on one topic or the collection of top search topics.

Keep your article between 300-600 words, make it easy to read, use a conversational tone, and gear your articles toward your ideal client (not other professionals).

Not only will this post provide a helpful service to your site visitors, and help them get to know your professional perspective, it will also increase traffic to your private practice website. and build your practice.

After you've selected the topic for your blog article:

Write and post your blog article in the next 7 days. If you miss the deadline or you read this article months later, that's OK too.
Post a link for this blog challenge in the comment section of this blog post.
Read, comment, and share other therapist's articles.
Tweet your post using hashtag #therapistblog and tag @julie_hanks so I can retweet it.
Pin it on the challenge Pinterest Board. I've invited everyone who posted a comment on the initial blog challenge post as collaborators so you can pin onto the group board.
Spread the word and invite mental health colleagues to join the challenge. Articles can be added anytime throughout the year.

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Blog about your favorite quote and how it can inspire your readers to do something differently.

Write a professional blog post on a topic that millions of people are already searching for.

After you've selected the topic for your blog article:

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