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Thesaurus as a Writing Tool for Bloggers

There have been many occasions when I have consulted a Thesaurus:

When I am online and creating a post for one of my many blogs and I need a word or phrase that means the same as one I have previously used,  maybe just to keep me from repeating myself, or using new words to travel a different route to emphasize the same point. It's handy to have Thesaurus in your favorites or bookmarked so that when you are doing the actual writing you can consult it quickly.

So how do I use it to mine online gold, you ask?

I have a dog-eared copy of a paperback Thesaurus for domain name searches. You can come up with some killer names that mean the same as some very popular domain names that are not available for you to register. Reason I use a hard copy is because you can thumb through pages, instead of doing a search for one word at a time. Maybe they aren't what we call "natural hit" domains but they can make you some money with a good one if it describes your niche, especially a short one!

If you peruse a Thesaurus long enough you start to get ideas for blog posts too, many times I have taken it to bed with a highlighter!  If you are experiencing a lull in your writing you might want to thumb (oops there's "thumb" again, let's see what alternatives the Thesaurus can offer me that make sense for this post.)

Ah, there we are, had I been able to scroll down further when I took this screenshot and still shown the word "thumb" you would have been able to see another list of verb suggestions for thumb, meaning in this case, to thumb through a book. The word I chose was "explore" so then my sentence might look like this: If you experiencing a lull in your writing you might want to "explore" the Thesaurus for post ideas.

With ideas come inspiration, with inspiration comes writing, and with writing comes online gold in the form of traffic, backlinks and advertisers!

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