The Easy Way to Recycle Your Article Ideas

All you need is a plan to expand your reach and increase your income potential

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I’m an avid recycler. It’s good for the environment, and it keeps my work and living spaces clutter-free. It also comes in handy for writing because it expands the potential profit of my articles and lets me stretch my research across multiple media and audiences. My motto is: Everything needs to do double and triple duty.

Here’s how I do it for my writing, using an example from one of my early Medium articles: 4 Quick Ways to Improve Your Mood.

Plan to recycle your research and audience

Before you write anything, create a mindmap of your topic and identify possible article ideas it leads to.

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The mindmap shows you how to easily recycle your research to cover as many related ideas as possible. For example, you can expand your research on reframing moods to include advice about how to reframe specific situations that typically trigger bad moods like being cut off in traffic, having an argument with a partner, or being disappointed when plans fall…