Webs of Knowledge
Content Development System

Putting Meat on the Skeleton

1. Pace yourself

Remember the goals that you set in the preparation phase. If you forget, now's a good time to revisit and reread. If you initially set the goal of developing three units of content per week, try it out for a couple weeks. If it seems too burdensome, revise your goal. The important thing is to pace yourself and find a workload that works well.

2. Work Backwards

If possible, try developing content in thematic clusters. This should naturally occur if you start with your most specific content level and work backwards. This way you'll also naturally develop content that is relevant, reinforces itself and does not seem disjointed.

3. Don't Be Too Rigid

The process of content development should be as enjoyable as possible. If, in order to stay fresh, you need to move on to a completely different area within your topic-hiearchy, do so. Also, be willing to pursue your immediate interests, even if that means breaking outside a thematic cluster.

Conclusion

The webs of knowledge system doesn't do all the work for you (or even most of the work). It merely gives you one systematic method for brainstorming and exploring interrelated topics. Developing content always requires hard work, but if you have a general idea of topics to research and keywords to develop, your work can take on a more systematic, methodical nature, which is essential to running the long race of content development.

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