What’s a #blindpost?

By Jeff Hilimire | May 31, 2012 |

I write a lot of #blindpost’s, which means I read a headline and then write a post without reading the original article to see where I’ll end up with it. I find this to be a good exercise in breaking through writers block when blogging, but also some people just come up with great ideas for articles and blog posts. So I’m a copycat, but hey at least I give them credit in my copycat post.

You can click on the category “Blind Post” on the right to see what I’m talking about. Or to save you the trouble: Blind Posts.

Posted in Blind Post

34 Comments

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    […] is a blindpost recommendation from @gumboshowjoe. You can see the original article if you want to compare (which […]



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    […] is a blindpost from this […]



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    […] HBR has a May article titled, The Most Overlooked Leadership Skill, and I thought that would make a great blindpost. […]



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    […] is a blindpost from the article, What’s the one thing successful people never do, by Bernard Marr. Sticking […]



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    […] is a blindpost based on the James Altucher article, Five Things Entrepreneurs Should Never Do. Per the blindpost […]



  14. 10 things every beginner blogger should know and things I wish I’d known #blindpost on September 30, 2013 at 7:22 am

    […] is a blindpost from the blog post, 10 things every beginner blogger should know and things I wish I’d known, […]



  15. 10 mistakes I’ve made so you won’t have to. | Leslie IRL on October 2, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    […] to Jeff Himilmire, I’ve got the #Blindpost bug. What’s a blind post, you ask? Well, I just told you. I hyperlinked it, right back there. […]



  16. 5 tips to get over those new blog heebee jeebees, and first blog post ideas! | Leslie IRL on October 17, 2013 at 12:25 pm

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  17. Top 4 jobs of a startup CEO #blindpost on October 21, 2013 at 7:26 am

    […] Johnson Cook, the dude that sits right behind me at Atlanta Tech Village, and who flew the pirate flag on top of the building last week cementing himself forever in my consciousness as a true bad@ass, wrote a post recently called, The Top 3 Jobs of a Startup CEO. I read all of Johnson’s posts, but this one sounded like the perfect blindpost so I grabbed the headline and did my own thing with it (without reading his post first), per the blindpost rules. […]



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    […] is a blindpost suggested to me by Joe* from Fast Company entitled, 10 ways to lose your best […]



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    […] is a blindpost recommended to me by my friend, Stephanie. The original article was from Entrepreneur Magazine and […]



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    […] is a blindpost from the Fast Company article: Five Hard Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Starting […]



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    […] is a blindpost suggested to me by @gumboshowjoe from this Lifehacker article. I thought it was a worthwhile topic […]



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    […] is a blindpost suggested by @gumboshowjoe (who started a new company recently!). It was posted on LinkedIn by the […]



  24. 10 questions to ask your potential employer #blindpost on March 11, 2014 at 6:10 am

    […] I saw the title for this article, 10 questions to ask your potential employer, and had to write a blindpost on it. What an interesting exercise to go through. I’d love to hear examples of how people […]



  25. 9 Things Great Leaders Say Every Day #blindpost on March 16, 2014 at 6:31 am

    […] is a blindpost suggested to me by my friend, @cubanx. It’s based on the Inc. article, 9 Things Great Leaders […]



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    […] is a blindpost from the article, 7 Things Remarkably Happy People Do Often, on Inc. I love “remarkably […]



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    […] good friend and talented writer, Stephanie, suggested that we both tackle a blindpost on the Inc. article, 10 Ways to Lose Friends and Irritate People. I then one-upped her (inside joke […]



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    […] is a #blindpost recommendation from my friend, Vlad, based on this Linkedin post. I’ve done one similar to […]



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    […] is a #blindpost on the Techcrunch article, “10 Rules Successful Startups Should Follow.” Per the […]



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    […] Cuban gave advice to 20-somethings recently via Business Insider. This sounded like a great #blindpost opportunity. Per the #blindpost rules, I took the headline and wrote my interpretation of it, […]



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    […] been a while since I’ve written a #blindpost, so I was excited when Joe sent me the article, The Two Traits Every Entrepreneur Needs. In the […]



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    […] as a first-time entrepreneur, was shared to me by Joe Koufman. I decided it would be a great #blindpost, and in the spirit of the #blindpost rules, I did not read the article but instead took the title […]



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