Have you reached that point with your Web site or online project to where you think you have done everything you can do? Maybe you are not out of content ideas. Maybe you just need to look at spreading yourself out into more directions. Now I am not talking about covering more content - I am talking about bringing the content to folks in new and interesting ways.

Think of your Web site as a tree. Right now if you have one type of content, your tree is just one long stick that goes straight up into the air. You need to add some branches. Now what could your branches be?

How about adding a set of forums to your Web site? Forums are a good way to give your large community a place to post and share ideas. It is also a fun place to just hang out and discuss whatever your Web site is about.

How about adding a podcast? These days it seems like almost every subject has podcast about it, so there is no reason why your voice should not be in the mix. This gives your viewers an interesting and unique selection of content that your competitors might not be doing.

You could always install something like WordPress and give people a daily dose of your personal thoughts as well. This would drive people to check out your Web site every day, no matter if they come through via the RSS feed or via the Web site itself.

The one thing I want you to take away from this is that no door should be left shut. As your online brand gets bigger, you should branch out to make sure you are giving all these folks a reason to stick around.

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