How to come up with a new idea.

Lets say you are trying to come up with a concept for an ad, a solution to a problem or just a different way of doing things. Begin by writing the first five things you can think of. Got them? Good, now throw them away… that’s right, throw them out because chances are the first five things you can think up are the same five things almost everyone else can too.

Now start again. Write five more ideas… not as easy is it? Now write five more… getting harder right? It’s only when you keep pushing yourself beyond where most people tend to go is when you can truly come up with something new.

Still need some inspiration? Watch this video about ideas brought to you by IdeaBlob.com



Now that you have that original idea, submit it to IdeaBlob.com It's a place where you can not only submit ideas, but have people vote on them, provide advice, even have a chance to win 10 grand. It's worth a look, among the lame ideas (Salsa Spaghetti Sauce- a salsa you can put on spaghetti and also dip your chips into!) there are good ones too, like open source policy making.



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