BLOG & CONTENT IDEA!! (PART-1)

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If you want your blog to be popular, it’s essential to create a steady stream of interesting and compelling blog posts. Doing this week after week, however, can seem like a challenge. Many bloggers start off with boundless enthusiasm but then feel like they are running out of blogging topics after a few months.

There are, however, many sources from which you can draw inspiration. No matter what your topic, the list of topics you can blog about is virtually endless. The reason for this is that there are always new ideas, news and developments coming out in every field. In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the best ways to come up with great blog ideas.

Here’s an info graphic with some cool blog and content ideas for when you have brain freeze or a mental block. We’ve all been there. Sitting in front of your computer screen thinking..“Now what do I create now?”

Have a look through some of my content ideas to help you gain more traffic to your website through organic, referral links and social sources.

1. CURATION

Compile a Top ten best / favourite blog posts from other people’s blogs.

2. BEST OF TWITTER

Come up with the top 25 or 50 people to follow on Twitter within your niche.Bring attention to influencers in your industry and other colleagues, friends or accounts you discover that are sharing valuable content.
It’s a great resource for your followers and it’s a great way to get people to notice you and many are even likely to reciprocate.

3. GROUP BRAINSTORM

Ask people for ideas. Ask for their opinion on what you could create.
People to ask
– Offline friends / collegues
– Online peers
– Blogger friends
– Work contacts

4. INTERVIEW SOMEONE AUTHORITATIVE IN YOUR NICHE

Ask a handful of questions to someone that is interesting / authoritative within your niche.
It doesn’t have to be face to face. It could be via Skype or email. The great thing is you don’t have to write it yourself. The interviewee creates the content for you. This is also a good relationship building exercise.

5. ASK QUESTIONS ON REDDIT

Get ideas from sub-reddits within the niche your website resides.
You can do this by looking to see - What people are talking about?

– What they are sharing
– Ask the questions.

6. GROUP INTERVIEWS

Ask a handful of people a couple of questions ( interesting ones that people want to hear ) and create a group interview post.

7. GUEST POSTS

Invite well respected bloggers to write on your site.
This way they get access to your audience and you have a great article on your site for free.
Contact the smaller blogs that could do with the exposure and invite them to guest post on your site.

8. CREATE A RESOURCE

Create a post, infographic or video that people will find useful.
If your website is in the photography niche, why not create an Instagram Tips infographic.
Create resources that people find useful and you have a web asset that will always attract traffic.

9. CREATE A CASE STUDY

Cover an experiment you are testing with your blog or audience.
Or you could write about a success or failure that you’ve experienced within your niche.

10. REVIEW A SERVICE / PRODUCT / EXPERIENCE ON YOUR SITE

Give your opinion on a product or service you use.
You can sometimes earn money if there is an affiliate program for that product.

11. SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES

Look back at some of your most successful posts and why they did well.

12. POST SOMEONE ELSE’S INFOGRAPHIC

Look on sites like Visual.ly for inspirational infographics and write about them.
Or you can do a Google search for infographics that focus on subjects that cross over into your niche.

13. LOOK IN YOUR BLOG ARCHIVES

Repurpose an old list article into a Slideshare or Infographic.
Update an old blog post with new information.

14. HOST A COMPETITON OR GIVEAWAY

Partner with a business to offer prizes for your readers through competitions or cool stuff like games and quizzes.

15. CREATE A GLOSSARY

What are the less well known technical terms or acronyms in your niche.
Helpful resource for novices are always worth doing and will attract traffic.

16. NAME RECOGNITION

What the general election can teach you about content marketing.
What the Super Bowl can teach us about keeping fit.

17. CREATE A SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

Share your favourite music with your readers.

18. BE INTERVIEWED BY YOUR READERS

Invite your readers to submit questions about you or your blog and answer them.

19. LOOK FOR OUTDATED CONTENT

There’s so much information out there on the internet that is out of date.
Look for out dated content in your vertical and update it.

20. COMPILE USEFUL RESOURCES

A compilation of useful resources regarding your industry can create a one-stop shop for your customer base. If your audience has to come through your site or blog to access these resources, they may end up staying for a bit of a read and a bit of a shop.

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If you want your blog to be popular, it’s essential to create a steady stream of interesting and compelling blog posts. Doing this week after week, however, can seem like a challenge. Many bloggers start off with boundless enthusiasm but then feel like they are running out of blogging topics after a few months.
There are, however, many sources from which you can draw inspiration. No matter what your topic, the list of topics you can blog about is virtually endless. The reason for this is that there are always new ideas, news and developments coming out in every field. In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the best ways to come up with great blog ideas.

Here’s an info graphic with some cool blog and content ideas for when you have brain freeze or a mental block. We’ve all been there. Sitting in front of your computer screen thinking..“Now what do I create now?”

Have a look through some of my content ideas to help you gain more traffic to your website through organic, referral links and social sources.

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