How to
Find Ideas to Write About
by Dennis Capp
Starting
a blog is easy — keeping a blog interesting and fresh is a whole other matter.
While many marketers have no trouble beginning a niche blog, the sheer number
of abandoned blogs around the 'net speaks to the fact that many marketers don’t
know what to do to keep a blog going. According to blogging experts, the key to
keeping a blog going is to post frequently. This means that you’re going to
need a ever present stream of content coming into your blog.
You may
be intimidated by the thought of having to come up with lots of topic ideas.
Finding topics for your blog posts are easy if you use the following
ideas.
1. News in your niche
Your blog
should be timely and there’s no better way to attract attention on your blog
than to tap into some ongoing news. No matter what your niche is you can find
news stories and breaking information that will help fuel timely blog posts.
Sign up for Google Alerts (it’s free) and set up alerts on important words in
your niche. This way you’ll be able to see the news in your niche and blog
about current topics.
2. Comments section
The
comments section in your blog can be a great source of writing inspiration.
Let’s say you have a post on your marketing blog about keyword research. Within
the comments section, a few people start asking about how to use keywords in
articles for article marketing. Voila! You have your next blog post. Look
through your comments section to identify topics that you can write about or
questions you can answer in the form of a blog post.
3. Resource lists
Are there
some websites or other resources that your niche needs to know about? Write a
few resource list posts. Resource lists posts are very easy to write and they
provide maximum value to your readers because they can get the information that
they need easily. When you can’t think of anything else to write about you can
pull together a helpful list for your readers.
4. Other blogs in your niche
Keep your
finger on the pulse of your niche. Watch other blogs in your niche and see what
they are writing about. You can take a different angle on the same topic, or
cover an area of the topic that the original author missed. If you disagree
with the author, feel free to go ahead and express you opinion on your blog.
Other bloggers can be a great source of information so be sure to get involved
in the community.
5. Quick tips
Start
collecting a list of quick tips you’d like to share with your niche. These can
be inspired by your personal experience with the niche, from other blog posts
you’ve read or from other products in your niche. When you find yourself stuck
for blog post ideas, you can write a quick tips post.
These
tips just scratch the surface of where you can find ideas for blog posts to
populate your blog. Start keeping a notepad file with blog post ideas and
you’ll never be at a loss for material.
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