Generating Blog Post Ideas

[HTMLBasicTutor]

It's a new year and time to plan your editorial calendar for your blog so here is an article from Heidi Cohen with some ideas:

...Whether you’re at a loss for what to blog about or seeking to expand your current blog or content offering, this list of blog post ideas will help you generate new content. Go through this list of blog post idea generation examples to spark new ideas for your blog...

Blog Post Idea Generation You Can Use

[SeabassG33]

I love getting ideas from reddit threads. Does that make me a hack? In the quest for fresh, relevant content you either run out of ideas or become the content monster you always feared most.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

So while you are generating blog post ideas there is a flip side - content that sucks. Here are 27 things to avoid:

...why would someone intentionally create something that’s utterly useless for their organization or their audience?

And yet, a lot of content sucks. We’ve all seen (and sometimes created) it.

Consider this article the proverbial splash of cold water to help you wake up (or more importantly, wake your content up)...

27 Reasons Why Your Content Sucks

[SeabassG33]

Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor

So while you are generating blog post ideas there is a flip side - content that sucks. Here are 27 things to avoid:

27 Reasons Why Your Content Sucks

Yeah approaching the contra positive is a cool way of looking at this issue.

[annb]

I think looking at your competitors is sometimes a really good push to come up with a new idea. Sometimes if using the same topic and trying to outperform them in making your content/article more valuable.

[Brandon Sheley]

Two amazing sites I found just last night that will surely help everyone here come up with article ideas.

https://soovle.com/
https://answerthepublic.com/


you're welcome

[shaileshshakya]

I used to find my blog post ideas from these resources.

Analyze your blog: The idea is great because this analysis allows you to find your current benchmark. What type of content you have created and what would be your next content type. It could be either a whole SERIES of a particular category or top list articles. So, I think it’s important to analyse your blog.

Twitter: Use Twitter to discover the content that matches your blog niche.
Use Pinterest to find the top list articles

Join Facebook groups, Quora and forums to interact with the audience to know what people are missing out there.
Buzzsumo is another excellent choice for marketers to find the most viral and engaging content on social media.

[dataposters]

I usually go for coschedule and portent to generate content ideas. Ya sometimes reddit and quora as well.

[BWDHS]

I can usually bounce off of other peoples problems and then write an article/blog explaining how to do it.

For example caching a website and adding CDN can be quite a lengthy process so I just blogged it step by step to integrate into a website.

Very helpful for someone who knows very little or has little understanding how to use .htaccess and other tools.