C an't think of what to write your next great blog post about?
We all face it at some point – long-time and newbie bloggers alike. That’s why I created this “cheat sheet” – an ultimate list of blog post ideas we can both refer back to when we need a little help.
And since it’s a super long list of blog topic ideas, I’ve categorized them so you can skip ahead if you like:
In This Guide:
- Key Takeaways Of What To Blog About In Your Next Post
- Fun Blog Post Ideas
- Peculiar Blog Post Ideas
- Meta Blog Post Ideas
- Productivity and Personal Development Ideas
- Timely Blog Posts
- Repurposed Content Blog Post Ideas
- Lifestyle Blog Post Ideas
- Inspirational Blog Post Ideas
- Educational Blog Post Ideas
- How to Come Up With Even More Blog Post Examples
You can grab any blog ideas and topics at random or choose the one that most piques your interest!
Key Takeaways On What To Blog About [Best Blog Post Ideas To Drive Traffic]
No matter your niche, these different types of blog post topics can help mix things up and keep you and your readers engaged!
- The general best ideas for blog posts can be typically be adapted and work with any niche.
- Fun ideas include sharing little-known facts, funny conspiracy theories, and favorite jokes.
- Peculiar topics like rare disorders and unsolved mysteries can quickly go viral.
- “Meta” ideas involve sharing blogging experiences, tips, and tools to engage your audience.
- Productivity and personal development posts offer valuable insights and tips for readers.
- Timely posts capitalize on current events and personal milestones to stay relevant.
- Repurpose existing content by turning tweets into blog posts or updating old posts with new information.
- Lifestyle blogs and similar topics add a personal touch to your blog, showcasing hobbies, daily routines, and travel experiences.
- Inspirational ideas share uplifting stories, quotes, and success stories to motivate and inspire readers.
- Educational posts provide valuable information and resources to help readers learn and grow.
- Brainstorm new blog post ideas that’ll work by setting goals, exploring passions, researching competitors, and breaking routines.
But let’s dive deeper to explore each topic idea in more detail!
Best Blog Post Ideas (For Any Niche)
- How-to Guides: Share step-by-step instructions and actionable tips on niche-relevant topics that you can help readers with (such as our guide on how to find your keywords in Google Analytics).
- Interview Industry Experts: Interview or even transcribe existing interviews (while interjecting your commentary to make it unique) with your niche’s thought leaders to help add credibility and showcase expertise.
- Personal Stories and Experiences: Share your experiences and unique viewpoints on a topic, such as feature articles on trending and evergreen topics that can hopefully resonate with your target audience.
- Listicles: Curate comprehensive lists on niche topics that are easy to read and highly shareable (i.e., 9 Best Blog Hosting Services, 13+ Best Google Analytics Plugins for WordPress, or 50+ Digital Products to Sell).
- Case Studies and Success Stories: Discuss specific examples of success within your niche to go beyond theory and highlight real-world applications and techniques to your readers.
- Vs. Posts: Compare products, strategies, or ideas within your industry to help readers understand the nuances between related topics and make informed decisions.
- Ultimate Guides: Offer up full-blown coverage of a specific topic with the intention to create the best go-to resource of the topic available on the internet (such as our Ultimate Guide to Guest Posting).
- Trend Analysis: Discuss current trends in your niche by analyzing historical trends to help predict possible future directions.
- Problem-Solving Posts: Identify common problems within your niche and offer effective solutions. These posts can be similar to how-to guides but can also be more personal and editorial.
- Guest Posts: If you determine it to be helpful to your blog and readers – you can accept guest posts by other bloggers on topics you haven’t already covered to diversify your content and potentially reach new audiences.
Fun Blog Post Ideas
These blog content ideas are great for personal blogs, but they can also work for business and professional blogs to help your readers get to know you a little better.
- Share a list of little-known facts about yourself, your business, or your blog niche.
- Write an article about a funny conspiracy theory behind a well-known event.
- Share your favorite jokes.
- Show what’s in your bag, your fridge, your wardrobe, or on your bookshelf.
- Talk about a famous person you’d like to meet and what you’d like to ask them.
- Compare reality versus life in a movie.
- Share DIY ideas or life hacks you’ve used in your own life.
- List ways to surprise your spouse, parents, or kids.
- Talk about your pet and the cute things it does.
- Share your favorite coffee shops or places to read a good book.
- Organize a viral giveaway or gift ideas to grow your blog traffic.
Unique Blog Ideas
These weird and interesting topics to write about can sometimes go viral! Try adding a video to your post to boost your chances even more.
- Talk about rare or unknown disorders and their symptoms.
- Counter popular myths with facts.
- Share myths or mistakes from your favorite movie.
- Look into the most mysterious places in the world, like the Bermuda Triangle.
- Talk about your personality type or astrological sign.
- Share famous predictions and prophecies about the world from Nostradamus or others.
- List the top haunted places in the world or in your neighborhood.
- Talk about unsolved mysteries. They could be famous, local, or even personal mysteries in your own life.
- Write a case study on a mysterious place near you.
- Share facts or traditions from a culture that’s very different from your own.
- Create a blog post listing reasons why you should do something related to your niche.
“Meta” Blog Topic Ideas
If you’ve been blogging for a while, why not share your experiences, tips, tools, and WordPress plugins that you use on your blog?
- What sets your blog apart from others in your niche?
- What tools and software do you use for your content and images?
- What’s your process for blog writing and editing?
- Ever faced a technical problem with your website? How did you resolve it?
- Create an infographic post with stats from your blog.
- Discuss the best ways you’ve found to learn how to write.
- Ever had writer’s block before? How did you handle it?
- Have you ever switched your blog hosting or changed blogging platforms? Why, and how did it go?
- Ever tried drafting a post while traveling? How did it work out for you?
- What tips would you give someone who’s just starting a blog?
- What strategy has worked the best for you to grow your blog traffic? What strategy failed?
- How do you increase your followers on social media?
- How do you build relationships with other bloggers in your niche?
- Talk about the blogging mistakes you have made for others who want to write to avoid.
- Why did you decide to start a blog?
- Share your blog’s traffic and earning numbers.
Below is a great example of a “meta” type blog post with a case study from WPForms:
Productivity and Personal Development Ideas
Everyone wants to know how to be more productive! As a blogger, you surely have your own tips and tricks to make the most of your time, so share them with your readers.
- Share a list of your favorite blog productivity tools and apps and how you use them.
- How do you beat procrastination and meet deadlines?
- What are your quick tips for better or faster writing?
- What’s your biggest regret? What would you have done differently?
- Share the biggest lesson you’ve learned in life and how you learned it.
- Discuss the best ways you’ve found to learn how to write.
- What are the best habits you have in your life right now? How did you form them?
- Set a milestone and start a 10-day challenge. Write a blog content series talking about it, and summary at the end of the challenge.
- Share your bucket list.
Timely Blog Posts
What’s going on in your life right now? Chances are you can write a post about it!
- Write a list post for your birthday that corresponds to your age. You could share a list of goals, lessons, favorite memories, or facts about yourself.
- Consider if any special occasions are coming up that you could write your blog post about.
- Tell your visitors about a launch that you just attended.
- Do you have a favorite festival? Any fond memory that you have about it?
- Talk about an inspirational movie that you’ve just seen.
- What’s in trend in your industry that’s happening right now?
- Talk about a blogging milestone, like the day when you got your 100th subscriber or reached a certain number of website visitors.
- Share your plans or traditions for an upcoming holiday or vacation.
- Share your thoughts on turning 20, 30, 40, 50…
- Talk about a recent event in the news and the broader implications of it.
Blog Ideas Using Repurposed Content
Repurposing content is a trick that smart bloggers use to save time and effort.
Check out these ideas to get new opportunities by repurposing your existing content. You won’t need to write a whole new post!
- Republish one of your Twitter threads in a blog post format to reach a whole new audience.
- Compile a roundup of Tweets about a certain topic or news item, and add your own thoughts.
- Have a YouTube channel? Use your most popular video to write a blog post by creating a transcription file.
- Update an existing blog post with new information.
- Turn a single post into a series of blog posts by making each point elaborate and comprehensive.
- Compile expert tips from popular people and other business owners in your industry.
Lifestyle Blog Post Ideas
These blogging ideas are great for a personal lifestyle blog topics or travel blogs but also work in just about any niche. Even a business blog can show a personal side now and then to build a closer relationship with their customers.
- Talk about your writing or working space and why it works well for you.
- What are your hobbies? How did you get started in them?
- What does a typical day in your life look like?
- Talk about your fitness routine.
- Write about your recent travel experience.
- What are some points to consider before you plan a vacation?
- List your favorite books that you have read.
- Write about the perks of blogging and making money online.
- How do you stay organized?
- What’s your favorite hideout or hangout spot, and why do you like it?
- Talk about how you decorated your home.
- Promote a cause that you’re passionate about.
Inspirational Blog Post Ideas
These ideas are great for when you’re feeling a bit burned out and need more blogging inspiration or want to share your inspiration with your readers.
- List the top bloggers in your niche who inspire you with their work.
- Put together a list of underrepresented people in your industry.
- Share a list of things or activities that put you in a good mood.
- Write about how to balance work and family life.
- Talk about the best goal-setting planners.
- Share the success story of a popular person with a humble background.
- Share a list of your favorite inspirational quotes.
- Talk about your latest creative project. Bonus if you took photos along the way!
Educational Blog Topic Ideas
Everyone loves useful blog posts, and they tend to drive a lot of shares and traffic to your blog. That’s why educational blog posts are a great choice for any type of blog.
- Talk about a process – step by step.
- Write a frequently-asked-questions (FAQ) post.
- Review a book or product in your niche.
- Share a list of resources to learn about a certain topic.
- Share a skill you recently learned and how you learned it.
- Compare two different products and pick a winner.
How to Come Up With Even More Blog Post Ideas and Examples
Have you used all these ideas already? Want to know how to come up with your own? Here are a few strategies for brainstorming your own great ideas.
1. Figure Out What You Want to Achieve
I’m always surprised when people start new blogs without a long-term goal. It’s always good to start with the end in mind.
Do you want to make $100k a year? Do you want to attract new clients for your business? Or do you simply want to practice your writing?
Figure out what your goals are and who your target audience is first.
Once you do, it’ll be clear what type of blog post you should be writing about.
2. Start With Your Passions
As a beginner, I think the best thing is to start with a topic you’re passionate about, even if you aren’t a complete expert on it.
I say this because it is really hard to maintain the motivation to do “the boring stuff” when you don’t care about the topic. Writing your first blog post can be tough.
So, find something you love and explore that topic with your blog readers.
This is why a fashion blog can do so well – you don’t need to be an expert to succeed. You just need to share your style in a way that makes people want to read your post.
3. Research the Competition
One great way to generate blog post ideas we’ve found over the years is to examine your competition and see if you can do better than them.
In a world of many billions of blogs, you need to stand out from the competition.
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You don’t really need to be 100% original, but you do need to find a way to be different and distinctive. In a world of many billions of blogs you need to stand out. You could even ask your competitors to participate on your blog!
So keep an eye on what your fellow bloggers are working at, their style of presentation, the topics they cover, and their content in general.
4. Break Your Routine
One of the most amazing advantages of blogging is that you don’t have to restrict yourself on a desk. You can blog from anywhere.
Use that to your advantage. If you feel stuck trying to come up with blog post ideas, just head out to a place you like and boost your brainwaves.
5. Remember Your Purpose
I don’t want to get all mushy here, but I’ve found that the most important thing to remember when you run a blog is to try to help people.
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that the thousands of hits that your website gets are made up of real-life human beings.
Each of them is looking for a solution to a problem.
If you really try to pour your heart and soul into helping them discover a solution, you will find that your content becomes better quality, and your readers become more interested in hearing from you.
And, at the end of the day, even if you don’t become rich and famous, you can still say that you helped a few people get through the day.
6. Look At What’s Trending
Check what’s currently popular on social media like niche-related Facebook groups, subreddits again related to your niche, news outlets or sites like Flipboard, or trending search queries.
Then, think about how you can provide your perspective or fresh take on those hot topics.
Although not exactly evergreen, sometimes a unique, fresh take on a trending topic can be a viral hit, resulting in lots of shares and big traffic numbers from Google Discover.
This could be covering a news event where you offer your analysis and opinions or a behind-the-scenes look at relevant news or industry events. Or it could even reflect popular opinions or comments you’ve seen in niche groups.
7. Ask Your Audience and Solve Their Problems
Saving the best for last we have getting ideas from your audience – or ideal target audience.
There is no better way to curate a list of topic ideas without paying for an expensive keyword research tool like Ahrefs or Semrush than simply checking in on your target audience.
You can do this – again – by checking what topics are getting the most engagement on niche-related subreddits and Facebook groups. Or, if you have your own:
- Simply ask questions to your audience,
- Check comments on your blog posts for ideas,
- Or create audience surveys using a tool like WPForms (this is one of the ways the tool was originally validated – and it’s continued to evolve ever since).
- Easy drag and drop form builder
- Create awesome surveys in minutes
- Customizable form fields
- Ready-made form templates
- Integrates with popular email marketing services
- Prevents spam through its anti-spam feature
- Looks great on the frontend
Blog Post Ideas In Closing
These were some examples of blog posts that might help you come up with some new and creative content for your blog. I hope you find this post helpful.
I hope this article was a helpful blog for you. If you have already figured out your next blog topics to write, check out our guide on SEO for bloggers to ensure your posts get found!
And if you ever get stuck for ideas when coming up with a new article or blog – I’d love to hear your strategies for getting through it, so please leave me a comment below.
Awesome post Ramsay, particularly poignant. The biggest take away from this that I agree wholeheartedly with is having a strategy.
Once you have a strategy and know what your target is, then thinking up content is a lot easier, also you can use tools like Buzz Sumo to see what articles are doing well in your niche. That’s a valid way of finding ideas to help achieve your goals.
Thanks Steve. Great suggestion!
I think blogs that inspire also do well. Many of us want to find escape, seek inspiration or even something to aspire to.
One of my top tips is to take a moment to step outside of your own life and see what you take for granted as every day that others might find interesting. Often what seems mundane to us is fascinating to others. My favourite posts to read are ‘Day in the Life’ posts. I love to know what others are up to.
Awesome! I love this Elizabeth.
I hate to say this, I really do…you covered everything and I have nothing to add.
🙂
Holy crap!
“Miniaturize your topics” You took the words right from me. This immediately came to mind as soon as I saw this post’s title. This strategy not only opens the door for tons of topic ideas but helps to reduce bounce rate.
For example, I’m about to write a post on a broad-ish topic. The headings I’m using within that post will become individualized posts themselves over the next few weeks. And within those individual posts, I’ll link back to the “main” post and the other individual posts (even though I’m not treating these posts as an official series). Because the topics of these posts will be highly relevant to each other, my hope is that the person who lands on one of the posts (via Pinterest, Instagram, etc) will be just as interested in the others, therefore keeping the reader on my blog and reducing bounce rate.
This is awesome! Please let me know how it goes.
Filled with pure content as always.
1 thing I recently did was sit down and come up with as many topic ideas in one go. Kinda like in a depository so when I’m ready I can go back when I’m stuck.
Especially when starting a new blog you can get overwhelmed with it all.
Another cool thing I discovered for this topic depository method, was to use Buzzsumo.com and search for the most popular posts on some of my favorite blogs / sites. Then see if there’s a variation of the title I could use for my own niche.
When I get stuck I can always go back to that initial list of post titles I created.
Nicely done. Seems like a few people are using this website now.
Some great info in this post thanks Ramsay!
Actually sometimes I have the exact opposite problem…. My brain goes into overdrive thinking about all the stuff I want to write about!
This usually happens while I’m driving somewhere or out for a run… ie not when I’m trying to force out the title for my next blog!
I use the google keep app on my phone to let me dictate the title or idea and then convert it to a text note so I can remember it in the future
Cheers
Mike
Look at you with all your ideas! Ha ha. Thanks for sharing mate.
This is great.
I especially like the bit where you give me a shout out and link back to my blog. That’s the most valuable part of the post 🙂
No, but seriously… My gang and I write blog posts for a whole bunch of different industries – and coming up with engaging topic ideas week after week (especially for something like ‘health & safety’) can be hard.
One of the things that really helps us though, is getting these companies to ask their clients what they want to know. If you want to provide real value and find out what your target readers are looking for – ask them!
Oh – and ‘having a goal’ is another really important point you’ve made, Ramsay. Whatever you do in marketing; always have a goal. Always.
Cheers mate
Yep, that was totally the best part of the post. Thanks for all your work lately.
LOVE the Content Idea Generator, Ramsay!
I also use http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/
to come up with headlines that appeal to the emotions of my readers.
Thanks,
Sue
Oh I haven’t seen this one. Thanks for sharing.
One amazing post! I truly need to think about some of these things. When I was writing my posts because I wasted to, without an intention of making a profit, I never ran out of ideas. Now that I started thinking about turning my blog into a real business, starting over and overthinking the content I stopped writing.
I will definitely think about the things you mentioned above. Thank you!
Hope it helps!
Great post Ramsay,
There is one more thing which is annoying when starting blog.
It is “how to write your first post ?”
Hope you will give a solution to this.
Faizan
I think your first post should be one that really sets the scene for your blog. A super long and detailed article that gets the attention of the world. Make it your best work.
To be honest, I have a hard time knowing what a content strategy is.
I have plenty of ideas of articles, I did research and know they answer questions people ask and give solutions to problem they have. But I just don’t see what it means to have a content strategy. Isn’t posting useful content that make visitors happy a strategy already?
For example, my blog is about learning French. So would it be a strategy to say that I post:
-A product review every Monday
-An article with advice on how to learn every wednesday
-A video every Saturday
Etc.
It would be awesome if you could write an article on how to choose a content strategy and what having a content strategy really means.
-I
Hey there.
I have an article coming up soon all about this. This was also one of the things I wanted to cover in more detail with my Private Coaching.
The main idea is to just make sure you know what your long term goal is. For example, if you are going to sell an eCourse you want to make sure all your posts are leading up to that sale.
Nice post Ramsay! I definitely agree with you on having a strategy.
Whenever I get stuck on blog ideas, I just go back to basics. I find there’s an endless supply of material when I write and create posts that solve very a basic need for my audience. I also like “miniaturizing” topics, as you can really focus on a specific way to solve a problem.
Cheers,
Rashelle
Yeah I think the evergreen ones are always a safe bet, if you do them well.
Great post! Ramsay. I am new to blogging and just starting to learn about this. I appreciate your advice and helpful tips.
One thing that I’ve recently noticed is the amount of information you can get from social media. If you join a group in your niche you can ask your community for advice or suggestions and just put your own spin or experience related to your topic.
Great tip!
I love the suggestions to solve problems + miniaturize topics. I find there’s always something I’m going through that I can offer how I resolved it, and trust that somewhere, someone is probably going through the same thing. Offering that encouragement is part of my whole strategy, so it works out well.
Miniaturize topics is something I really need to work on–it’s easy to make broad strokes and I forget the power of piecing it down to smaller, more simple points. And breaking it down gives me more to write about–win win for both sides 🙂
Good reminders!
Thanks for stopping by Steph! Always nice to see you here.
I love these points . . .
“Remember your strategy
The first thing you really want to do is remember your strategy. Every blog post that you do should be something that helps to fulfil one of your strategic goals. Never post just for the sake of adding a new article or driving a little bit of traffic.
Make a strategy
If you don’t have a strategy then you really need to make one! It’s something that I talk about a lot but I really can’t stress enough how important it is to know why you are blogging.”
One of the best sites I’ve seen do this through the years for products they want to launch is Copyblogger. It seems to me that they sit down and think about the question, “What does our perfect prospect have to believe in order to be sincerely psyched up about this product/service we’re looking to release? Is there anything we can ask them that would help us make the product/service even more enticing?”
It then seems that they proceed to build a list of blog posts focused on addressing the slew belief systems (example: “Why email marketing is far from dead”) that the market may indulge in pertaining to this topic and that shift the market’s focus to a more resourceful direction, and then they end the content with questions that would bring them a better understanding of what the perfect prospects wants to hear and what they want to see answers to.
This method of slow cooking the market with blog posts leading up to a product release helps you make sure that when you do finally offer something, you’ve done 90% of your selling already in a stealth, relaxed, helpful manner and as an awesome side benefit your offer gets finely tuned to the point where it titillates your perfect prospects’ pleasure glands so that a cursory overview of “Here’s what I’ve got, here’s what it will do for you, and here’s what to do now” invitation along with a super chill autoresponder sequence is all you need come launch day in order to haul in the cash.
That’s been an awesome lesson I’ve learned from those guys (and Frank Kern) on ideas that give you content that sells and educates both you and the market.
But if someone is not looking to release a product, but is instead just looking for something to talk about, it is still helpful to be strategic, at bare minimum, about the topic of “What does this person need to believe about me and my chosen topic I’m addressing?”
Last week consisted of me putting together the strategic mind map for a client that I call “The Story of You” which always begins with a 25 page questionnaire they fill out that usually expands to around 40 pages when they fill it out.
In this instance, the answers to these questions gave me no less than 45 narratives that could be addressed singularly in blog posts as well as other messages.
So for example, the story of this guy passing his flight exam that allowed him to become a fighter pilot is but one of these 45 narratives that perfectly lends to a theme for a post that helps him communicate to his list a lesson about being scared but that having a mentor helped him through the situation which then segues into the 7 Things You Need To Know About Getting The Attention And The Adoration Of A World Class Mentor.
It is my strong belief that you do not influence with information. (You inform.) You do not influence with education. (You educate.)
People do not want more information.
They’re up to their eyeballs in information.
They want FAITH – faith in you – Your goals, your success, your experience, your expertise. Faith in “your way” for them, that will give them their goals, give them success like yours. Faith in themselves and their ability or likelihood of getting the goals shown to them.
“Story is the path to faith.”
The Story Factor by Anne Simmons
Influential people demonstrate authority – why they’re qualified to tell people how to live and why they should listen to them…
But contrary to what many people think, authority comes more so from personal narrative than your resume of qualifications or credentials.
This is why I build a narrative list first for clients that answers the question of, “What does the perfect prospect for this client have to believe about them in order for them to fall in love with them?”
My questionnaire and our intake calls elicit the client’s beliefs, values, and the significant segments of their personal history that allow for them have a visual display of topics that need to be addressed in blog posts, autoresponder messages, sales letters, interviews, etc. in order for their perfect prospect to become a raving fan of theirs.
When you don’t answer the question of, “What does my perfect prospect have to believe about me in order fall in love with this site and becoming the next best version of themselves relevant to this topic?” then you just end having a blog that consists of you rambling and blabbing about yourself with sporadic lessons taught here and there or… a blog that randomly displays content boringly much as a text book does.
It’s the personal narratives combined with the rock solid content that wins over hearts.
For anyone who is looking to build content in this way and is willing to put in the ugly work of building your own personal narrative list so that the process of pumping out content becomes massively more effective and easy, I would direct you to go get Dan Kennedy’s “Influential Writing” Course. Hands down, best money you’ll ever spend to get this area of your business handled.
It is far from cheap, but WELL WORTH THE MONEY if you are interested in having people fall in love with your site.
I thank you Ramsay for reminding me of the valuable lessons you have in your post. Taking the time to be strategic is not something fun to be reminded of but it will make your life WAY easier if you will allow yourself to do it.
PS. Very cool that you know about “twisting your hips” when throwing punches. Whenever I’m teaching this topic to people, I have adults think of mashing out a cigarette with the foot that should be twisting forward as the result of twisting your hips into the punch, and I have kids think of mashing a bug. When people get this tactic, their punches become ten times stronger. 🙂
Dude! Again with the awesome comments! Thank you so much.
And yes, after 10 years of boxing and martial arts I learned about the hips. 🙂
Love your teaching device there. That’s cool.
Hi Ramsay,
a great post. I assume that this time, you actually didn`t know what to write about, and then it turned into this post. Nah, just kidding 🙂
I like that you talk about strategy, which I think is something many bloggers forget or don`t prioritize.
Why do we write blog posts? Here the answer should be to help others and to GIVE value. If your blog posts doesn`t do either of those, you are probably writing a “master of the universe” blog for yourself, where the only reader is also…(yes, you guessed correct) youself.
The case you mentioned, where people who are blogging about helping people make money online, when they haven`t made it themselves, is just frightening.
That would be the same as having a driving instructor who can`t drive a car help you with practicing for the driver`s license. That is so wrong in so many ways. Sorry for being blunt here.
What I do when I am thinking about new topics to write about I do the following:
– research the competitors and make a topic with a different perspective
– listen to the people: twitter search, facebook statuses, and blog comments
– break a big topic into smaller topics
– read books about your topic to gain more knowledge
– change your routine (to become more creative)
– think outside the box
– make yourself a guinea pig – and use your testing a case study
I did the latter about goal setting. The title was “How I Lost 13 Pounds In 29 Days Without Starving (SMART Goals Examples)”.
So even though the case study was about me losing weight, it was about goal setting and the system I used to set and reach my goals.
Thinking outside the box and expanding your comfort zone, can give you new ideas on topics to write about.
Anyway, that was my five cents.
Tor Refsland
Hey Tor.
Good metaphor about the driving instructor. I totally agree.
Thanks for the awesome comment!
I agree great post Ramsey, I am seeing you change in your blogging style and
Love it.
I am learning from you as well.
So many heartfelt thanks for all the posts.
🙂 <3 Annamarie
Hi Annamarie. What changes have you noticed?
Your posts are hands-down the best on the net. They’re realistic, yet encouraging. I subscribe to others, yet find myself returning to the Blog Tyrant. I write out of sheer joy, and have yet to allow responses to my posts. (Perhaps I’m just too fragile for criticism being a two-month neophyte and all).
Your bottom line – try and help people- is my mantra. I hope I’m helping people by leaving family, friends and readers with a legacy of stories and pleasant memories and some very personal opinions.
Thank you, my friend. I call you that because you practice your bottom line. Every day. Every post. Every message.
Sincerely,
Sonia at http://www.gravel-roads.com
Thanks Sonia. That means a lot. Really appreciate it.
Ramsay, thanks for this post. This is a real life blogger problem! I think your best point is to make a strategy. I keep a normal brainstorming format for things I would like to talk about, and highlight possible points and supporting details, as well as desired outcomes.
Sometimes, your mind is just done! no brain cells. But i noticed when you keep notes throughout the day, by the time you are ready, you can have plenty of possible content. I literally have a possible few weeks worth of post ideas and outlines in backlog haha.
Thanks again.
So true. I’ve been there…
In my blog, I write about difficult situations that I encounter in my industry. There is no shortage of problems that need to be overcome.
Solve a problem.
Evergreen.
RACHELLE!!! 🙂
Hi Ramsey
Thanks for another informative piece. I always learn so much here. I sometimes run out of things to write about too. Other times I seem to get many opportunities for inspiration, being a mom and writing about parenting and children with the role of our beliefs, sometimes things just happen and I know it must be happening to other parents too. When I get more than one idea I write a basic plan for the post and it’s ready or pic up at another time.
Thank you
I seriously don’t know how parents do it. Must be so hard to find the time.
Once you have a topic sorted out, I think that deciduous topics (ones that go in and out of season) are a great strategy, because they give you an excuse to promote your content on social media on a regular basis.
Interesting. I haven’t thought of that before. Do you have an example?
Nice post, Looks you can deep inside enough to write out. You get a lot of tips even you are in very deep.
Learn a lot !!
cheers !
Yiannis
Thanks.
maybe you can write about how you managed to stay unidentified(if you allow me to say so) for almost two years. That would be one epic post in itself
I have never thought of that idea. I will think about it. Thanks mate.
You could also write about technique to write a detailed post on “miniaturizing” and how to align them to one parent article
Yes I have a draft post for that one going at the moment. Very good idea.
Hi,
In your blog I’m first time. This year, I’ve decided to finally build my own online successful business and I’m going to use my blog to document every step of the way. I’ll try to start in Internet Marketig. Is it not too late to try this niche?
Gedas
I don’t recommend it unless you have a lot of experience in it. But who knows. You might be good at it.
Hi, enjoying the post as always.
This one though, seems maybe the wrong way round.
If you don’t have something to write about, then maybe it’s not the time to be blogging.
Part of writing good, engaging content, is the realisation that you should be posting something that has something to say to other people.
While it might sound ‘unfun’, to consider what might be other people’s problems, or at least interests. It does actually make sense, if you don’t have something that meets those needs / interests, then maybe it’s a day to take the dog out.
One small positive comment at my end, I’m having my first mini viral surge for a blog post this morning, 1000+ views already. So thanks, I have been applying what you’ve taught me. Cheers S
http://sarahpaddleswim.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/why-is-ultimate-frisbee-such-a-breeding-successful-ground-for-creatives-and-tech-superstars/
Congrats on the traffic!
I mostly agree with what you say about the knowing of what you want to write. But I guess I wanted to encourage people anyway because a lot of people still want to try a blog or practice their writing but don’t know where to get started.
I guess it’s kind of like sport – someone might want to try a new team sport for fitness, socialising, etc. but not be sure about what one.
Hi Ramsay,
Remembering your problems always helped me to find posts, during both my lean years and prospering years. Good tips! We make things complex by moving away from what works. Don’t overthink it. Think through problems from your past or present and you’ll find readers and bloggers with similar problems now. We as newbies – or even veterans – have a darn tough time with certain aspects of blogging. For me, networking was a biggie but getting 100% clear on my blog topic, and not straying, was so darn important for me to embrace….and I fought it, like a dingbat 😉
Now I build many of my eBooks and a fair share of posts around some idea of getting clear on your blog and your ideal readers. I write for people who want to retire to a life of island hopping through smart blogging. I blog for nobody else cause that’s what I’m serving at Blogging from Paradise. Knowing this I can easily build my blog top-down around that tagline. I need not try to right for any other audience because my good old audience is waiting for me, if I speak their language and make my blog vibe with them, on a top-down basis.
Tweeting from Bali. Thanks Ramsay!
Ryan
I love the part about taking action. A lot of people get caught up in an event that will change their life for the better. Events don’t do anything, it’s constant pro-activity toward being successful. I think just starting a blog to learn what works and doesn’t work for you is the best way to start to formulate an idea on the specific thing you want to blog about.
Thanks for the great post!
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Great post Ramsay ! As always !
I would like to tell you, I just want to start blogging and the question in my brain was hitting me “what to blog about ? ”
Thank you , for the helpful and poignant post.
I agree with your point that says ” You don’t really need to be original but you do need to find a way to be different and distinctive.”
Thank you very much !
I have a similar problem that for some reason, no blogging expert has talked about. What about when you’ve got several ideas? How do you decide what to write then? For example, I’ve got about a dozen ideas for a site/blog. But I don’t know which one to start with.
Write down all your ideas. It doesn’t matter whether you are ready to write something on it at that point of time. Pick out the idea which is closest to your blog’s theme.
After writing a post on that idea, you will get a clear picture of which other ideas are complementary to the post that you just wrote. At least you’ll get a head start.
Good article, thanks! Yes, there is some “evergreen” content that performs successfully: lists of “top”, reviews, guides “how-to”… It works almost in every niche.
Great read.
Great Suggestions.
Thank you for all the great ideas! I am just starting to Blog. I feel it would be a great way for a varied audience to learn from my experiences.
So happy I found you! Wonderful tips! I am feeling my passion for writing blog posts again. You have given me options I didn’t think of before.
I enjoy reading an article that can make people think. Also, thank you for permitting me to comment!
Great post and some fantastic Information.
Thanks for your tips! They’ve helped a lot in the presentation, content and success of my blog! Cheers!
Happy you found these ideas helpful, Terri! 🙂
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