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Do you sit in front of computer to write an article and don’t come up with any content idea? Ever had trouble coming up with a topic to write on at very important situations like when you have got a back link from a popular blog?
What I’m letting you know in this article will surely help you in coming up with content ideas easily without thinking for a lot of time. It’s not a guarantee. But you will see results if you follow all the 3 ways I’m listing below. People read so many books regarding making money online. But most of them don’t earn money. The fault is not with the book (in most cases). After all, the same method has worked for the author. You have to take action. Reading alone will take you nowhere. You have to plan and take action. The three ways I’m showing you below will work for you (it has worked for me) if you take action.
Without further ado, let me take you to the 3 surefire ways to get tons of content ideas.
1. Join Forums
Forums are a treasure for blog post ideas. There are people asking questions every day. People ask new questions every hour in popular forums. People come with lots of problems and they come for help to the forums. If someone has a question, surely there are many more people with the same question. Join the forums in your niche. Go to google and search for “your niche forum” without quotes. Join the forums where there is high activity level. Find questions that you can answer in your blog. Write a detailed blog post answering that question. But forums can get quiet addictive. Make sure you don’t spend a lot of time in forums.
2. Subscribe To Blogs And Social Sites
In almost any niche, you can find blogs that are running successfully. Subscribe to these blogs. I suggest you to subscribe to the smaller blogs too. Sometimes the smaller and less popular blogs are the ones that come up with great content. Keep an eye on the blogs on your niche and make sure you don’t miss any post. If someone is writing on “how to effective do article marketing”, you can develop your own method of making article marketing effective and write a post. Social sites like stumbleupon, digg etc are also great places to find content ideas.
3. Keep An Eye On The Comments Of Other Blogs
When you read blog posts on other blogs, don’t forget to check the comments section. People ask questions most of the times. The popular blogs get a lot of questions in the comments section. But due to the huge number of questions asked everyday, the blog author doesn’t write blog posts answering all the questions. But you can do that. Take a note of the questions that are repeatedly asked in the comments of other blogs. Create a file with all these questions and whenever you are struggling to get content ideas, look at the questions in the file and try answering some of them in your blog.
I’m sure if you follow all these steps, you will have a lot of topics to write on. Again, let me tell you it’s not a guarantee. It has worked for me really well. If you take action, you will see results. What is your best way for getting new content ideas? Please share it in the comments.
rob, BtG | September 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am #
all three are fine suggestions, i’d add to these to keep up on other media in your niche. world awareness of trends in your topic is a great way to get ideas and be “ahead of the curve” on new trends.
good luck all !!
Bryan | September 20th, 2008 at 12:41 pm #
3 good tips that are a sure way to get ideas. I know I hate when I want to write but can never think of a good topic.
Armand | September 20th, 2008 at 1:15 pm #
another good tips again, I’ve never thought about them and now I’ll try them out, thank you very much.
Rarst | September 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pm #
Most important thing for getting ideas - write them down immediately. There are tons of ideas flying around but most of them don’t stick for long.
I am trying to get suggestion from my readers with Skribit service but so far it is complete failure. It could work better with widget but I am waiting for new version of that. People don’t really notice links to newish non-hyped services.
SuiteJ | September 20th, 2008 at 2:20 pm #
Excellent tips. Carrying a vocie recorder around with you might help as well. How many times have you thought of a great idea while you’re stuck in traffic?
Cheers!
Jay
Pat | September 21st, 2008 at 1:05 am #
totally agreed! or reading magazines might help
EEng | September 21st, 2008 at 3:19 am #
I think blogwalking is very necessary too.
we can read many blogs and leave comments.
Ramkarthik (Post Author) | September 21st, 2008 at 3:24 am #
Rarst, Good point you have made there. It is always better to note down everything that comes to your mind. You will forget them soon if you don’t.
SuiteJ, Voice recorder is something I have to try. Good tip. Maybe I can use my mobile to record the topic ideas so I will become more productive if I hear the topic in my own voice.
Pat, magazines help a lot in creating top notch headlines. Also you might get new blog post ideas by reading them. Valid point.
Janko | September 21st, 2008 at 6:05 am #
Yeah, good points. I am sure we’re all in “good-topic-crisis” from time to time
edwin | September 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am #
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Paul | September 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am #
Mind Maps are brilliant for planning Blog posts and for idea generation.
A great way to ensure you never run out of ideas is to simply plan months ahead (even a year if you want!). It will take the pressure off; you won’t ever be stuck for ideas and you can work in fresh ideas as and when they come to you.
Hope that helps
Paul
Arjen | September 21st, 2008 at 1:03 pm #
Thanks, brilliant post!
It’s happening pretty often lately that I run out of ideas to blog about. I hope I’ll get some good ideas soon!
Ramkarthik (Post Author) | September 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 am #
Paul, Mind Maps are an excellent way to remember things. You can even use it to make the blog posts more effective but first listing what you want to write and then writing down everything in the main post.
Happy Eid | September 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am #
I agree with you. There 3 are the best ways to keep an eye on the market.
alifahru | September 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am #
I’m very interesting on blog walking for search idea for make quality content. We can mix several content on fresh quality content.