Comments on: Friday Q&A: How to Come Up With a Lot of Blog Post Ideas

By: Ry McDonald

Ry McDonald — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:30:48 +0000

You could easily re-phrase this question as, “how do you have something to say every week?” and that comes down to having enough inputs to process. I think the importance of #1 can’t be overstated.

We often set aside time to stare at the blank screen when we should be exploring the work of others, both inside and outside of our own niche. Going “laterally” to your core topics to read about nearby topics can be a huge help.

re: #2 – My Evernote is an organized mess. I have a running lists of hundreds of terrible content ideas, well over 100 abandoned blog posts, and a massive Swipe File. I have no excuses.

Also, I just published a book that goes super deep into content ideation. My framework could be helpful for your audience: https://www.iteratemarketing[dot]com/content-marketers-guide-to-ideation/

By: Scott Horlbogen

Scott Horlbogen — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:34:58 +0000

Hi Alex great content as usual! I think #3 is critical…………unless we are writing about what is important to our customers, what’s the point?

By: Dmitry Dragilev

Dmitry Dragilev — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:38:40 +0000

I actually love this article the team at SumoMe published on how to “Generate dozens of ideas, publish daily and collect 830+ leads in 60 days…even if your site’s brand new.” Pretty great break down. Alex – Have you read this?

https://sumome.com/stories/content-creation

By: Stuart of Vacord Screen Printi

Stuart of Vacord Screen Printi — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:37:17 +0000

One thing I love to do to come up with blog topic ideas is to survey a target demographic and ask what they would want to learn more about. I do this with Mechanical Turk, or a tool like https://userinput.io

For example, I surveyed graphic designers to find out what they would want to know more about screen printing, and I got several blog topic ideas that I know will resonate with the designers.

By: Marvin Russell

Marvin Russell — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:37:02 +0000

My #1 strategy is to always make and keep a checklist of blog ideas at all times. Never plan on writing a blog and coming up with an idea right before you starting writing. That’s a huge mistake. Have a checklist of ideas and topics that are ready to go and that you are constantly adding to.