July 16, 2017
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Struggling to find interesting blog post ideas
for your blog?
Want your blog to succeed, too?
It takes a lot of determination and
persistence to write blog posts on daily basis that make your blog
sizzle, viral, or “hot”. I know many bloggers who produce excellent content.
Their approach is different, out of the box and it makes them extraordinary.
Therefore I have made a list of blog post ideas that most likely make your
blog more interesting.
This list is more than enough to keep you busy for the whole
year.
#1 Run a contest – I’ve run blog contests on this site
before, and all I can say is that it gives great attention and new traffic
to your blog.
#2 Review books/products/films – Reviews deliver a lot of value to your
followers, and people are constantly looking for honest opinions, not the fake
ones that the web is full of.
#3 Make comprehensive guide/tutorial – If you’re a professional in a field or
know some topics extra well, feel free to help the ones who have less skills
and experience than you do. Tutorials and guides provide a lot of value, which
can help drive traffic and convert followers. As an experienced blogger, I
teach others how to start blogging.
#4 Interview someone – Know any celebrities or people who
have great stories behind their work/life/career? Interviews are extremely
popular in two cases: a) you deliver an interview with a famous person who
rarely speaks in public or b) your shares rally insanely useful and practical
tips and content.
#5 Post a cool infographic – Infographics help to visualize
complicated data, and they’re hugely popular these days. As always, when
something becomes mainstream, the overall quality is poor. So, if you’re not a
designer, hire one to get a viral infographic that stands out from the crowd.
#6 Criticize a website/blog or a person – The web and blogs are great for
discussion, opinions and criticizing. Nevertheless, if you are brave enough to
say some crispy words about someone, make sure your text has strong arguments
and is based on real facts. Random ranting is pointless.
#7 Make a post full of GIFs – GIFs are the symbol of online
entertainment and humor. There are thousands of GIFs and generators that help
to produce new ones.
#8
Create a photo post – Share your favorite photos from your niche or
personal photos from your latest traveling adventure. Keep in mind that if
you’re not the author, you should always give credit to the original
photographer by providing a link.
#9 Tell a personal secret - We all have our dreams as well as
secrets. Sharing them publicly gives very engaging content to the followers. As
much as people love rumors, they love to know the dirty little secrets of other
people.
#10 Write inspirational/motivational post with
famous quotes – People need
little kicks to get going and get things done. Big things start from small
ones, and motivational posts can do miracles. Here’s one of the best quotes
from Steve Jobs: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living
someone else´s life.” Here are some tips for using
quotes in your posts.
#11 Share recent travel experiences – Travel blogs and posts are popular,
and there are people who earn a living solely from writing about their
adventures. Sharing inspiration and tips from your adventures is very useful to
your audience, whether you're in the travel industry or not. In case you
haven’t traveled for a while, publish the best or worst experiences you’ve had
in certain countries/airline companies/etc.
#12 Host a giveaway – Have you ever thought why products
like GoPro become more and more popular with each day? They do giveaway
campaigns regularly. People love free stuff, and taking advantage of that helps
you reach new audiences.
#13 Write down a conspiracy theory – Have you heard about all the number
theories behind important events and people? Now it’s time to start a new one;
let your imagination free, or simply share you opinions about the known ones.
#14 Show log files of intense conversations – Who doesn’t like to read log-files
that are somewhat offensive?
#15 Write a short story – No previous experience with writing
fiction? Publish your short story (about 200 – 500 words), and ask your
followers for feedback.
#16 Sing a song – Great artists and singers are not born
overnight. First, they’ll have to discover their talent. Find your new hobby or
passion in music.
#17 Create a list of something – People are lazy. They don’t want to
waste time on searching and gathering information. That’s the reason why lists
are popular. Create a TOP10, or better yet, a TOP100 list. Lists of movies,
books, influential people, or any other topic can easily generate buzz.
#18 Write down all the thoughts you had in
mind today – This is pretty
mind, but if you are bored, then you can try this method as well.
#19 Share your goals/dreams publicly – Write down all your goals for the current
year or dreams where you want to be in 5 years time. It gives nice pressure and
motivation to achieve the goals, and it will excite your loyal followers.
#20 Make a link carnival and ask others to
join – All sorts of
link carnivals and linky parties are becoming very popular.
#21 Announce that you’ve turned the comments
into “do-follow” so you can get more comments – You will probably get 50% more comments in that way.
However, the downside of this technique is that you might receive a lot of
“spam” blog comments as well. CommentLuv is a great plugin to start with.
#22 Build your to-do list – There are many to-do list apps and
services, but try to publish your tasks on your blog. Other people will have
the opportunity to learn from you. How you build your tasks, how broad or
narrow they are, etc. can all be helpful to your audience.
#23 Write a post in response to some recent
post/news – In other
words, become an opinion blogger or analyst. When you manage to write
high-level content on hot topics, your blog can be featured on major newspapers
and websites.
#24 Make a full case study about something – We covered tutorials already, but case
studies reveal what you’ve done, how you've done it, and what the results are.
This is extremely interesting for many folks, especially for me.
#25 Share your favorite blogs/bloggers in one
post – It’s a bit
similar to “Make a list” idea, but sharing the blogs and bloggers you follow is
never a bad idea. Give the resources to your readers; believe me, they are
grateful and won’t stop following you.
Want to learn how to start a blog? Check out my step-by-step tutorial.
#26 Invite your readers to submit guest posts – Are you struggling with new posts or
have to leave for some time? Ask people to write guest posts. It’s a win-win
situation; you get the content, and they can build up their name or brand.
#27 Publish the best comments that your blog
has received throughout the history – Are you using a vote system on your comments or just
know the posts where some comments have raised very fruitful discussions? Share
them in a separate post.
#28 Share your blogs income + traffic numbers - Prove that a blog in your niche can
have reasonable traffic numbers and maybe even be profitable. Bring Google
Analytics data to daylight and it's very nice if you provided some analysis in
important points, for example a major change in traffic numbers etc. Pat
Flynn has done that,
why don't you?
#29 Tell a joke – That’s pretty straight forward. Humor
never gets old, and great jokes are really entertaining.
#30 Bust a myth – There are thousands of well-known
things that actually are not true. In other words, they’re called myths. Take
some time and do some research to disprove some of them. If your followers love
it, feel free to become a MythBuster.
#31 Produce or publish your art –
Online galleries and portfolios look cool and can be the first step to the
world for artists. So publish your paintings, comics, graphical design
masterpieces, and other creations as well.
#32 Publish a post about your success and epic
failures – Being
successful means making mistakes (or in other words: failing). But failing is
not all bad. It’s a learning experience that allows you to be better the next
time. So, that’s the reason why you should talk publicly about your success and
failures, to let others learn from it.
#33 Ask your readers to tweet, like, and share
the posts they like – Spreading the
word about your blog or posts is important, but sometimes people need a little
extra kick to do that, so write a post for that.
#34 Start a poll – That’s simple. Want to know what other
people prefer or think about a certain topic? Start a poll to get quick
overview.
#35 Write a post about things you regret
doing/not doing – When you surf
around Quora or Yahoo Answers, you’ll find many very popular topics and posts
about the things people regret doing and not doing. Try to write down your own
list. #36 Pose a rhetorical question in your blog post – This
blog post idea is similar to posting random quotes just to produce some
content, but it can really spark a discussion, even if the question is
rhetorical.
#37 Post a picture that speaks more than
thousand words - Sometimes you
can and SHOULD post images that tell us a story. It does not only grab
attention and increase your visitors average time spent on the blog, but it's
also extremely interesting.
#38 Publish some little or unknown facts – The Internet and different
encyclopedias are full of facts, some of them really random. For example “Did
you know that the pink/red/white color of flamingos comes from the food they
eat?” You can gather those facts in your own post to generate buzz.
#39 Publish an In Memorian post – It’s polite to commemorate the people
who pass away.
#40 Bring out the most important dates in
history – Pick a
country/war/invention/company, and write down the important dates of it. People
love to get general but detailed overviews.
#41 Tell about your latest event experiences – Visited a concert or a festival
lately? Write a review about it.
#42 Publish your CV online – Show your previous experience and the
things you are good at. You might get a job offer for doing that.
#43 Post an obvious lie – You can turn things upside down when
you tell an obvious lie inside your blog post. People might get mad at you, but
that doesn’t matter.
#44 Write where you’d like to travel – … and encourage others to do the same
in your comments. This kind of conversations usually turns out pretty big.
#45 Blog about marketing secrets – Tell your readers about your top
secret strategies, techniques, and tactics you use to get more followers and
traffic.
#46 Write about the most important lessons
you’ve learned in your life –
What is more kind than helping others and analyzing yourself at the same time?
#47 Tell your readers what they should do to
succeed – Create a blog
post that explains your readers what they should do in order to become
successful as you are.
#48 Do a video post about your day - Let your readers see about your daily
life. For me, it's extremely interesting, but you also need to have some
courage to do that. In either way, it's up to you.
#49 Show off your personal stuff; car(s),
house, accessories - This is
something that creates many different opinions among your readers. Don't be
scared to show your stuff. It can also turn out as a motivational blog post
from someone who doesn't own those kind of things. People love those kind of things.
#50 Build a list - Build a list of your readers. You can
use Aweber or Mailchimp for that; in that way you can inform your readers about
the new posts you've made.
Want to learn how to start a blog? Check out my step-by-step tutorial.
#51 Create a blog post about your bad habits - Smoking, alcohol, drugs. Tell them
something shocking!
#52 Offer free help in your industry to get
new contacts - Free help
gives you great reputation and people will start sharing your blog more often
as well as suggesting to their friends. It helps to grow into a branded expert.
#53 Research and analyze a topic in your
industry - Well written and
analyzed posts get great attention. Invest time and grow your followers by
that. Many professional bloggers write one post for more than 12 working hours,
they invest a lot of time to produce perfect posts.
#54 Answer to every single comment personally
- Make your
readers feel special and honored. It takes only a couple of minutes to answer
them personally but you can get new friends, co-authors or even business
partners.
#55 Write a longer "About Me" post - Classical About Me
posts are a couple of lines but introduce yourself more and write a longer one.
People like to know what's the background of the content they're reading but
they usually don't have time to check LinkedIn accounts or just Google the
name.
#56 Create a post that utilizes a bar chart or
pie chart - Infographics
is one of the hottest keywords in the web industry. Visualizing data makes it
easier to read, gather interesting data and build charts!
#57 Write down your monthly personal budget
and expenses - You can
document what ever costs you like. Take your website and show how many dollars
you've spent on it and also show the income/revenue side of it. Additionally,
you can use the same model on your family budget.
#58 Participate in reciprocal guest blogging - Talk to your followers and look for
people who'd like to write you a guest post and you'll write one by yourself.
#59 Post linkbait - ....................
#60 Make a post about your most popular posts
- Gather the data
behind the most popular posts (traffic, shares and comments) and write them
down in a single post.
#61 Publish a "What If" post - Use your imagination and write a post
about what if you're going to move to another country or travel the world or
win billion dollars. People love to dream and believe that these things will
happen to them.
#62 Publish online courses/e-books – If you’re an expert in your field,
invest time in writing and publishing courses and e-books. Create quality
content, and people will be ready to buy it for nice amount of money. When
money is not an important aspect, publish the content for free.
#64 Turn on Gravatar images on your blog
comment - Make it as a
real conversation by turning on Gravatar images (just like my blog has).
#65 Build your portfolio – A portfolio is a great way to showcase
experience. It’s a wide-spread myth that only artists and photographers can use
it. Build a portfolio of projects you’ve run, the applications you’ve coded,
and so on.
#66 Write in your own everyday
language/writing style –
Forget the well-known rules, and use the expressions you use every day. It’s a
great way to make your posts more enjoyable and stand out.
#61 Share food recipes – Don’t know what to write about? Share
the recipes of your favorite meals and desserts.
#68 Publish a post
about cons and pros about something – Things are never black &
white, and there is nothing perfect in this world. There’s always some cons
about something.
#69 Show others how to secure their blogs – This is something that is useful and
interesting at the same time.
#70 Hold a conference or a webinar through
blog post - Have a
"group" meeting at next Saturday 9 PM. I'm more than sure that if you
hold a live event through your blog then there will be people watching it.
#71 Ask for general feedback on your blog – Sometimes you can improve your blog by
the way your readers want. Minor tweaks here and there can add
value that can bring you more traffic and returning visitors.
#72 Curate or summarize someone else’s work - Write short summaries to bring out the
most important aspects or points in other published writings. This helps save a
lot of time for the readers who are only looking for the most important
information.
#73 Publish a list of your most successful
Tweets/social media posts (based on re-tweets & likes) –Have you had any success with massive
re-tweeting, liking, or sharing? Share the tweets and posts with others.
#74 Compile a list of common mistakes in your
niche - Many people
don’t know the basics and make common mistakes. Write tutorials to help them
prevent these misunderstandings.
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