3 Ways To Come Up With Blog Post Topics
It can be hard sometimes when you sit down to write your blog. Here are 3 ways to generate ideas for blog posts.
The easiest way is to ask your readership. You can do this through surveys, asking for comments (you may have seen me use that one once or twice here) and then address the questions you get on future blog posts.
Doing good keyword research on your topic is another great way to come up with topics. If you have built a keyword tree for your blog and found the topics that you are likely to rank for it is just a matter of writing on each of those topics. I find it best to use Market Samurai and follow their lessons to find the real golden keywords on any of my niche blogs.
You can get a free trial of Market Samurai then go through their dojo (training videos) to get the most from it.
Follow the news at Google to see what is hot on your topic. I like to go to Google News and put in a topic. Then add the RSS feed to my reader so that each time I look at it I can see the latest news on that topic.
These 3 ways can help you to always have a topic when you sit down at the computer and avoid that bad feeling you get when you sit down and stare at a blank screen with no idea what to write.
Now as I do use these techniques feel free to leave your comments with any questions you may have.
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Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy. After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses blogs to enter various niches profitably. Get the details at Profitable Blog Steps |
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4 comments
Doug Champigny
Twitter: Mentoring4U
on February 1, 2010 at 8:51 am
Have to admit I like all 3, Mike – and to them I’d add magazines. Most niches also are covered by specialty books and magazines, so a trip to Barnes and Noble often brings 4 or 5 magazines back that are chock full of great ideas!
Doug Champigny´s last blog ..7 Powerful Ways To Build Targeted Traffic And Build Opt-In Lists For Internet Marketing
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Earl Netwal
Twitter: EarlNetwal
on February 1, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I like the keyword approach. While I don’t use market samuari, I do develop a list of keywords that have reasonable traffic, and less competition. I then try to generate articles that utilize these keyword phrases in the title and content.
Ideally, I also post them as articles to the article directories with a link back to my blog.
Earl Netwal´s last blog ..What’s 18 Months Worth?
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Ron Barrett on February 2, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Great ideas Mike.
I hadn’t thought of the one about subscribing to an rss feed to provoke ideas for posts and/or articles.
Keep up the good work.
Ron Barrett´s last blog ..Encouraging Your Readers To Opt In To Your List
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Andre Arnett on February 2, 2010 at 6:15 pm
These are some really good ways to get ideas for your blog. I too like the keyword research approach and I do like Market Samurai. There videos are very helpful. I like that you let everyone know about the trial version to see just how good it is.
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