Whenever a new
person approaches me to learn blogging, he always says that he has no idea as
to what to blog about for his blog. Though I encourage them to simply write
about whatever is on their mind, I also tell them they cannot always write
about what they want because one won’t find. One must keep the interests of your readers in mind and
attract them with your writing.
Do Your Research
Smart bloggers
know that each day there are popular search terms listed on large search sites.
Bloggers can use these search terms to help them get more traffic to their
blogs. Each day a blogger can look at these popular search terms and creating
posts using them. If the blogger is lucky, they will increase their traffic due
to more people looking for that term. By researching the topics that are hot
with readers each day, bloggers can create things specifically for the readers.
Doing research may take a little time and you might never be writing about what
you want to write about, but you will likely have more traffic than ever.
Ask Around
If you have been
blogging a while you might have began to hit low points where you really have
no more topic ideas left. Some writers call this “writer’s block” while others
just see it as a small hurdle to be surpassed. When you have come to this
difficult point, the best thing to do is ask around. Talk to interesting people
you know. You can ask them what topics they find most interesting at the time.
If you would rather be a little more subtle, simply bounce a few topics off of
them to see which ones they respond strongly to. Use the topics that they respond
strongly to in order to gather ideas for posts.
Use the News
The news is a
great place to gather topic information for your blog. News teams research and
investigate for hours to gather their topics. By using similar topics, you can
skip all of the hard research work and still be a success. Never use their
ideas exactly, just take them and use them to develop your own. For instance,
if there is a major political issue going on in the news, consider creating a
post about what you think about it. You don’t have to use the news story, just
the topic idea along with your own words.
Follow the Lead of Others
When you are
looking for great blog topics, consider visiting popular blogs to see what they
are talking about. Don’t steal their ideas, but use the visit to stir up great
ideas of your own. Sometimes when you see others working at their highest
potential it can spark new potential in yourself. You can see which topics get
the best response for their blog and decide if you could get the same response
with a similar topic.
Sleep On It
If all else fails
and you are still trying to come up with a list of interesting blog topics,
consider this interesting strategy. Go to sleep each night with a clear head.
In the morning, before you even open your eyes, target the first thing on your
mind. Write it down immediately so you don’t quickly forget. Then use these things
to develop interesting blog topics. You would be shocked at how inspiring our
first thoughts can be. They are so interesting because they are not clouded
with any outside stressors from reality. They are simple thoughts typically
that can be used successfully on a blog.
Well, I have
rounded the most obvious ways to find blogging topics. Mostly, if a blogger
persists with his blogging activity for the first 6 months, then, he would have
his hands full of subjects to blog about.
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