How to Come Up With Ideas for Interesting Blog Posts  

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created by Impact Productions 2009-07-22 05:54:59 pm

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Ask your readers! Post a topic asking your readers what topics they feel passionate about. This will give you an immediate post (which can be repeated at regular intervals), dialogue with your readership, plus topic ideas that will connect for many weeks.

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submitted by Impact Productions 2009-08-16 09:36:51 am    

 



Check out the hot items at digg.com that have lots of diggs, look of course in your niche's category, and see what kind of headline is grabbing people's eyeballs.

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submitted by 5buckguy 2009-07-22 06:54:23 pm    


Read other people's blogs. Make a post commenting on a blog post that they made. This has a benefit that it can build up cross blog dialogue and readership, as well as potential backlinks and joint venture opportunities.

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submitted by Impact Productions 2009-07-23 02:10:27 pm    


Go to TipDrop.com, find a tip sheet related to your niche and summarize the best tips.

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submitted by rickhendershot 2009-07-23 12:46:42 am    


Monitor the news, local, national and international. An interesting blog post can involve a short summary of the issue, plus your thoughts and opinions on it.

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submitted by Impact Productions 2009-07-22 05:54:59 pm    


Check out the top forums in your niche and see what questions people are asking and get in front of them with your solution.

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submitted by imscamp 2009-07-22 07:00:03 pm    

 



Go to Google Trends and find out what the current hot topics are. Think of an angle to tie up your niche with one of the topics and blog on it. It is bound to drive some unexpected traffic to your site.

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submitted by aldricchang 2009-07-23 02:24:19 am    


Check out the hot items in magazines in your niche, you'll come out with a few good topics for sure.

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submitted by imscamp 2009-07-22 06:44:51 pm    


Find new products relevant to your niche and write a short review.

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submitted by rickhendershot 2009-07-23 12:45:43 am    


Look at google trends or twitter what people are talking about in your niche. Write about these trends and if you don't find anything to write about, see if another expert from your niche would do an interview or guest post on your blog.

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submitted by dwaser 2009-08-16 01:47:49 pm    


Check out other blogs in your niche. If you have only a little time, summarize their blog on your page and link to their more detailed post.

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submitted by saki5394 2009-08-17 08:14:13 am    

 



How about the conversations and interactions you have everyday with the people you spend time with. Research or create solutions or dialogue on what live people seem to be concerned about

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submitted by saki5394 2009-08-22 10:50:32 am    


Search within Yahoo Answers for questions people are asking related to your niche. Use the poster's question (or an SEO-optimized variation thereof) as your blog post title. Research solutions, adding your own thoughts, personal experience, etc.

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submitted by John Blaine 2009-07-22 08:20:31 pm    


Find a relevant video on Youtube and embed it in your blog. Include your comments.

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submitted by rickhendershot 2009-07-23 12:40:17 am    

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