How to get an IDEA for Writing a Blog
Writing blog posts always seems like a problem or at least
sometimes a puzzle. We need the idea, the plan, the right words, choose the
right category and have a minimum of good spelling.
A lot of the blogger's job is to write interesting articles.
But often, it clashes with the blank sheet
You then go through a period of doubt that can come to break
all your inspiration from the beginning and when to get back to it: syndrome of
the blank page, what to write?
Here is a short list to help find inspiration to write a blog
post that will help you in the moments of failure.
Your community already has plenty of ideas to suggest:
This is the first thing to do: take into account the
difficulties of your community in your theme. For example, if you often have in
the comments people who say "Can you make an article about ..." is
that there are probably other people who would like the same thing.
For example, I have a business around students and a question often came up: "Can you make a video about taking notes? ".
I thought this absurd because it's enough for me to listen and write what the
teacher says. However, seeing this comment more and more often then I did my
research and I found a lot of techniques to gain a lot of time in taking notes.
If you only start your blog, then it may be good to look at
blogs similar to your topic and then look in the comment section. So you will
be able to identify recurring questions.
You can also watch YouTube videos about your theme, watch
comments and see if there are multiple questions, and then create an article
for you.
From a general quote to a specific article:
The citations! A great love story with many of us! We like
to read them because they inspire us ... and if we take the opportunity to
write a blog post?
A quote is a short sentence but that says a lot! So you can
give free rein to your imagination to explain what it evokes in your theme.
starting with a quote will help in your SEO because quotes are much sought
after in search engines.
To relate to a current topic to give your point of view:
Black Friday does not leave you indifferent and that gives
you food for thought? So maybe it's time to get into his keyboard and write
your point of view.
For example, you can mention the fact that Black Friday is
not good for those who want to live their activity on the internet because
people will only buy when you exit promotions. Maybe this hot topic will
inspire you on ethics, the business plan, the future of online business and
more!
Why can this idea be great for you? Because if your readers
like your content and especially agree with your point of view they will share
your article!
In conclusion, if you better summarize what they think of a
hot topic you have everything to gain and you will become a thought leader in
your market! And that, we like it!
Read the index of a table of contents on an Amazon book of
it's a theme:
A book takes a lot of work to maximize sales and make buyers
as much as possible. So why not use their work for ours? Thanks to the Amazon the site you can type the keyword of your theme in the book section and see the
best sales.
Then click on "browse" and you can, in most cases,
look at the table of contents. What will it serve you? To inspire you to find a
blog topic that will work simply.
A topic explained as your best friend:
Another method that also works very well is to imagine that
you are writing an article to explain a specific topic to your best friend. Why
your best friend? Because he does not know much about your theme and it forces
you to speak with simple words and use metaphors.
It must be remembered that 80% of those who will follow you
are beginners so much as writing his blog articles as if you were talking to
someone.
For example, I have someone around me who is interested in
web marketing. I then offered him simply to find a whole list of people to
follow to learn more about it. As it had served him a lot, I decided to create
a blog post and once again this article was one of the most popular.
Why? Because the people I mentioned in this article were
proud that I talk about them and shared it in turn on social networks. Not only
this article that was very simple and addressed to beginners was very practical
but also viral!
Take the time to think about the following question: If you
had to explain to your best friend what you are doing and how he can do the
same, what would be the 10 articles to write about it? An article on vocabulary
to master, an article on people to follow, an article on platforms to know, an
article on books to read, an article on how to sell? It's up to you!
From the title of a specialized press review:
An excellent way to find inspiration to write a blog post is
to draw on articles on specialized journals. Indeed, specialized magazines work
a lot on the cover because that's where people will judge whether they buy the
magazine or not.
Then you only need to measure the clickthrough rate on this
type of article and repeat this method to infinity.
From the title of a popular YouTube video and make an
article:
Once again we will use the research work of others to write
inspirational articles, but most of all, they will be widely read by our
audience.
The idea is to look for popular channels in its theme on
YouTube, click on the video tab and then sort by selecting "popular
videos".
Note then the first 10 popular videos (so these are the ones
that made the most views of the increasing number to decreasing). This means
that there is a lot of research on this subject and you can then position
yourself on Google by creating a good blog article on the same subject.
Take the exact title, without watching the video at the risk
of too much rub off and then write your own ideas for a quality article.
Do not hesitate to do it between 2000 and 5000 words with
lots of images and examples. Google must understand that you have written the
best article on this subject.
Listen to a podcast that stimulates ideas (especially in the
evening):
Podcasts are growing lately. Maybe you have some in your
theme, you can check this on SoundCloud. Listening to podcasts and especially
at the end of the day when your rational side will be a little exhausted to
give way to creativity, many ideas can come!
Personally, that's what I do every night before falling
asleep. So I free myself from the screens and I end my day by being relaxed and
attentive to what is said in my ears. Several ideas come to me then. I put a
notebook next to my bed and I note them. The next day I reread them and I
decide whether or not I will use this idea soon in my content.
Make a link with a parallel domain (the metaphors):
This is the example here of metaphors to use to explain a
concept well. One of the best ways to explain things is to use what you already
know and to compare it.
For this purpose you can, for example, write an article
like:
- How to become focused like Einstein?
- Business is like a couple, here are 10 reasons
The most complicated is to find a good example but once you
take this habit of finding metaphors people will love to follow you because
they will quickly learn and understand things by reading you.
Tell a personal experience:
I noticed that the videos that work the most on YouTube are
those that mention in the title: "my story" or
"storytelling". These videos quickly make the buzz because of they
explain a story that has come to the person, a clean and personal story that
resembles no other.
For example :
- Why did I stop medical school?
- My story with school bullying
By cons, quite a few blog articles are written in a
storytelling format, probably by modesty and saying that telling his life will
not necessarily interest people. That's where you go wrong
On the contrary, people love to observe the lives of others.
That's why Facebook is so successful, reality shows or even
movies. Each tells a story, a problem, and how it copes.
The reason for this interest is to identify with you because
of your problem, others have probably known too, see thousands or millions and
they are looking for solutions and are ready to listen to you carefully.
Read books
I recommend reading at least one book a month to stimulate
your creativity. Ideas will not come alone by being in front of your computer.
First, you have to feed the machine, your brain and then it will give you its
own ideas.
That's why it's important to read other people's ideas and
how to do that? Reading books in your subject is the simplest.
In any case, it's one of my favorite ways to stimulate my
creativity to get ideas for blog posts.
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