How To Get Super Ideas For Blog Posts

One of the most common let-downs for bloggers is the lack of ideas - let alone - great ideas for new blog posts. After the first 100 posts on your blog, has everything come to a standstill? Does your brain refuse to cough up the same old topics you once so enthusiastically wrote about? Well, this article is just the thing you were looking for! I've come up with some simple tips to give you 5 fantastic ways to collect stores of ideas for new updates on your blog.

Ideas from TV programmes

We've been told that TV makes you boring and dull. This is not entirely true. Of course, watching too much television leads to an unhealthy, lonely lifestyle. However, TV viewings in small dosages can give you unending ideas to write about. Even reality programmes can trigger ideas for posts you would've never thought of. Who's really the biggest loser in the world? Never mind the people who won the talent shows, whatever happened to their runners-up and who are the most successful non-winners? Quiz shows, for example, can give you ideas to put together interesting 'top ten' lists which are then read by thousands of people interested in that topic.

Ideas while going for a walk

Nature in itself is inspiring. Even a cold winter's day, when the world seems covered in snow, can bring bright, shiny ideas. However, we have to go out there to get to it. So get on your walking shoes and go for a stroll, meet people, and take note of the behaviour of strangers around you. Something they do or say can give birth to a character for a short story. You can write an entire short story/article based on something strange, odd, or remarkable one stranger did. Do not seclude yourself from the world. I know it's no longer popular, but I find talking to strangers wonderfully satisfying, and totally inspiring. The best thing is that people tell strangers things they would never reveal to friends and family. Did you almost step in dog poop (like I did this morning)? This can be the starting point of a very amusing blog post, or a serious article about society and the responsibility people have for their pets.

Ideas from Google Trends

Not all of us are experienced when it comes to  search engine marketing  but a quick search on Google Trends will show you all the hot topics people are searching for right now. Have you run out of ideas of your own but want to create a blog post that will be popular? Go to the link and see what's come up. This is pretty straight forward. Just research and write about one of them.

Ideas from old photographs

My kids love looking at their baby pictures. We find lots to talk about when I tell them stories of the photos we took of them. At the time of taking the pictures, we didn't realise they even had stories. Old photographs have a very inspiring quality to them. The sense of sight works overtime to conjure up forgotten or hidden thoughts and events. A wonderful childhood memory can be a beautiful blog post. It doesn't have to be a personal revelation, you can disguise your article/story as much or as little as you want. Events can also trigger ideas. Adding an old picture of yourself to your post will certainly be popular with your regular visitors. It will also give validation to your new update.

Ideas from reading other writers

There's a difference in copying from other writers/bloggers, and being inspired by them and their stories. I've been enriched by blog posts from fellow bloggers. Sometimes reading their articles have reminded me of things I've wanted to write about, but had forgotten (because I didn't have a pen when the inspiration hit). Reading is still one of the best ways of getting ideas for writing. We'd all be lost without each other.

It goes without saying, always carry a pen and notebook with you. The most inspiring and exciting idea can be lost in a second if you don't write it down.

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