10 Cool Ways To Get Blog Post Ideas

by Kharim Tomlinson on November 2, 2010 · 66 comments

in Blogging, Blogging Tips, How To Blog

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In order to write a blog post I am sure that you have to think and do some hunting. All of us as bloggers has to go through this process at one point or another to get blog post ideas.

Even if you aren’t a blogger and you write articles for a newspaper or for some other reason, you have to brainstorm and come up with ideas for what you want to write. Sometimes getting ideas can be really a difficult task at times. You have to make sure that your ideas will satisfy your reader or solve your reader’s problem.

I have some 10 cool ways to come up with blog post ideas to keep your mind working so that you will have tons of blog post ideas.

From Other Blogs

Visiting other blogs to get new blog post ideas has personally worked for me. I visit other blogs to read articles. After doing that, I normally find myself coming up with blog post ideas.

Blog Commenting

Making comments on other blog has also helped me to come up with great blog post ideas. Blog commenting also helps you to get traffic from the blog that you have commented on.

Forums In Your Niche

I often visit forums in my niche. Browse through the forum threads and make a couple replies on some topics. Forums are normally full of threads and you can get hundreds of blog post ideas to keep you blogging.

Asking Your Blog Readers

If you don’t have anything to blog about, why not ask your readers what they need help with or what they would like you to blog about. This can help you to get great blog post ideas and this will both benefit you and the reader who asked the question.

The reader will be really grateful for you helping them to understand a particular problem that they were having.

Having help them successfully, you can have that article re-tweeted by your readers and this in-turn will bring in more visitors to your blog.

Do Follow Up Posts

I am pretty sure that most blog post that you write is not fully covered. So you can scan through your blog posts and do follow up posts. Make sure that you like back to the previous post that you are doing the follow up on so that your readers can read that previous post and fully benefit from what you are trying to say to them.

Conduct Interviews

This is another way to write blog posts, by interviewing other bloggers or someone of interest. Other people like to listen or read interviews, so you can try it.

Do Tutorial Posts

Tutorial posts is one of the best post that can be placed on any blog. People are always looking for help and things on “how to” stuff. Making tutorial videos can really help your readers will and they will be coming back to your blog for more if you do more tutorial videos.

Watch TV/Videos

Watching TV o videos can help you to come up with blog post ideas.

I was watching the television some time ago and came up with a blog post idea entitled, The Love Of Money, which I offered up as a guest post.

Share What You Know

If you know something that other bloggers don’t know, why not share it. This is what you call unique content because nobody has already written what you are thinking. This will also make your readers like your blog.

Check Twitter For Interesting Stuff

The people that you follow on Twitter is always tweeting interesting stuff, surprisingly, you can get tons of blog post ideas from twitter.

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  • Where do you get your blog post ideas?
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    Shower Bath June 11, 2011 at 7:30 am

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    Great post with full of information. I enjoyed lot coz All then 10 ways are not only COOL but also in real sense very EFFECTIVE too.

    I am saying this on basis of that I personally used many from this and get MINDBLOWING ideas.

    So thanks a lot for sharing this.

    Kharim Tomlinson

    October 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm

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    Thanks for the comment again :) Glad you liked my articles
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    tattu July 12, 2011 at 12:53 am

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    Commenting really helps. While commenting, you will feel that you can write much more than what you are expressing through a comment.
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    Kharim Tomlinson

    October 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm

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    Yep that is really true. Thanks for the comment
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    Buy Real Hair Extensions July 14, 2011 at 5:51 am

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    Thinking an idea for a post is not an easy stuff even writing is also not a easy stuff. you need focus to be able to do this task. Anyway, you shared good ways that will probably help everyone to this kind of task. Thanks for the great insight!.

    Kharim Tomlinson

    October 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm

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    Great tip. Thanks for commenting
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    Marketing Philosophy July 27, 2011 at 4:38 am

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    As a blogger there are many times that I cannot find a subject to write about, when this happens I just search for youtube videos (there are many valuable videos) and find a ton of new ideas, this always helps
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    Kharim Tomlinson

    October 17, 2011 at 5:55 pm

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    Yep. You should try out forums as well. Tons of topic ideas which people are searching for. When you do this then you can go back to the forum and share your article.
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    Kelli October 3, 2011 at 1:05 am

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    When I’m facing writer’s block, I either: run or read. Running never fails to clear my head and inspire me. As far as reading, I’m always seeing a style I want to mimic or finding an idea I want to expound on.
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    Kharim Tomlinson

    October 17, 2011 at 5:53 pm

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    OK Thats nice. Keep up the good blogging work :)
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    Alexander from Black Mold Removal October 24, 2011 at 11:28 pm

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    Great ways it is really cool. I’m a dynamic World wide web user along with a blogger. I do this to change tips and also study from other people. In addition, you become friends together. That’s is one of the satisfying part.
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    sudha October 27, 2011 at 12:53 am

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    Great posts are hard to do consistently on a day-to-day basis. Probloggers really have to work at it. I thought about all the different ways and angles a blogger can approach choosing posting topics

    samsmith October 31, 2011 at 6:55 am

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    Good points. Actually, whatever that related to internet, such as blogging or internet marketing, Google has been always the best tool.

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    November 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm

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    Nice post Kharim with useful tips to guide a newbie to blogging

    RoseAllen November 19, 2011 at 10:21 pm

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    I must say that you have given such very good tips. But I think if you already own a blog the easiest way to do it is ask your readers. But with me what I do is blog comment, visit other blogs which is Yes it is very helpful to come up with new ideas.

    sai krishna January 17, 2012 at 11:26 am

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    you explained very nice points and cool pointing view mate :) keep sharing

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