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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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August 23, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Excellent ideas.. And I get people asking if I’ll either Tweet or post about something, so I just tell them to send me a copy/paste email and I’ll post it for free.. Well, actually what I say is it’s free but I ask that they Tweet or Facebook the post. They are happy to do it cause it helps them too. So, I guess I’m kind of getting guest posting, but not!
For some reason the KeywordLuv is picking up that me last post was about the Superbowl, but actually it’s about a benefit concert that someone sent me and asked me to post.
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August 23, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Thanks for the comment Dee.
Try clear your cache and see if it works.
August 24, 2010 at 6:21 am
Lately I have been seeing a lot of bloggers, adding interviews and the idea actually seems quite interesting. As a reader, I have to say that I really enjoy reading such articles. On the other hand, even the interviews themselves can help you get some ideas.
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August 26, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Thanks for the comment Daniel. Interviews are really great and it also helps you to get traffic as well.
You can always go to big sites like Amazon and browse through their category section and read about comments and reviews that related to your niche to get more ideas to write.
Kharim you have a nice here, best wishes!
August 27, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Thanks for coming by and giving your input Jamian
August 24, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Just another great post! “Forum” is my favourite, thanks for the great lists! some i have never thought about, especially Twitter, great idea!
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August 27, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Thanks for the comment Kimi. You can get tons of blog post ideas from forum, that has worked for me well
August 24, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Conducting interviews and reading other blogs are my top picks.. Always gets you motivated to improve your blogging and write compelling articles for your readers. The rest are also great tips. Thanks Kharim!
August 27, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Interviews are really great and they rock
Thanks Paul 
August 24, 2010 at 6:47 pm
One really quick way is to just take whatever you may have learned or heard at work today and spin it into a post!
Most of us that work will at least hear one good story or pick up on something interesting each day. Even though you may not feel that it’s super exciting – your blog readers possibly will!
Plus, you can always bridge your own experience with it in the post which gives it a great voice of your own.
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August 27, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Yep that’s true Murlu. Sharing what you know is one of the best ways to write blog post. The post will be well constructed and full of information if you write about what you have learn and know what works
August 26, 2010 at 9:17 am
Hey, I get a lot of article ideas off the radio. I’m always listening to local talk radio when I’m driving, and often they will cover a niche story in only a few words. I’ll dig up some more info online when I get home and write an article. Done this quite often actually… I also like your mention of follow up posts, this is a bright idea and one that is easy to do. You can never write everything there is to write on a topic.
August 27, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Oh yes, how could I forget about the radio. This is also a great way to get some great ideas
thanks for backing me up on this Daniel 
August 27, 2010 at 2:20 am
I personally feel asking your readers is the best option. After all they are the one who will be reading your blog. So why not ask them what they would like posted.
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August 27, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Thanks for stopping by and making a comment, Isabel.
If you ask readers then this will be even better for you to help them and they will respond in a loving way
August 27, 2010 at 3:13 am
All very good ways of getting content ideas.
I like to set-up Google alerts for keywords and keyword phrases related to my target market / niche. This way I get topic ideas sent to my inbox.
Regards,
Karl
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August 27, 2010 at 8:41 am
I use Google Alerts too. Good tip!
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August 27, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I think i need to try out the Google Alerts as well
thanks
August 27, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Thanks for the tip Karl, will check that out
August 27, 2010 at 3:45 pm
That’s great Kharim, you should also use Yahoo! Alerts as you will find yourself getting different results for the same keywords / keyword phrases that you specify.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/alerts/
Let me know how you get on using them.
Karl
August 27, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Alright Karl, Rock on man
August 27, 2010 at 8:40 am
This is often an issue for me. Coming up with content some times comes easy, but usually requires some inspiration. Thanks for the tips.
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August 27, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Yep, content writing can be hard at times but once you read and do other stuff then content writing will be easy
August 27, 2010 at 11:32 am
All of these are good sources for tweets and blog posts. When I write on my blogspot blog, I get ideas from other blogs, often in the comments when some has a problem but the owner isn’t responding (a big no-no in my book!). So I’ve written posts with more explanation and recounting differences in blogger templates. As always the devil is in the details!
Lately, my source has been the clients for my freelancing work. When someone is new to WP you can point them to codex documentation but I find clients need something more ‘customized’. So I’m doing lots of screen casts lately.
You can also get lots of ideas just doing google searches for your problems — someone has (several someones have) already written about pieces of the puzzle; there’s your opening!
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August 27, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for the comment SBA, I really appreciate it.
I am an active internet user and a blogger. I do this to exchange ideas and learn from other people. You also get to be friends with them. That’s is one of the rewarding part.
August 27, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Thanks for the comment
August 27, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Kharim your always rocking these great posts I don’t know how you do it. Once again your top engaged at blog engage the people have voted! Congrats you deserve it.
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August 27, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Thanks Brian, I guess it’s because I try to write great unique contents with lots of great tips
Thanks again for the link back
August 27, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I assume this is why people enjoy reading your content. It’s the truth and real good information.
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August 27, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Thanks Brian
Thanks Kharim! Cool article for those who seem to have less ideas on what kind of blog post they will do for today or tomorrow. I love guest posting and conducting tutorial videos.
Bookmarked and shared your tips. Keep it up!
August 27, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Thanks for the comment Jay, if you have a guest post you wanna post here then feel free to let me know
August 28, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Hi Kharim, this is totally awesome blog post. Many of the ways you have mentioned are ways that I do when I need to find inspiration to write my blog post. Thanks!
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August 30, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for the comment Mike, really appreciate it. Checked out your blog, it’s really cool
Very informative and interesting. I definitely enjoyed your article.
September 1, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for the comment
Diverse Blogger
September 10, 2010 at 5:07 am
When ever I see myself stuck in a situation when I can’t think of any post ideas (Writers block situation), I usually go through my old posts and comments made my readers on my earlier posts and that helps me the most…
apart from feeds, forum reading and reading other blogs in the same niche is another thing which works for me..
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September 11, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Thanks for that tip as well Harsh Agrawal.
Hey, I’ve never realized that we can get blog post ideas in forums and in Twitter.
The only thing I usually do is visiting others blog and read post and then there I get Ideas on what to post. So I am thankful that you have provided these set of ideas.
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Personally, I’ve found one of the best ways to get blog post ideas is to use the Google Wonder Wheel. Simply enter in the main subject of your site and you’ll see lots of related keywords about which you can write more blog posts.
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January 19, 2011 at 11:19 am
I have never heard of that, but thanks for the comment.
Will check it out
nice information. It is very necessary to know about how effective is your blogging. these are wonderful tips for blog post.
October 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm
thanks for your comment and thanks for reading
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These tips are great! Being able to minimize the time it takes to gather info and compact it all for a blog is probably the longest part of it all! Now, I can cut hours out of my day where normally I would be doing busy work.
April 7, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Thanks for the comment Jasmine
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.
October 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Thanks for the comment again
Glad you liked my articles
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July 12, 2011 at 12:53 am
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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October 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Yep that is really true. Thanks for the comment
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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!.
October 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Great tip. Thanks for commenting
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July 27, 2011 at 4:38 am
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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October 17, 2011 at 5:55 pm
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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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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October 17, 2011 at 5:53 pm
OK Thats nice. Keep up the good blogging work
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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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May 16, 2012 at 8:51 am
Thanks for your comment as well.
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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
May 16, 2012 at 8:53 am
You are so right. Sometimes we as bloggers have burn out and we need to rest at times so that we can recharge our brains to come up with new ideas.
Thanks for the comment.
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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.
May 16, 2012 at 9:13 am
Yes that is true. Thanks for the comment
Nice post Kharim with useful tips to guide a newbie to blogging
May 16, 2012 at 9:16 am
Thanks for your input on my article
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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.
May 16, 2012 at 9:35 am
Sometimes a blog visitor will also email you and depending on the question they ask you then you can turn that into an article.
Thanks for your comment.
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January 17, 2012 at 11:26 am
you explained very nice points and cool pointing view mate
keep sharing
May 16, 2012 at 9:43 am
Thanks for commenting and reading as well.
Lurking and reading on forums is one of my ways to get ideas. You can also get ideas about the latest trends to write about on google.com/trends . It is very helpful, believe me.
Thanks for these tips Kharim, I’ll consider some of your suggestions.
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May 16, 2012 at 9:41 am
Great tip Alden. Thanks for your comment.
May 3, 2012 at 2:48 am
Twitter is a great source for ideas. From the simplest of tweets, a great and viral content can be curated by the most talented bloggers. I severely needed these tips because I often run into a writer’s block. Thanks a lot!
May 16, 2012 at 9:40 am
It always works for me as well in getting ideas. Thanks for your comment John.
And, once you get ideas then you can use a tool such as evernote to manage the ideas. Just a tip.
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May 16, 2012 at 9:40 am
Evernote is great. I had the app on my mobile phone and its great for keeping notes.
Thanks for your comment.
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