It’s difficult to make such posts on daily basis that make your
blog sizzle, viral or “hot”. I know many bloggers who produce excellent
content. Their approach is different, out of the box and it makes them
extraordinary. Therefore I have made a list of 101 blog post ideas that
most likely make your blog more interesting.
This list is more than enough to keep you busy for the whole year.
#1 Run a contest – Right now I’m running a
blog contest (currently not available) and all I can say is that it gives great attention and new traffic to your blog.
#2 Review books/products/films – Reviews deliver a
lot of value to your followers and people are constantly looking for
honest opinions, not the fake ones that the web is full of.
#3 Make comprehensive guide/tutorial – If you’re a
professional in a field or know some topics extra well, feel free to
help the ones who have less skills and experience than you do. Tutorials
and guides help people a lot. I’m an experienced blogger, so I teach
others how to start and maintain a blog.
#4 Interview someone – Know any
famous or people who have great stories behind their work/life/career?
Interviews are extremely popular in two cases: a) you deliver an
interview with a famous person who speaks very rarely in public or b)
shares rally useful and practical tips and content.
#5 Post a cool infographic -
Infographics help to visualize complicated data and they’re hugely
popular these days. As always, when something becomes mainstream, the
overall quality is poor. So, if you’re not a designer, hire one to get a
viral infographic that stands out of the crowd.
#6 Criticize a website/blog or a person
– The web and blogs are great for discussion, opinions and criticizing.
Nevertheless, if you are brave enough to say some crispy words about
someone, make sure your text has strong arguments and is based on real
facts. Random ranting is pointless.
#7 Make a post full of GIFs – GIFs
are the symbol of online entertainment and humor. There are thousands of
GIFs and generators that help to produce new ones. See example:
Linkbuilding in GIFs
#8 Create a photo post – Share your
favorite photos from your niche or personal photos from your latest
traveling adventure. Keep in mind that if you’re not the author, always
give credit to the original photographer by providing a link.
#9 Tell a personal secret
– We all have our dreams as well as secrets. Sharing them publicly
gives very engaging content to the followers. As much as people love
rumors, they love to know the dirty little secrets of other people.
#10 Write inspirational/motivational post with famous quotes
– People need little kicks to get going and get things done. Big things
start from small ones and motivational posts can do miracles. Here’s
one of the best quotes from Steve Jobs.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else´s life.” Here are some tips for using quotes in your posts.
#11 Share recent travel experiences
- Travel blogs and posts are popular and there are people who earn
living solely from writing about their adventures. Sharing inspiration
and tips is very useful. In case you haven’t traveled for a while,
publish the best or worst experiences you’ve had in certain
countries/airline companies etc.
#12 Giveaway –
Have you ever thought why products like GoPro or any other become more
and more popular with each day? They do giveaway campaigns regularly.
People love free stuff and it helps to reach new audiences.
#13 Write down a conspiracy theory
– Have you heard about all the number theories and many others behind
important events and people? Now it’s time to start a new one, let your
imagination free or simply share you opinions about the known ones.
#14 Show log files of intense conversations – Who doesn’t like to read log-files that are somewhat offensive?
#15 Write a short story
– No previous experience with writing fiction? Publish your short story
(about 200 – 500 words) and ask your followers for feedback.
#16 Write a poem or sing a song
– Great artists and singers are not born overnight, first they’ll have
to discover their talent. Find your new hobby or passion in poetry or
singing.
#17 Create a list of something
– People are lazy, they don’t want to waste time on searching and
gathering information. That’s the reason why lists are popular. Create
TOP10 or better yet: TOP100 lists, lists of movies, books, influential
people or any other topic.
#18 Write down all the thoughts you had in mind today – This is pretty mindf*#?, but if you are bored then you can try this method as well.
#19 Share your goals/dreams publicly – Write down
all your goals for the current year or dreams where you want to be in 5
years time. It gives nice pressure and motivation to achieve the goals.
#20 Make a link carnival and ask others to join – All sorts of link carnivals and
linky parties are becoming very popular.
#21 Announce that you’ve turned the comments into “do-follow” so you can get more comments
– You will probably get 50% more comments in that way. However, the
downside of this technique is that you might receive a lot of “spam”
blog comments as well.
Here’s a tutorial.
#22 Build your to-do list
– There are many to-do list apps and services but try to publish your
tasks on your blog. Other people will have the opportunity to learn from
you. How you build your tasks, how broad or narrow they are etc…
#23 Write a post in response to some recent post/news
– In other words, it means being an opinion blogger or analyst. When
you manage to write high-level content on hot topics, your blog will
most probably be featured on major newspapers and websites.
#24 Make a full case study about something
– We covered tutorials already, but case studies reveal what and how
you’ve done and which are the results. This is extremely interesting for
many folks, especially for me.
#25 Share your favorite blogs/bloggers in one post
– It’s a bit similar to “Make a list” idea but sharing the blogs and
bloggers you follow is never a bad idea. Give the resources to your
readers, believe me, they are grateful and won’t stop following you.
#26 Invite your readers to submit guest posts
– Are you struggling with new posts or have to leave for some time? Ask
people to write guest posts. It’s a win-win situation, you get the
content, they can build up their name or brand.
#27 Publish the best comments that your blog has got throughout the history
– Are you using a vote system on your comments or just know the posts
where some comments have raised very fruitful discussions? Share them in
a separate post.
#28 Share your blogs income + traffic numbers
– Prove that a blog in your niche can have reasonable traffic numbers
and maybe even be profitable. Bring Google Analytics data to daylight
and it’s very nice if you provided some analysis in important points,
for example a major change in traffic numbers etc. Pat Flynn has done that, why don’t you?
#29 Tell a joke – That’s pretty straight forward, humor never gets old and great jokes are really entertaining.
#30 Bust a myth
– There are thousands of well-known things that actually are not true,
in other words they’re called myths. Take some time and do some research
to disprove some of them..If your follower love it, feel free to become
a
MythBuster.
#31 Produce or publish your art
– Online galleries and portfolios look cool and can be the first step
to the world for artists. So publish your paintings, comics, graphical
design masterpieces and other stuff as well.
#32 Publish a post about your success and epic failures
– Being successful means doing mistakes or in other words failing. But
failing is not bad, it’s a learning experience to be better the next
time. So, that’s the reason why you should talk publicly about your
success and failures, to let others learn from it.
#33 Ask your readers to tweet, like and share the posts they like
– Spreading the word about your blog or posts is important but
sometimes people need a little extra kick to do that, so write a post
for that.
#34 Start a poll – That’s simple, want to know what other people prefer or think about a certain topic, start a poll to get quick overview.
#35 Write a post about things you regret doing/not doing
– When you surf around Quora or Yahoo Answers, you’ll find many very
popular topics and posts about the things people regret doing and not
doing. Try to write down your own list.
#36 Pose a rhetorical question in your blog post - This blog post idea is similar to posting random quotes, just to produce some content.
#37 Post a picture that speaks more than thousand words -
Sometimes you can and SHOULD post images that tell us a story. It does
not only grab attention and increase your visitors average time spent on
the blog, but it’s also extremely interesting. Check this.
#38 Publish some little or unknown facts
– The internet and different encyclopedias are full of facts, some of
them are really random. For example “Did you know that the
pink/red/white color of flamingos comes from the food they eat?”
#39 Publish an In Memorian post – It’s polite to commemorate the people who pass away.
#40 Bring out the most important dates in history
– Pick a country/war/invention/company and write down the important
dates of it, people love to get general but detailed overviews.
#41 Tell about your latest event experiences – Visited a concert or a festival lately? Write a review about it.
#42 Publish your CV online – Show your previous experience and the things you are good at. You might get a job offer for doing that.
#43 Post an obvious lie – You can turn things upside
down when you tell an obvious lie inside your blog post. People might
get mad at you, but that doesn’t matter.
#44 Write where you’d like to travel – … and encourage others to do the same in your comments. This kind of conversations usually turn out pretty big.
#45 Blog about marketing secrets – Tell your readers about your top secret strategies, techniques and tactics you use to get more followers and traffic.
#46 Write about the most important lessons you’ve learned in your life – What is more kind that helping others and analyzing yourself at the same time?
#47 Tell your readers what they should do to succeed – Create a blog post that explains your readers what they should do in order to become successful as you are.
#48 Do a video post about your day
– Let your readers see about your daily life. For me, it’s extremely
interesting, but you also need to have some courage to do that. In
either way, it’s up to you.
#49 Show off your personal stuff; car(s), house, accessories
– This is something that creates many different opinions among your
readers. Don’t be scared to show your stuff. It can also turn out as a
motivational blog post from someone who doesn’t own those kind of
things. People love
those kind of things.
#50 Build a list – Build a list of your readers. You
can use aweber or mailchimp for that; in that way you can inform your
readers about the new posts you’ve made.
#51 Create a blog post about your bad habbits – Smoking, alcohol, drugs. Tell them something shocking!
#52 Offer free help in your industry to get new contacts
– Free help gives you great reputation and people will start sharing
your blog more often as well as suggesting to their friends. It helps to
grow into a branded expert.
#53 Research and analyze a topic in your industry – Well
written and analyzed posts get great attention. Invest time and grow
your followers by that. Many professional bloggers write one post for
more than 12 working hours, they invest a lot of time to produce perfect
posts.
#54 Answer to every single comment personally - Make
your readers feel special and honored. It takes only a couple of
minutes to answer them personally but you can get new friends,
co-authors or even business partners.
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55 Write a longer “About Me” post - Classical About
Me posts are a couple of lines but introduce yourself more and write a
longer one. People like to know what’s the background of the content
they’re reading but they usually don’t have time to check LinkedIn
accounts or just Google the name.
#56 Create a post that utilizes a bar chart or pie chart -
Infographics is one of the hottest keywords in the web industry.
Visualizing data makes it easier to read, gather interesting data and
build charts!
#57 Write down your monthly personal budget and expenses -
You can document what ever costs you like. Take your website and show
how many dollars you’ve spent on it and also show the income/revenue
side of it. Additionally, you can use the same model on your family
budget.
#58 Participate in reciprocal guest blogging - Talk to your followers and look for people who’d like to write you a guest post and you’ll write one by yourself.
#59 Post linkbait - Don’t know what linkbait is? Have a look at here:
10 extraordinary linkbait examples
#60 Make a post about your most popular posts - Gather the data behind the most popular posts (traffic, shares and comments) and write them down in a single post.
#61 Publish a “What If” post - Use
your imagination and write a post about what if you’re going to move to
another country or travel the world or win billion dollars. People love
to dream and believe that these things will happen to them.
#62 Publish online courses/e-books - If you’re an
expert in your field, invest time in writing and publishing courses and
e-books. Create quality content and people are ready to buy it for nice
amount of money. When money is not an important aspect, publish the
content for free.
#64 Turn on Gravatar images on your blog comment - Make it as a real conversation by turning on Gravatar images (just like my blog has)
#65 Build your portfolio - Portfolio is a great way
to showcase experience. It’s a wide-spread myth that only artists and
photographers can use it. Build a portfolio of projects you’ve run, the
applications you’ve coded and so on.
#66 Write in your own everyday language/writing style
– Forget the well-known rules and use the expressions you use every
day. It’s a great way to make your posts ore enjoyable and stand out.
#61 Share food recipes - Don’t know what to write about? Share the recipes of your favorite meals and desserts.
#68 Publish a post about cons and pros about something – Things are never black & white. There’s always some cons about something, there is nothing perfect in this world.
#69 Show others how to secure their blogs – This is something that is useful and interesting at the same time. I recently posted an infographic about “
What if your WordPress gets hacked“.
#70 Hold a conference or a webinar through blog post - Have
a “group” meeting at next Saturday 9 PM. I’m more than sure that if you
hold a live event through your blog then there will be people watching
it.
#71 Ask for general feedback on your blog – Sometimes you can improve your blog by the way your readers want. Minor
tweaks here and there can add value that can bring you more traffic and returning visitors.
#72 Curate or summarize someone else’s work - Write
short summaries to bring out the most important aspects or points in
other published writings. Helps to save a lot of time for the readers
who are only looking for the most important information.
#73 Publish a list of your most successful Tweets/social media posts (based on re-tweets & likes) – Have you had any success with massive re-tweeting, liking or sharing? Share the tweets and posts with others.
#74 Compile a list of common mistakes in your niche - Many people don’t know the basics and make common mistakes. Write tutorials to help them prevent these misunderstandings.
#75 Publish a manifesto - See
sample here.
#76 Make a post about future plans - Dreaming of
being a world-class analyst or an entrepreneur in five years time?
Looking to start studies at a university? Write the plans down, it’s
interesting to read them later on and it gives new ideas to other people
as well
#77 Write down an extremely long blog comments – In that way you can show your readers that you actually care about their comments & opinions.
#78 Thank your audience for following you - Show that you respect them..
#79 Write about why you actually started blogging - Simply tell your followers how it all started…
#80 Abandon your blog for a week and make others think “what happened to you” - It’s pretty risky, but if you are famous blogger – this will get you a lot of
buzz.
#81 Write the list of things and activities you want to do before death - Ever
seen the books in the bookstore called “1001 places to visit/foods to
eat/artists to listen before you die”? Build your own list and inspire
others to do that as well.
#82 Show others how to do something extremely FAST -
Everybody likes to do something quickly. As you know, time is the most
valuable thing in our lives. For example, David Risley teach you
how to blog fast.
#83 Write a satirical blog post - Satire never gets old but don’t be too harsh.
#84 Write a series of blog posts - To make your
readers constantly engaged with your blog then I suggest you to start a
blog post series. Here’s a good example of blog post series:
How to make a WordPress plugin #1
#85 Questions and answers blog post - Make a “Questions Monday”. Promise to answer all the questions your audience has.
#86 Post a quote - People adore quotes that put them think and spread motivation, use them wisely.
#87 Launch a free e-book about your best blog posts
– Gather the most viewed and commented posts together and convert them
into an e-book that can be published on Amazon or other online
bookstores.
#88 Run PPC campaign through Facebook to your blog posts – Costs a little but gives a lot of new traffic and followers.
#89 Update/invest in customized blog post design -
Great blogs and posts need great design to keep the readers coming back.
Hire professionals, never try to do “something” in PhotoShop unless
you’re not a designer.
#90 Make 404 page that is a game – That’s a fun way to get people staying on your page, see the tutorial
HERE.
#91 Make a handwritten post and publish it by taking a photo - Hand-written texts look amazing and show your creativity as well as character.
#92 Make an ultimate resource post - Operating in fishing niche? Publish a list of most useful resources for that.
#93 Invite experts to comment your posts - Busy
people work the most but they’re quite often ready to help if you offer
them value from your side. If you ask them, do it kindly and state
clearly why they should do it and what they get for doing it. Otherwise
there won’t be any answers.
#94 Publish a post as an audio file (mp3) - Write
your post and record it as an audio file. It allows the readers to
follow the blog on the go, all they need is an mp3 player or a
smartphone.
#95 Make list of useful & interesting people to follow in your niche - This is another “TOP” category post idea, list the useful people who provide great insights, these posts become viral quickly.
#96 Nostalgic post about different blogs in your niche and show them how they’ve changed from 2000 by using web.archive -
Web design and trends have changed a lot, it creates great WOW effect
for people to see how ugly the websites used to be back in the dot.com
bubble times.
#97 Link to new or interesting patents in your niche that amaze people - Ever heard that Apple patented the two-finger movements on smartphones and tablets? Here’s your chance to shine.
#98 Ask some billionaire to write a post for you -
As these people are often too busy to respond, they enjoy fame and
publicity. This is definitely worth a try, even when you fail.
#99 Rant about something that REALLY disturbs you - Ranting on the Internet is sometimes pointless but well-argumented posts may get a lot of attention.
#100 Create a list of online tools you find useful - There are literally dozens of tools that can make life a lot easier, create a list of the ones you use or would like to use.
#101 Write a blog post about 101 blog post ideas in your niche - List down 101 blog topics in your niche, a lot of people find it useful
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