15 ways to find content to write about for your blog posts
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15 Ways To
Find
Content To
Write About
For Your
Blog Posts
questions from clients
save email questions (and your responses) into an Evernote folder or in your blogging file
#1
set up Google Alerts
that relate to your industry
#2
Su
bsc
rib
e t
o
Industry blogs
Industry feeds
Industry newsletters
#3
EDUCATE (not promote)
your readers about your products
or services
#4
solve challengesyou know your
readers face
#5
use case studies to
show how you have
solved customer’s
pain points
#6
what’s
trending on
social media?
#7
TIP: This is a great way to let your readers know about
available tools and how they can improve processes.
comparison or versus
posts about tools your
readers use
#8
Save ‘how to’
guides or
instructions you
send clients.
Great blog
fodder!
#9
#10
Go
og
le A
na
lytic
s
Look at which articles
have attracted the
most readers in the past
Write more articles
about these popular
subjects
turn an existing post
Into a series
#11
#12
REVIEWa product or service
of interest to your
readers
Look at sites like Quora to see what industry related
questions are being asked that you could answer in a
blog post.
#13
Read comments on popular blogs to find what your readers
are thinking about, challenged by, interested in and use
these comments as topics for your blog.
#14
askAsk your customers directly
what they’d like you to write
about.
Invite their feedback using a
survey with a draw for a prize
Go to social media groups
and again, offer a freebie to
thank them for their feedback
#15
For more tips
and tools for
your small
business …
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