{"id":9,"date":"2013-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/samanthastudebaker\/101-blog-post-ideas\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:25:58","slug":"101-blog-post-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/samanthastudebaker\/101-blog-post-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"101 blog post Ideas to get your creative blog juices flowing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

101 Great Posting Ideas That Will Make Your Blog Sizzle<\/h2>\n

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. Here are 101 different ideas that I think are great to stimulate your mind and jumpstart your blogging<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Brainstorm by matching up your readers wants and needs using the Visitor Grid method of brainstorming.<\/li>\n
  2. Write a post by examining the pros and cons of an issue.<\/li>\n
  3. Write a tutorial.<\/li>\n
  4. Do an interview with key people in your niche.<\/li>\n
  5. Create a mock head-to-head competition like what Daniel did.<\/li>\n
  6. Do a case study like what Read\/Write Web did with the hot topics on Technorati 100.<\/li>\n
  7. Take an alternate position.<\/li>\n
  8. Write a long comment.<\/li>\n
  9. Pick a topic by reading business book titles.<\/li>\n
  10. Research a topic by doing research on Amazon.com.<\/li>\n
  11. Drill down on a topic using Ask.com\u2018s search feature.<\/li>\n
  12. Do a post that answers your readers\u2019 questions.<\/li>\n
  13. Create a comprehensive list.<\/li>\n
  14. Create flagship content.<\/li>\n
  15. Interview controversial people in your niche.<\/li>\n
  16. Post about current events in your niche.<\/li>\n
  17. Invite your readers to submit articles.<\/li>\n
  18. Instead of exchanging links, get together with other bloggers and review each others\u2019 blogs.<\/li>\n
  19. Connect with bloggers around your same level and share ideas.<\/li>\n
  20. Do a \u201cspeedlinking\u201d post.<\/li>\n
  21. Post about posts made by others in your My Blog Log community.<\/li>\n
  22. Be opinionated in your post.<\/li>\n
  23. Turn off the nofollow attribute to encourage comments.<\/li>\n
  24. Do a \u201ctag\u201d post and have other bloggers who are tagged add to a list.<\/li>\n
  25. Do an \u201cIM\u201d PPC campaign and then post about the results.<\/li>\n
  26. Be a guest blogger and share ideas with new readers.<\/li>\n
  27. Review your statistics to see what keywords referred your visitors to your site and post about those.<\/li>\n
  28. Answer your readers\u2019 questions with more questions (i.e., have you thought about\u2026?).<\/li>\n
  29. Contrast two or more positions in a post.<\/li>\n
  30. Make a post that solves a problem.<\/li>\n
  31. Make a post that is inspirational.<\/li>\n
  32. Make a satirical post.<\/li>\n
  33. Write a series of posts.<\/li>\n
  34. Post your research findings.<\/li>\n
  35. Post an \u201cadvantages\/disadvantages\u201d post.<\/li>\n
  36. Update an old post for new ideas\/findings.<\/li>\n
  37. Link ideas from different genres in your posts (e.g., Celebrities and the gadgets they own).<\/li>\n
  38. Debunk a myth in your post.<\/li>\n
  39. Make a post for beginners.<\/li>\n
  40. Make a post for advanced readers.<\/li>\n
  41. Invite experts to comment on your post.<\/li>\n
  42. Ask your readers to Digg your best posts.<\/li>\n
  43. Change up your posting style (e.g., tutorial, reviews, etc.).<\/li>\n
  44. Write a funny post.<\/li>\n
  45. Create a huge list of your best posts.<\/li>\n
  46. Add to a list started by another blogger.<\/li>\n
  47. Create a mission statement for your blog.<\/li>\n
  48. Make a post simplifying a complex problem for your readers.<\/li>\n
  49. Create a guide for your niche.<\/li>\n
  50. Make a post turning a negative into a positive through humor ( e.g., tell a joke: \u201cMy parents tell me I\u2019m autistic. I tell them they have an attitude problem.\u201d).<\/li>\n
  51. Browse through a thesaurus and see if synonyms help spark ideas for your posts.<\/li>\n
  52. Respond to criticism in a post (e.g., respond to the Wall Street Journal\u2019s criticism of bloggers).<\/li>\n
  53. Write a post like you are telling a story.<\/li>\n
  54. Spruce up your posts with pictures.<\/li>\n
  55. Post about frequently asked questions in your niche.<\/li>\n
  56. Pose a rhetorical question in your post.<\/li>\n
  57. Post about what\u2019s popular and why it\u2019s beneficial ( e.g., \u201cTwitter\u201d for tech blogs).<\/li>\n
  58. Pose a hypothesis and conclusion in your post.<\/li>\n
  59. Support your post with related post links.<\/li>\n
  60. Make a [blank] for dummies post.<\/li>\n
  61. Post a picture that speaks a thousand words.<\/li>\n
  62. Buy a how-to book from a bookstore and use some of the ideas from that book to generate ideas for posting (e.g., a book about Photoshop).<\/li>\n
  63. Look at the archives of your niche competitors and see if any of their old posts can be expanded in an \u201cupdate\u201d post on your blog.<\/li>\n
  64. Post with a personality (e.g., John Chow is evil).<\/li>\n
  65. Write about how to do something more efficiently in your niche.<\/li>\n
  66. Write about generally unknown secrets in your niche.<\/li>\n
  67. Write about how to use a product in an unconventional way.<\/li>\n
  68. Do a post transcribing live events (e.g., Macworld conference).<\/li>\n
  69. Dissect an argument in a post.<\/li>\n
  70. Make a post summarizing someone else\u2019s post.<\/li>\n
  71. Make a post about how things have changed from the past.<\/li>\n
  72. Make a post that expands on someone else\u2019s post.<\/li>\n
  73. Create a post that incorporates the words, \u201cdesperate\u201d and \u201cfutile\u201d.<\/li>\n
  74. Make a post alleging a conspiracy (e.g., Is there a Digg Bury Brigade?).<\/li>\n
  75. Make a post that encourages visitors to subscribe by offering a reward.<\/li>\n
  76. Make a post that involves New York City, London, San Francisco or Sydney.\u00a0 For example, review a local business like this one about New York movers.<\/li>\n
  77. Make a post that incorporates in the title the word \u201ccrossover\u201d.<\/li>\n
  78. Create a post that utilizes a bar chart or pie chart.<\/li>\n
  79. Create a post that has a cliff hanger to be answered in a later post.<\/li>\n
  80. Make a post about pitfalls in your niche.<\/li>\n
  81. Participate in a reciprocal guest blogging scheme where you blog on someone else\u2019s blog and that other person blogs on your blog.<\/li>\n
  82. Do a paid posting targeted to your readers.<\/li>\n
  83. Profile the competition in your niche.<\/li>\n
  84. Post linkbait.<\/li>\n
  85. Make a post about your fellow bloggers\u2019 top posts.<\/li>\n
  86. Make a post about your most popular posts.<\/li>\n
  87. Read some sports (or other genre) magazines and incorporate some of the writing styles in your posts.<\/li>\n
  88. Write a post that pinpoints similarities and differences.<\/li>\n
  89. Write a post giving a free recommendation.<\/li>\n
  90. Write a post about something that is merely \u201cgood\u201d but not \u201cgreat\u201d.<\/li>\n
  91. Write a post about a hack for your niche.<\/li>\n
  92. Make a post that constructively criticizes someone else\u2019s post.<\/li>\n
  93. Run a poll and post the results of that poll.<\/li>\n
  94. Ask your loyal readers to email you links to their best resources and make a post about what you found.<\/li>\n
  95. Write only about a particular theme for a week.<\/li>\n
  96. Designate each day of the week as a theme day where you will always post about a particular topic on that day.<\/li>\n
  97. Review your blog\u2019s (weekly, monthly, yearly) performance and post the results.<\/li>\n
  98. Write an \u201cattack\u201d post by setting up an argument and then shooting it down.<\/li>\n
  99. Combine some of your best posts from your archives into a new series.<\/li>\n
  100. Hold a conference via blog posts.<\/li>\n
  101. Make a \u201c101 ideas\u201d post. \":razz:\"\/<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    List courtesy of Philip www.ihelpyoublog.com<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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