15 ways to find content to write about for your blog posts

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

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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

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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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