Are you struggling to come up with blog topics that people will actually read? That is what every blogger goes through at least once or twice during their blogging journey. Usually when you start a blog you have a specific idea about what you want to write about. This interest area becomes what is called a ‘niche‘ and it can be very specific or more broader in nature. Then you start writing some blog posts and hope that they’ll generate traffic to you blog. But even if you write amazing content sometimes the traffic just doesn’t come. This can often be very frustrating and discouraging.
I’m here to help you find great blog topics that will actually generate interest to you blog. I’m also giving you my Free How To Rock Social Media – 25 Essential Tips & Tools for Small Biz & Bloggers Guide, which includes this list of 25 blog topics! So get yours by signing up for my newsletter below!
Write About What You Know
When you start a blog it’s usually with a specific purpose in mind. As I mentioned before that purpose becomes your blog’s ‘niche‘. It’s what separates your blog from other general blogs out there. When you write your posts you’re using your own style and your own special way of writing. This can offer your readers a unique view on the subject. You don’t have to be an expert in everything but you do need to write with confidence. Whether you’re into food, travel, beauty, fashion, blogging, marketing and/or any other subject you have to remember what makes you different and use that to your advantage. Let it guide you to write your content and don’t compare yourself to others. A lot of us get tempted to want to be like the popular bloggers out there. After all we view them as being successful and we want to have some of that success ourselves. That is completely natural as long as you don’t loose sight of who you are. You have to remember that success isn’t always immediate; it can take some time to achieve it so just keep at it.
Create A Great Headline For Your Blog Topics
Writing an awesome article is only half the work. The second step is writing a catchy headline that will attract people to come to your blog. You might be really great at this or you may need a little help finding that headline that truly stands out. One simple way is to just Google the topic and see what comes up. This will give you an idea of what posts come up on the first page of Google. You can also find a list of related search topics that people are typing into Google. But you can go a step further. I recently found a great tool by CoSchedule called ‘Headline Analyzer‘. This simple and did I mention free tool will analyze your headline, give it a score and point out its strengths and weaknesses. How did I ever go without this? I’ve started using this amazing tool and my headlines have improved significantly. Below is this post’s headline analyzed and all the other headlines that had a lower score. I suggest you start using this now!
Offer Something Special To Your Readers
Another great idea to attract readers to your blog is to offer them something special in return. It doesn’t have to be anything expensive or too complicated. It can be as simple as a free printable, a pdf, a video, a discount for a product or a fun contest or giveaway. You don’t have to offer this for every post you do but you should at least have one of these offers on your blog. This type of incentive is called a ‘lead magnet‘. It’s a great way to attract readers to your blog and to also get them to sign up for your newsletter. In order to get your free offer they will provide you with their e-mail address and you can now start to build your e-mail subscribers list. You can create multiple lead magnets for a variety of blog posts. Additionally, it’s an opportunity to partner up with somebody such as a fellow blogger, local business or a brand. You mention the partner and in return they offer you a product, a service or a discount you can then pass on to your readers. It’s a win-win situation for all parties. For full disclosure purposes, make sure you advise your readers that this particular post is a sponsored post or a post that includes affiliate links.
Collaborate With Others
One of the most successful ways for your content to generate more traffic is by collaborating with others. By doing so you’re getting input from another expert and giving them an opportunity to be featured on your blog. It also gives you an opportunity to reach additional audience. When you share your new blog post on social media make sure you tag the expert in your post to increase share-ability. Most often than not the expert will re-post or re-tweet this content. For more tips on how to stand out on social media read my 6 Savvy Tips To Grow Your Online Presence article. On the other hand you can reach out to other writers and content creators to be featured on their blog. This will give your blog a very important ‘backlink‘ which means there will be a link to your blog on the other person’s blog. This ‘backlink’ will increase your blog’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ranking. It means your blog will now rate higher in Google!
25 Great Blog Topics That Will Actually Generate Interest
Now lets move on to the blog post topics that will actually generate interest to your blog. It may seem daunting to come up with all these different blog posts but it really doesn’t have to be. A good practice you should always remember is to write down any and all topics that come to your mind as soon as you think of them. Keep this list handy and continue adding to it. Sooner or later you’ll end up with a list of at least 50-60 blog ideas. Below is a list of blog topics ideas that you can easily gear towards your blog niche. Any of these topics can be used for a variety of interests.
- Your Own Blog Posts
- Tips
- How To’s
- Sales
- Promotions
- Giveaways
- Contests
- Free Opt-in Resources
- Testimonials
- Success Stories
- Behind the Scenes
- Sneak Peaks
- FAQs
- Q&As
- Announcements
- Video Snippets
- Re-freshed Old Content
- Your New Products
- Inspirational Quotes
- Other People’s Content
- Tutorials
- Questions
- Ask for Advice
- Popular Holidays
- Fun Facts
I hope that this gives you some great ideas for future blog posts and with this list you should never run out of content. Want this list in an easily printable format? Get it when you sign up for my newsletter below.
What kind of blog posts are your favourite? What’s your blog niche? Do you struggle with finding ideas to write about? Share with me in the comments below.
Happy blogging!
Nice list, i’ve been wanting to do a giveaway but I feel I should have more returning readers first 🙂
Oh yes. That’s a good idea. I too am waiting to have a larger list to do a giveaway.
This is such a helpful tips for new bloggers. Agree with you that great headline is key. My blog niche is everything about beauty. Thanks for sharing this great ideas.
Glad you found this list helpful :). Thanks for checking it out!
These are some great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome 🙂
This post is so great, I love all of your ideas for content! I’m for sure going to keep this in mind the next time I need inspiration for content.
Thank you so much Hayley. Good luck with your future blog posts 🙂
I actually signed up to receive the tips! thank you cant wait to read it
That’s great to hear Jenny. Thanks. I hope you find them helpful. Any questions feel free to ask 🙂
Such good tips! Thanks for sharing!
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No problem. Thanks for checking them out!
These were some great tips and ideas!!! Thank you for sharing in the beginning some key components to writing an awesome blog post people will want to read!!! I really love sharing tips in my posts and I love the testimonial idea!!
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You’re very welcome. Glad you found these tips helpful ?
Thanks for sharing. These are very useful. Certainly using your tips for this weeks upcoming blog post. 🙂
That’s awesome 🙂
it can be hard to find topics that people actually like. I would add: see what posts have done well in the past with your readers and continue to write what they like.
Yes, that is always a good rule of thumb!
Great list, thanks for the tips. I find I do well when I recreate a previous blog with by adding new content.
Thanks Martha. Yes, re-purposing old content is a great way to boost the post again.
Thanks for sharing this list. It will definitely help me out when I stomped on what to write about.
Glad to be of help J. Shan’Trice. Thanks for checking it out 🙂
Thank you for this! I definitely need to check out headline analyzer 😀
Absolutely. Go for it. It will definitely help with blog headlines!
For a new blogger like me this list is pure gold. Yes, I do sometimes get blocked and don’t know what to write about, actually I think every blogger has moments of blocking and looks for inspiration on lists like this.
That is so true Perla. I hope this list will help you get inspired when in need.
Nice post. It’s very useful for bloggers like us who sometimes maybe lack of inspiration.
Thanks Konstantinos for checking it out!
Love your list! 🙂
Thanks Tahna!
Interesting post. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you found it interesting 🙂
Thanks for the tips and the headline analyzer! It will be useful!
You’re very welcome 🙂
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
You’re very welcome Mercy. Thanks for checking it out.
Great tips for a blogger to manage its blog with ease!
Glad you found these tips helpful Vipul. Thanks for reading 🙂
Great list! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome. Thanks for checking it out 🙂
A great list of ideas here and I was wondering about the analyzer. So helpful to start on right and have a good headline:)
Oh yes Lisa. The headline analyzer is a must for me. I use it for every post now. Very helpful to also know if you have the right sentiment in the tone of the headline.
I love your list! 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I realized in my blogging journey that headlines are very important and i’m glad to find out more about it and how to make it better.
I blog lifestyle, food and health. Sometimes, I do struggle with content but i’m getting better in that aspect.
I’m glad finding out about the analyzer.
Thanks for sharing.
I really needed this tips!
Oh you’re very welcome Enele. I’ve been using this analyzer for all my blog headlines and I believe it’s great help.
Yeah, I tried it out for today’s post and I realized that it gave me a great title.
Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
Oh that’s awesome to hear Enele ?. Glad it was helpful.