How to Generate Blog Post Ideas in Seconds
This guest post is written by Peter Joseph, a 15-year-old blogger from Australia.
Often when we blog, at times there may be moments when we have absolutely no ideas on what to blog about.
The worst thing we can do is leave our blogs dormant. If we have nothing to blog about that people want to read then we will quickly lose readers, subscribers and worst, the grip on our blog.
If you have no idea what you want to blog about next, here are the best tips to avoid this and come up with blog posts ideas in seconds.
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Don’t think of blogging as a must do
One heavy mistake everyone seems to make is they think that blogging is a must do.
They have a requirement that you must write a blog post at specific times on specific days or you will fall short of the cycle.
Only write a new post when you come up with a decent idea. It is better to leave your blog blank for a few more days then publish a blog post that isn’t of good quality and can put your readers off.
Here’s how to come up with post ideas in seconds and completely remove this step.
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Start with the topic
The first thing you need to do to start coming up with ideas is to define your topic.
What actually do you plan to write on, is it blogging? Something about cooking?
Generally to get this far, it isn’t too hard, take a look on your blog, what topics does it cover; this is generally what you should write about and focus on in speed idea thinking.
Once you’ve done this, you need to start thinking up the catch phrase.
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Find out the catchphrase
Forget any form of creativity; all the catchphrase is, is a jumble of words which you are going to use to formulate your ideas.
Catch phrases can generally be very simple. Just make sure you remember to pull it back to your topic; just come up with anything at all.
Right now, for a catch phrase at this very instant, the thing I came up with as I write this is “blogging in a line”.
Now this might not sound like much at the moment but there are various different topics that could come around this catch phrase.
The next thing you need to do is formulate your catch phrase and come up with ideas around it.
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Formulate everything around your catchphrase
Using my blogging in a line example, the next thing you need to do is formulate everything around your catch phrase.
What comes to mind when you think of “blogging in a line?”
To me, I think kof the importance of having multiple blog posts and moving them down into various parts, also making your posts flow concurrently so that everything works together.
What comes to mind with your catch phrase? Look at each of the different words in the sentence and then the whole sentence and ideas will quickly come to your head.
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Conclusion
After doing the tips above you will slowly realize how quickly coming up with blog post ideas is. No longer will you ever have to stress about meeting a post deadline with nothing to deliver.
Just remember now, all you have to do is think up a topic, find a catch phrase, formulate topics around it and you already have a perfect idea.
The idea behind this post took me around is seconds to think up, idea generate at that speed and you will save heaps of tine.
Only downside is. Now you have too many ideas and not enough time to write them all down.
Peter Joseph is a passionate 15-year-old blogger from Australia, where he blogs on his blog Ideas bubble, which he shares all his blogging tips and ideas.
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August 27, 2010 3:01 PM
August 6, 2010
3:11 pm
Thanks for taking the time to put this post together Peter! This post is short and sweet, and very useful! A really great way to overcome writer’s block!
August 6, 2010
3:45 pm
Seeing a post on your blog after almost a month,.
Awesome post…. will surely follow those tips.
Keep blogging
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August 6, 2010
4:41 pm
Haha… thanks! Yeah, I’ve been quite busy. Though, I’ve got a new blog post coming out later next week. Keep an eye!
August 6, 2010
8:15 pm
Really great post Joseph,
You are absolutely right here and you offer some killer tips in your post.
YOu are right by saying one should only update when he has a great idea rather than out of necessity, the quality of the post is what matters most and not the quantity.
Thanks a lot for the great post,
-Onibalusi
August 7, 2010
1:11 am
GREAT post..definitely keeping some of these ideas in mind next time I have the urge to write
August 7, 2010
10:02 am
I learn blogging ideas from commenting on other blogs or reading my readers’ comments. Thanks for great idea
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August 12, 2010
8:14 pm
Yeah, blog commenting is a great way to get ideas. For example, when you write a blog post response to another blog post.
August 7, 2010
9:56 pm
Nice post about dealing with the “writer’s block”. I have bookmarked it for the times when I have nothing to write. Thanks for useful tips.
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August 12, 2010
8:17 pm
Thanks so much for bookmarking this post, Umair! Hope it inspires you when you have writer’s block
August 8, 2010
1:13 am
thinking of a blog topic is always challenging..
but when it’s about current topic, thinking of an interesting way of writing would also be a challenge.. but challenges are fun =)
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August 12, 2010
8:20 pm
Yeah… Agreed! Thinking of an interesting way to write it is challenging indeed!
August 9, 2010
3:48 am
These are some really great tips. I really enjoyed reading this blog post
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August 12, 2010
8:25 pm
Thanks Kharim!
August 11, 2010
4:13 pm
I do really generate blog post ideas in seconds when the time I was really motivated to write about something useful to my blog.
And when I do some, I will immediately jot down the titles and make some frames to not forgot the sequence of the ideas.
Thanks for this post. It was really helpful to me.
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August 12, 2010
8:28 pm
You’re welcome, Felix! I agree – you should generate blog post ideas when you really feel like it!
August 12, 2010
8:11 pm
What I like to do when I am at a lack of ideas is to look at other media, like print magazines and newspapers, and see what kind of content they are publishing. I then check if I can adapt that to my blog/niche.
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August 12, 2010
8:33 pm
A very great idea, Daniel! =)
August 14, 2010
3:33 pm
What a brilliant idea
August 13, 2010
9:35 pm
You are not a kid at all
i love the great lines highlighted.
Cheers Joseph.
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August 20, 2010
12:14 pm
Nice post, friend!
My only problem is “What to do when you lose ideas WHILE posting the blog post”
haha. d^_^d Thumbs up to this guest post!
-Jaja
August 24, 2010
5:15 pm
Haha, good joke.
(Thats only if you were serious xD)
Only thing i can recommend is trying some memory improvement techniques. There everywhere
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September 2, 2010
10:37 pm
Peter
Awesomely refreshing post man
I love how you set the stage early – and you are so right, you don’t need to blog at all.
Thanks mate – nice perspective
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September 15, 2010
12:39 pm
Wonderful well written and well presented article, that’s great for me. Nice share
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September 16, 2010
10:04 am
I appreciate the comments! All thanks to Peter Joseph
September 23, 2010
4:16 pm
The subject of this article is really interesting. Nice to see the clear presentation here. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing this useful information.
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September 27, 2010
10:13 pm
A catchphrase is a brilliant idea. Working through that on a blog would be easier now.
Thanks.
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September 27, 2010
10:23 pm
Hey Amir! You’re most welcome!
Glad we helped.
September 30, 2010
11:39 am
Hi Gloson,
I agree, and the best way to come up with ideas is usually when you are a way from the computer or in your car driving, it just comes to you, if not get up off your chair and walk around
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September 30, 2010
1:50 pm
Yeah… I really agree with that advice. There are two reason why that works:
1. Our brain needs to be refreshed.
2. When we are driving or walking, we are relaxing not distracted by the computer, so our mind can think stuff.
Cheers!
September 30, 2010
4:47 pm
Oh it was Peter that wrote this, lol, Great post Peter!
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October 4, 2010
3:38 am
There have definitely been times that I can not come up with anything to write about. It seems to come in waves for me. I will think of something to write about and it will spring additional ideas.
January 6, 2011
6:43 pm
Nice tips. Many blogger run out of ideas and so stop blogging while little effort may help them building invaluable community for sure. I think that may let them end their blog suddenly. Often experienced this.
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April 9, 2011
5:10 pm
if only it were that easy, then every blogger will be successful:) but you have to have talent to get great ideas that fast..
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June 22, 2011
5:39 am
This is something I do too.
Together with a lot of brainstorming when I feel inspired, so I have ready-to-use ideas for when blogger’s block strikes!
Nice tips. ^_~
~ Luana S.