I write a ton of blog posts for my websites.
Writing has become a major part of my life throughout the years.
People recognize this and often ask me the same question: How do you come up with these new ideas?
Truthfully, writer’s block happens to all of us. Just ask any writer, and they’ll tell you the same thing.
Sometimes you sit down, and the words don’t spill onto the page as easy as you’d like them to. I can relate and empathize with you there.
That said, I don’t have much trouble coming up with new ideas. I came up with a system a while ago that made it easy for me to constantly source new topics to write about.
These strategies aren’t limited to blog posts.
They can be used to come up with content for research articles, podcasts, and ebooks. You can even use them to come up with ideas for your new video blog or whatever else you’re working on.
Here are the top 15 ways to source new content ideas.
1. Create topic lists in bunches
When you’re ready to write new content, you shouldn’t be sitting down to decide what you’ll write about.
This wastes time, and it’s inefficient.
I like to create long lists of potential topics all at once. Spend a few hours researching subjects for new ideas.
Give yourself enough topics for at least a month or two. If you’re publishing three posts per week, you’ll want to aim for at least 12 to 24 new ideas.