1. Use your personal experiences or heartwarming story to enlighten, encourage and inspire your readers.
2. Make a must haves list for your niche. (8 Must Have iPhone apps for Busy Professionals, 10 Must have plugins for WordPress, Must have photography gears, 30 Must read books…)
3. Make a wish list of items that relate to your job/hobby/passion.
4. Make a list of books that have changed your life.
5. Publish some little or unknown facts – The internet and different encyclopedias are full of facts, pick interesting.
6. Tell a story with photographs (Project 365, The 100 Strangers Project …).
7. Make a comic, video, or funny ecard to convey a message.
8. Write a story… poem… or something worthy.
9. Write about the best/worst advice you’ve ever received.
10. Write about things you wish you knew before… (“Things I wish I’d known Before Becoming A Parent 😉“.
11. Write about things you learned while… (“10 Things I Learned About Myself While Traveling the Western Nepal, … “)
12. Write about your stance on a controversial issue. (And be prepared for negative -and sometimes nasty- feedback.)
13. Review a movie, software, book, product etc.
14. Write about an event or conference you attended.
15. Share tips (Blogging, Time Management etc.).
16. Interview another blogger about their writing and other experiences.
17. Interview someone whose wisdom and voice isn’t on the Internet yet.
18. Write a tutorial (Use LightRoom for effective raw processing, iOS apps development for beginners, Using wordpress for blogging…).
19. Reuse or repurpose something in an unusual and clever fashion.
20. Create a list of something – People are lazy, they don’t want to waste time on searching and gathering information. That’s the reason why lists are popular. Create Top 100 best romantic movies, Top 100 love songs, Top 100 influential people or any other topic.
21. Share an abstract, non-food “recipe”. (“The Mommy Bloggers Recipe for Balancing Home and Work” or “Five Ingredients for a Happy Marriage”.)
22. Write a spotlight on a real-life friend who is doing something incredible.
23. Answer a commonly asked question from your readers. (What photo lenses do you recommend? Or what is the paint colour in your kitchen?)
24. Write a definitive guide to something full of lots of useful tips and resources.
25. Compile a list of your best or worst blogs.
26. Compile a list of your favourite people to follow on twitter.
27. Tell us how to save money, Can You?
28. Tell us how NOT to do something. Warn us gently.
29. Do a round up of your best/most popular/most controversial posts ever.
30. Give something up for a period of time and report back to us about the difficulties and rewards of the experience.
31. Acquire a great new habit and report back to us on the difficulties and rewards of the experience.
32. Publish a guest post by your significant other.
33. Ask your best friend to write about whatever he/she is an expert on.
34. Create a checklist for a specific task. (“Trekking Above 4000M – Things you must have…”)
35. Ask an interesting question on twitter or facebook and then write a blog post featuring the best answers.
36. Compare two similar products of interest to your readers, listing the pros and cons of each and your personal conclusion.
37. Tell people that they can do it! Encourage them, lift them up, inspire them.
38. Write a “Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me” post.
39. Rewrite or update an old post and re-publish it under a new and better title.
40. Write a letter to the next generation.
41. Share your favourite links from around the web this week/month/year.
42. Show us what’s in your purse, or your junk drawer, or the mess on your desk.
43. Write about the things you are afraid to tell the world. And then give it 24 hours and seek counsel from a wise friend before publishing.
44. Tell us how you stay/are getting healthy.
45. Blog about a cause close to your heart. Tell us why we should care and how to help.
46. Create a list of trends to watch (Technology or Other…) and predict what’s going to happen next year.
47. Tell a funny story / sad story (with a useful point).
48. Write something evergreen (meaning it will be useful and fresh for ages to come.)
49. Announce your goals to the world (if you dare!) and then give updates on how you are progressing.
50. Write a series about something you know a lot about.
51. Rewrite one of your best posts and submit it as a guest post to a more popular blog.
52. Remind us of things we already know.
53. Post a cool infographic – Infographics help to visualize complicated data and they’re hugely popular these days.
54. Criticize a website/blog or a person – The web and blogs are great for discussion, opinions and criticizing. Nevertheless, if you are brave enough to say some crispy words about someone, make sure your text has strong arguments and is based on real facts.
55. Write inspirational/motivational post with famous quotes – People need little kicks to get going and get things done.
56. Make a handwritten post and publish it by taking a photo – Hand-written texts look amazing and show your creativity as well as character.
57. Write about how to use Social Media Effectively (Twitter, Facebook …)
58. Provide guidance to help your ideal reader make choices – If you’re an IT company, you could write about choosing the right IT company or how to decide between outsourcing and managing IT in house.
59. Use your favorite sports to explain what’s happening in your industry – Sports give you lots of opportunities for analogies – there are rules, successes, and failures. There are teams that play well together or can’t play together, the referee who keeps order or not, the coach with his tactics, and the fans who adore their heroes and despise the “enemy”.
60. Write about your own weaknesses or failures to help your readers overcome their problems.
61. Find a quote to inspire your next blog post. Create a list of fascinating quotes. But don’t steal your inspiration – credit your sources.
62. Use your favorite sports to explain what’s happening around – Sports give you lots of opportunities for analogies – there are rules, successes, and failures. There are teams that play well together or can’t play together, the referee who keeps order or not, the coach with his tactics, and the fans who adore their heroes and despise the “enemy”.
63. Contest – People love to win prizes, and blog contests are a great way to drive traffic to your blog as well as encourage visitors to leave comments, you can determine the method of entry, duration of the contest, prize, and more.
64. Profile people of your inspiration; do your research and write a short biography.
65. Provide detail itinerary of places you travelled along with your experiences.
66. Write about what you’d do with $10000 (or some other large amount).
67. Write about interesting patents that amaze people (Eg: Apple patented the two-finger movements on smartphones and tablets)
68. Write a satirical blog post without being too harsh.
69. Abandon your blog for a week and make others think “What happened to you?” – Do at your own risk!
70. Thank your readers – show that you respect them.
71. Write a huge list of blog post ideas, Like I did… ;).
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