Maintaining a blog or website can be as challenging as upsizing a business.
An average person spends up to 8 hours per day on the internet. Because people have become more engaged online, most if not all businesses put up a website or blog page to keep customers updated.
Posting or sharing random stuff online is not enough though. If you run out of marketing blog topic ideas that are also engaging for your customers, this list may become your go-to tools for blog topic generation.
Look for relevant keywords
1. Google Keyword Tool
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Google AdWords houses a free keyword tool you can use to check for keywords that people search for everyday. It will show you a list of keywords with their corresponding statistics so you can choose which ones are trending and highly relevant to your business.
2. SEO Book Keyword Tool
Another great blogging resource is the Keyword Suggestion Tool at SEO Book. If you have a broad topic in mind and would like to get more specific, this tool can suggest narrowed down topics, which can help optimize and rank your blog or site.
3. Google Suggested Search
Google’s Suggested Search usually appears at the bottom of a search results page after you enter a keyword at the search bar. The list of suggested terms usually contains the actual keyword or is related to it.
Use blog title or headline generators
If you already have a keyword but can’t muster a catchy blog title, you need the help of a title generator. It works by keying your keyword in and the tool will suggest actual and sample titles based on popular blog posts. It’s best to use these suggestions only as a starting point to write your unique and catchy title.
Here are some of the best tools for blog title ideas:
4. tweakyourbiz.com/title-generator
5. hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
6. portent.com/tools/title-maker/
7. prozely.com.au/tools/blog-title-generator/
8. inboundnow.com/apps/kill-writers-block/
9. contentrow.com/tools/link-bait-title-generator
Find out what’s hot and what’s not
10. Pinterest
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Sometimes, words aren’t enough to spark an idea. Why not get unique blog ideas from a unique and visually stimulating platform? Pinterest is a social media site where users post and share images and interests. You can create various boards where you can share your own photo or “pin” another user’s post. These boards work like general ideas and the pins serve as the specific topics you can get inspiration from.
11. Twitter Keywords
If you’re into what’s hot in the social media world, Twitter is where you can get trending blog content ideas. Know what’s trending by checking hashtags and popular articles. To look for a specific topic, search for your keyword and check out the most popular “tweets.”
12. LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn is also a popular social network that can be added to your arsenal of useful blog topic resources. Search for LI groups by entering your keyword and choosing groups that are popular and relevant to your target. Some groups are public so you can easily look into their discussion while others may require you to join first. Either way, these groups are very useful resources for blog topic generation.
13. BuzzSumo
Get the buzzing topics across all social media sites when you use BuzzSumo. It’s like a one-stop shop for what to blog about. Just key in your keywords and BuzzSumo will list down articles and the number of total shares on all sites (Google, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Facebook).
Draw insight from articles and news
14. Feedly
Feedly is the world’s most popular blog and RSS reader which helps you keep up with all the topics that matter to you. It’s one of the best and free blogging resources that let you organise news, your favorite blogs and articles all in one place.
15. Alltop
With Alltop, you can easily find relevant post titles and trending stories by searching for your topics and browsing through headlines under each topic.
16. Google News
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Another great content idea generator is Google News. It offers a wide range of news and articles on any topic. Use specific keywords to generate news results relevant to your interest or business. To get to Google News, go to Google.com, key in your keyword and click the News link tab.
17. Quora
A blog is usually written to provide answer to a question or discuss solution to a problem. Quora is a special blog idea generator that lists questions related to different niches and businesses. You can also find great varying responses or solutions which you can discuss further in your blog.
Content marketing plays a significant role in growing a business nowadays. These blogging tips are just the first step to drive traffic to your blog or site. More traffic means more sales but don’t worry if you’ve got a full schedule, you can entrust your blog to a virtual assistance company.
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References:
smallbiztrends.com
digitalrhinos.com
prozely.com.au
