For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about how to get my mind back into “content creation mode”. Especially when the traffic numbers on your blog are low and the comments section is silent, it feels like it has spoken to the wall.
Once you get a continuous feedback loop from your audience and followers, creating content becomes a little easier.
But until then…
While we already seem to have completely eliminated all ideas, we still need a visionary plan to come up with new, new content ideas.
Even if you burn today - I hope the following list helps you! At least this has worked for me so far.
Fortunately, I am doing better than I can find in finding content ideas - without even noticing that I have built my own little system for it. My long arms guide me in this way, which I published on my blog FrameClick Tossel.
In this article, I want to share my current list of go-to resources with new content ideas - at a surprisingly consistent rate.
This list is in no particular order, which means all these resources can work equally well. Most likely, you will find one or two that work well for you personally.
At the end of this article I talk about my favorite sources. For now, let's go through the list:
Cora,
AnswerThePublic,
Forum,
Social media network,
Product Reviews,
Interview,
Personal spreadsheet,
Questions.
When searching for ideas for new content, the most important thing is to let your mind wander a little.
I can’t stress this enough: with such a step-by-step process, it’s still creative work and you shouldn’t be overly harsh on yourself.
You never know what interests you! When something happens, follow it until you say to yourself, "I want to write about it."
The way I go about it is this:
I would pick any resource from the list.
If nothing interesting today, I'll move on to the next resource on the list.
When I find something interesting, I click it and read it until one of two things happens: 1) I get bored and don't bother to read it, or 2) I feel itchy to share it.
What do I mean by "itching to share"?
Sometimes, I like this information and want to tell others about it - it’s a very clear response.
However, I often find that I disagree with what I am reading - or that I have more detailed knowledge about it.
When I found out I had killed gold! I can now follow my hump and start writing why I agree, or I don't agree, or that other details have been deleted.
Sometimes this means I stick to the material and add my own spin to it…
But too often, it turns into a unique piece of content that I can't actually take with me.
But all of this started with the list of resources mentioned above, turning around, and then relaxing my brain.
For me personally, having a personal spreadsheet with forums and ideas worked great.
You can do better on social media or in other sources than the list above - so try them all!
Do you have a process for finding new content ideas? Let me know in the comments below!
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