ARTICLE TOPIC IDEAS IF YOU ARE STUCK

If you are struggling with ideas or titles for your articles or blog posts, you are not alone

I’ve had several clients ask “What do I write about? Well, I’ve taken the time to compile a list of ideas that you could use when planning your blogging or article writing efforts.

I have gathered these from quite a few sources but notably the following -they are worth a look in their own right:

http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-writing/50-ways-for-writers-to-find-article-ideas/

http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/09/50-blog-post-ideas-for-business-blogging.html

http://theaffluentblogger.com/website-promotion/58-article-marketing-title-ideas/

Here are some I thought were good:

Generic:

• “how to…”
• “Top 10 tips for…”
• “An action plan to ….”
• “The biggest problem facing . . . “
• “Pros and Cons of…”
• “The Five Biggest Mistakes Made by… “
• “The Three Turning Points in XYZ’s History”
• “The Key People in XYZs’s History…”
• “The Five Greatest Products in the History of….”
• “The Most Common Mistakes You Can Make When…”
• “The One Simple Rule of …”
• “Five Steps to Complete Mastery of …”
• “A Comprehensive Comparison of …”
• “The Most Essential Skills of …”
• “The Least Expensive Ways to…”
• “The Key Business Decisions Made by…”
• “The Most Risky Aspect of…”

This service also has many more ideas: http://www.contentideagenerator.com/

Here are some others that may produce more targeted, or in-depth, articles:

• Case studies from your own business
• Testimonials
• Record the opinion of an expert in your own company
• Summarise statistics from an authoritative source (and reference them)
• Industry insights
• Envision the future of your industry by extrapolating the current developments
• List online resources for business people in your industry
• Make a list of the top myths in your industry and debunk them
• Make a list of the top X blogs in your niche
• Compare the your national market to markets abroad
• Collect the best blog postings in your niche and compile a “best of” list
• List of best images relevant to your business or service
• List of best videos of relevance to your business or service
• Compare the new vs the old ways of doing your business
• Highlight top female experts in your field
• Take a big brand (or several) and use it as an example for best practices vs mistakes
• Create a list of indispensable software or web tools for your job
• Take a common issue many people care about and explain how it relates to your business
• Check your search engine referrers and write postings for those queries that had no matches until now
• Check in your stats which post is the most popular one and write a follow-up
• Write a list of FAQs base around a topic of relevance and answer them
• Find an exceptional YouTube video and write about it.