How I Generate (And Validate) Content Ideas For Medium

It’s not as hard as you think

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Gone are the days when I sit on my desk and stare at a blinking cursor for 30 minutes.

Writer’s block becomes a myth when you develop a daily writing habit. Generating ideas becomes much easier. Getting into “flow” mode becomes more frequent once you develop a system. Editing becomes simple instead of tinkering with every word.

It’s safe to say that learning how to generate ideas effortlessly will save you lots of headaches.

Here’s my dead-simple process:

Pull good-performing tweets on Twitter and expand.

People secretly like the fluff.

This is the reason why self-help books are popular. Most of the information is not new. The author can condense the ideas into a few sentences.

Yet, the fluff keeps the reader engaged.

The author knows how to get to the reader through fluff.

But you can’t be all fluff. You have to add it to a compelling idea.

One way I generate content ideas on Medium is by using Twitter:

• Check Twitter analytics
• Pick the best-performing (based on…