50 Great Posting Ideas That Will Make Your Blog Sizzle

I'm very new when it comes to this blogging idea, so i looked up what people wanted to read about...


Great posts are hard to do consistently on a day-to-day basis. Probloggers really have to work at it. I thought about all the different ways and angles a blogger can approach choosing posting topics. Here are 101 different ideas that I think are great to stimulate your mind and jumpstart your blogging.

[UPDATE: Make a Great Post from a category below and I'll link back to your post! See rules here.]

1.Brainstorm by matching up your readers wants and needs using the Visitor Grid method of brainstorming.
2.Write a post by examining the pros and cons of an issue.
3.Write a tutorial.
4.Do an interview with key people in your niche.
5.Create a mock head-to-head competition like what Daniel did.
6.Do a case study like what Read/Write Web did with the hot topics on Technorati 100.
7.Take an alternate position.
8.Write a long comment.
9.Pick a topic by reading business book titles.
10.Research a topic by doing research on Amazon.com.
11.Drill down on a topic using Ask.com’s search feature.
12.Do a post that answers your readers’ questions.
13.Create a comprehensive list.
14.Create flagship content.
15.Interview controversial people in your niche.
16.Post about current events in your niche.
17.Invite your readers to submit articles.
18.Instead of exchanging links, get together with other bloggers and review each others’ blogs.
19.Connect with bloggers around your same level and share ideas.
20.Do a “speedlinking��? post.
21.Post about posts made by others in your My Blog Log community.
22.Be opinionated in your post.
23.Turn off the nofollow attribute to encourage comments.
24.Do a “tag” post and have other bloggers who are tagged add to a list.
25.Do an “IM” PPC campaign and then post about the results.
26.Be a guest blogger and share ideas with new readers.
27.Review your statistics to see what keywords referred your visitors to your site and post about those.
28.Answer your readers’ questions with more questions (i.e., have you thought about…?).
29.Contrast two or more positions in a post.
30.Make a post that solves a problem.
31.Make a post that is inspirational.
32.Make a satirical post.
33.Write a series of posts.
34.Post your research findings.
35.Post an “advantages/disadvantages” post.
36.Update an old post for new ideas/findings.
37.Link ideas from different genres in your posts (e.g., Celebrities and the gadgets they own).
38.Debunk a myth in your post.
39.Make a post for beginners.
40.Make a post for advanced readers.
41.Invite experts to comment on your post.
42.Ask your readers to Digg your best posts.
43.Change up your posting style (e.g., tutorial, reviews, etc.).
44.Write a funny post.
45.Create a huge list of your best posts.
46.Add to a list started by another blogger.
47.Create a mission statement for your blog.
48.Make a post simplifying a complex problem for your readers.
49.Create a guide for your niche.
50.Make a post turning a negative into a positive through humor ( e.g., tell a joke: “My parents tell me I’m autistic. I tell them they have an attitude problem.”).