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The best 50 blogging ideas to choose from
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Posted by ASWANI

No doubt, as a blogger nothing frustrates me the most except this. A very basic concern - What to write on my blog? From where to get ideas from? How to make sure that we are posting at least thrice a week or more? And when you don't take it seriously then its almost sure that you will lag behind the rest. You will lose your readers and more importantly, you are likely to lose the much needed love from the search engines. And needless to say, it could hurt you the most.
So, it can be a worst scenario for anyone. Just been myself through 'n' number of blogs till now. And after carefully researching on what others write and how others find new ideas of blogging, I am out with whopping 50 blogging ideas to choose from. These ideas can be used repeatedly by an blogger to write best suited content for his/her blog. Now, its up to you to follow it or leave it.
So, here are those best 50 blogging ideas that are most likely to help you at anytime in your blogging :
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So, it can be a worst scenario for anyone. Just been myself through 'n' number of blogs till now. And after carefully researching on what others write and how others find new ideas of blogging, I am out with whopping 50 blogging ideas to choose from. These ideas can be used repeatedly by an blogger to write best suited content for his/her blog. Now, its up to you to follow it or leave it.
So, here are those best 50 blogging ideas that are most likely to help you at anytime in your blogging :
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1. Special events - Relate your blog topic to a special event, national day of, or holiday.
2. News - Subscribe to Google news alert on your keywords and write about the latest news in your niche.
3. Book review.
4. Respond to a post on another blog in a niche similar or related to yours.
5. Blog milestone - Write about your blogging milestones, such as publishing your 100th post, getting your 1000th comment....
6. Niche heroes -Blog about a person who made a positive contribution in your niche.
7. Blog memes - Join in blog memes such as "Wordless Wednesday". There's at least one for every day of the week!
8. Product review - An excellent way to work in some affiliate links.
9. FAQs in your niche - Write a short Q & A based on FAQs about your niche.
10. Blog comment response - Write a long and expanded response to a comment on your blog.
11. Predict trends - What do you see happening in your niche in a year? 5 years?
12. Historical view - What was your niche in the past? Or what past event influenced your niche?
13. Top tips on any topic of interest to your readers.
14. Best of... - A good year ender, make a list of your best posts for the year.
15. Contests - Organize a contest for your blog readers, or make a list of contests your readers can join.
16. What I learned from... a current event, a person you met, or an experience you had.
17. Definitions - Define terms that are commonly used in your niche but a beginner may not understand
18. New products - Not a review but simply an announcement of a new product relevant to your niche. This is another good opportunity to drop in some affiliate links.
19. Biggest problem - Ask your readers what their biggest problem is about your blog topic or niche. They post their answers in the comments section.
20. Biggest problem follow up - Summarize the comments from #19 in another post.
21. Biggest problem follow up series - Write a separate blog post tackling each question from #19.
22. Interview somebody knowledgeable in your niche, or has succeeded in it, or is otherwise interesting to your readers.
23. Big list - Compile a big list of various resources, just like this one. The bigger the better!
24. Reader Survey - Put up a brief survey online and blog about the results.
25. Be provocative. Challenge a common belief or widely accepted idea in your niche.
26. New idea - What new idea about your blog topic or niche have you come across lately?
27. YouTube - Embed a funny, moving or insightful video on YouTube. You can even have a "video day" once a week.
28. YouTube version 2 - Make YOUR own YouTube video. Publish it on YouTube then embed on your blog. This way, you can attract traffic from YouTube to your blog.
29. Freebie - Scour the 'net for freebies that your readers will love. Or create a freebie of your own, such as a checklist or special report.
30. Personal story - Use a personal story to illustrate an important concept or principle in your niche.
31. Free to publish articles - Check out relevant articles in article directories such as Ezine Articles... but don't publish them entirely on your blog. Instead, use an article or a group of articles as your take-off point for a blog post, or several.
32. Link love - This is a post with links to other blogs. Some bloggers set aside one day a week to publish a list of the best blog posts on their topic.
33. Photo - A picture is worth thousand words, right? Search Flickr for creative commons pictures that your readers will like.
34. Hot topics - Look at Digg for hot topics in your niche.
35. Pros and cons - Examine what's good and bad about something related to your blog topic
36. Respond to relevant questions you find in Ask.com
37. Guest post - Invite another blogger to write a guest post for your blog
38. Reader's post - Invite blog subscribers to submit an article or post to be published on the blog
39. Inspirational post - Write a motivational post for your readers.
40. Update an old post with fresh ideas, new learnings and current research findings.
41. Beginner's guide - What do beginners in your niche struggle with? Write a post to guide them through it.
42. Best list - Patterned after "best dressed lists" make a list of the best ___ in your niche.
43. Worst list - Make your version of the "worst dressed list" for your niche.
44. New uses for - Think of new ways your readers can use gadgets and other stuff.
45. Write about a live event that you attended and what you learned from it.
46. Bribe post - Bribe your readers with a freebie in exchange for subscribing to your newsletter or RSS feed.
47. Around the world - Compare how people in different countries do something related to your niche.
48. Seasonal - Relate the month or season to your blog topic.
49. Blog carnival - Join or host a blog carnival, where several publish posts about the same topic on the same day.
50. Host a virtual "conference" on your blog - Invite "speakers" to publish their post on a specified date and time. Q&A happens in the comments section.
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I hope these ideas are very easy to understand and apply for any blogger. I find it very useful and hope you too will.
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November 29, 2009 12:33 AM
excellent tips
November 29, 2009 5:55 AM
Some very interesting tips aswani i colud had one to that and it is being creative and i also love no 40 update an old post with fresh ideas this is the same as optimizing your old post for better search engine results thanks for this list i do hope every one can draw inspiration from it as i did well said brother
November 29, 2009 7:41 AM
Thanks SM. Have a nice Sunday :)
November 29, 2009 8:31 AM
Wow, i can use this list to write a lot of posts for my blog! thanks a lot mate!
November 29, 2009 9:19 AM
Good blogging ideas Aswani, very good! I am going to use some of these ideas on my coming posts :)
November 29, 2009 11:51 AM
Bro, I am glad that you loved this post. Yes, being creative helps a lot. I think it is the only difference between a good blogger and a great blogger. Good bloggers just write and great bloggers create writings. The latter being more appealing. Thanks again bro. Have a nice week ahead :)
November 29, 2009 11:52 AM
My pleasure..Pubudu. I am glad you liked it :)
November 29, 2009 11:53 AM
Hi Hishaman, its my pleasure to see you on this blog after such a long gap. Thank you so much for your visit. Keep smiling and keep in touch :)
November 29, 2009 12:55 PM
Awesome list of ideas, Aswani. Well done. Although I'd hesitate to publish a worst dressed list in my niche. Ahahaha.
November 29, 2009 1:20 PM
Thanks bro for liking this list. hahah..good one ;)
November 29, 2009 3:48 PM
These ideas were good to read Aswani.. I am happy to have a blogger friend like you who is successful in that area :)
The last idea about having virtual speakers was the one I specially liked.
Keep Blogging happily !
November 29, 2009 4:19 PM
an exhaustive set of ideas. thanks for sharing :)
November 29, 2009 4:22 PM
Thanks Niharika as ever. I am glad to see your comments on my posts. Yes, I am also very happy to have a friend like you. Keep in touch :)
November 29, 2009 4:23 PM
You are welcome..Subu :)
November 29, 2009 5:05 PM
Good and useful tips. When you're a regular blogger, sometimes it's difficult to come up with good ideas to write about, but these tips are very useful. Thanks. 8-)
November 29, 2009 5:11 PM
Welcome sir..seeing you on this blog after months. Hope you are doing great. Keep smiling and keep in touch :)
November 29, 2009 5:44 PM
Rocking post Aswani. This is one of the best list of blogging tips I have encountered. Neatly packed in one post. I cover several of them but I have to admit that there are still some things that have not tried, like hosting a blog contest. Maybe I'll do it soon:) This one goes to my personal folder for sure. When I run out of ides, this list will surely enlighten me for more.. Great job.. RT on the way
November 29, 2009 5:57 PM
Thanks bro as ever. Yes, I am sure that like you most of the others will also find this list quite applicable. Thanks again and have a nice week ahead :)
November 29, 2009 7:55 PM
Just when the ideas are just trickling down......and you came up with all these excellent tips, thanks bro'. These tips are very much handy to us as well as to you. To further spice up the post, it's also a big challenge to include the appropriate pictures/photos with every post. Anyway thanks for the great tips. 8-)
November 29, 2009 10:46 PM
You are most welcome..bro. I am glad that you liked these tips. Yes, pics and videos can also be very helpful in creating good posts. Thanks again:)
November 30, 2009 12:10 AM
Thanks, for sharing these ideas Aswani :) . Excellent post . Hosting blog carnival or joining one is an interesting concept for getting traffic to your blog for newbies in blogging. I tried it once .........
November 30, 2009 5:11 AM
Good tips. As for my reason for blogging, I spend a lot of time researching topics that have 9000 or more searches per month and that delivers ads that pay $4 or more per click.
In other words, I compile useful comprehensive information, put it into writing, and then ethically manipulate visitors to click on my ads.
November 30, 2009 8:08 AM
Welcome Shaby and thanks for sharing your views. Have a nice day :)
November 30, 2009 8:12 AM
Hi Jim , many thanks for dropping by this blog after such a long time. Hope you are having a great week. Yes Jim, I think it is the best way to go. Cannot deny the importance of keyword research especially when you are into niche blogging. Thanks again for your views:)
November 30, 2009 6:44 PM
this is good, really is good. thank for the list gonna make my day much easier.. :)
November 30, 2009 8:11 PM
Thanks Aziz. You are most welcome :)
December 1, 2009 1:53 PM
What's not to like? 50 ideas! ^^ I'm sharing this in my Facebook Page for sure. The members are gonna love this. We all have some blocks from time to time, this worths a bookmark and hopefully we all can learn from your expertise. Thanks for doing the hard work.
@wchingya
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December 1, 2009 4:48 PM
Hey Ching, glad to see you here again. Many thanks for appreciating this post. Yes, these ideas can help anyone at anytime. Found it worth sharing here. Hope members will love this post too. Thanks again and keep in touch :)
December 1, 2009 11:57 PM
These are great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
December 2, 2009 12:01 AM
My Pleasure..Anne :)
December 2, 2009 12:53 AM
great tips Bes (Bestfriend) most of them I've already done in my blog like personal, seasonal and etc. enjoy the rest of the week. :) and talk to you later
December 2, 2009 7:55 AM
Thanks SAMY. You too enjoy yourself :)
December 2, 2009 9:59 AM
Perfect timing for this post, thank you! I needed a list like this. Now I just have to implement it! I'll be back for more.
December 2, 2009 10:47 AM
Thanks Diane for dropping by this blog and many thanks for liking this post. Keep in touch :)
December 2, 2009 1:32 PM
Writing about the memo and the FAQs are those which i dint implement , but thanks for pointing out, i will add them to my list.
December 2, 2009 2:15 PM
You are welcome:)
December 3, 2009 10:32 PM
This is right on time because the other day a blogger asked me what do I do when I can't think of anything to write about. Now I can point him to this list and it will keep him busy for awhile.
Thanks great list!
@Ileane
December 3, 2009 10:56 PM
Hi Ileane, thank you so much for your visit. Yes, this post has blogging ideas for one and all. Glad that you found it useful. Keep in touch and have a nice day :)
December 6, 2009 2:21 AM
It's so easy to run out of ideas, especially for people who blog and work at home, or in my case, just blog at home due to unemployment. I've subscribed to several weird news sites and see what other bloggers are talking about, but it's not the same as having face-to-face contact.
If I don't have a doctor's appointment or catch the UPS man before he races off, I've got nothing to write about. Thank God I got sick last Tuesday, or I wouldn't have had a blog post on Wednesday.
So, I really appreciate your list of ideas.
Thank you.
December 6, 2009 9:23 AM
Thanks Lauren for your views. I feel sorry to know that you too have been hit by unemployment. I feel sad for all those who are going through this tough period. Nothing can be more worse than being jobless. hopefully everything will be normal soon..Anyways, thanks again for appreciating these points :)
February 28, 2011 2:49 PM
perfect! you have certainly done a great job to provide some fuel to chocked bloggers like me. ;)
you certainly gave me a couple of good ideas to blog about. thanks a ton!
btw, have bookmarked your blog. :)