A Scottsdale SEO Company Lists the 6 Best Content Idea Sources

Zack Greenfield • August 3, 2016

Even if you’re a prolific writer and your brain is a gift when it comes to creativity, you’re bound to run low at some point — especially if you keep on writing about the same thing over and over again for your job. Don’t feel bad, however, because not knowing what to write about and having difficulty finding inspiration can happen even to the best writers — it’s quite natural.

Unfortunately, though, when you’re short on things to say about something, this doesn’t mean that you can totally forget about producing anything. A Scottsdale SEO company says that an original idea that you have come up with may be splendid, but you don’t always have to rely on your brilliant mind for ideas, especially if you’re producing content for SEO. There are many other ways to generate content ideas and there are great sources around to propel your forward.

To help you come up with something fresh and interesting for content, the SEO specialists have listed six of the best content idea sources.

1. Popular TV shows (or movies) – You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to relate any topic to the story lines of films and TV shows. A bigger advantage of getting ideas from these is that you can produce a piece that is highly relatable and actually fun to read.

2. Resource people – Try interviewing somebody who’s very knowledgeable about a topic that you need to write about and present their POVs in an article. You actually have someone doing the thinking for you and you’re basically just organizing their ideas in a format that can easily be consumed by readers.

3. Title generator tools – All you really need to do is enter target keywords in the tool and you will instantly be provided several title suggestions that you can choose to write about. Just make sure that you only work with the most relevant titles because these tools can yield the craziest titles as well, such as “How Neutering Your Cat Can Promote Peace in Iraq.”

4. Quora – This site is a trove of content ideas to use for your piece. Find questions on the site that you have the answers for, and then create an information-rich post.

5. Your own archives – Look for pieces that didn’t generate much traffic before, and then improve them. Find new supporting information, witty lines and appropriate images.

6. Your competition’s website – It never hurts to see what your competitors are doing and be inspired by them. Read through the topics they’ve discussed, find out which ones generated a lot of comments, and then base your new content on those. It’s not going to be the same thing; make sure that you present your own sentiments or POVs.

So, if you’re experiencing writer’s block, or you’re simply uninspired but you need to keep on moving forward, let these content sources help you continue writing great pieces.


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