How To Create Content For Your Blog

After a couple months of blogging, many people lose their consistency due to a couple of reasons. The most popular one I’ve heard is because they run out of things to blog about.

That’s a reasonable problem, but it doesn’t mean you should throw in the towel for your blog. Over the years, I’ve been able to consistently maintain the number of times I blog while still producing content that has been worthwhile for my audience.

In this article, I share my tips on how to create content for your blog:

Start With Your Personal Experiences

When I started having a tough time thinking of content to write, I knew I had to plan weeks ahead. I lived my life and if I experienced something that I felt would be a great blog post, I quickly pulled out my phone and wrote it in my notes section.

The best blog posts come from your personal experiences. If you witnessed something or experienced it firsthand, you can definitely share that with your audience. People love when you get personal so it’s a great way to create compelling content!

Look At The Competitors

The first thing I did when creating my blog was look at what similar bloggers in my niche were writing about. There are also tools such as BuzzSumo.com where you can enter a domain and see what the most popular pages on that website are.

When you find out what your competitors are writing about and which of their posts have done the best, it doesn’t mean you go and replicate that exact content. Instead, you use their successes to give you creative inspiration of your own.

Ask Your Audience

Another really great way of creating content is asking your audience what they want you to write about. Do an email survey or a short pop-up questionnaire on your website to get submissions from your loyal readers.

See what they want to hear about and chime in on the topics that you can provide a great perspective. That’s an easy, but effective way to create great content that will resonate with your audience.

Look For Trending Topics In Your Niche

Depending on what your niche is, you can find a lot of things to write about depending on what is trending. If you keep your eyes open and look for specific topics that are trending, you can voice your opinions about it.

You can use social media sites, major publications and even talk with others to figure out what topics are hot in a specific niche. Then, figure out your perspective on it and share it with your audience.

Conclusion

In this blog article, I shared my tips on how to create content for your blog. What are some things that you have done that have helped you quite a bit?

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