In today's post, I'm going to show you 17 lesser-known methods for coming up with Great Ideas for content. In point of fact, discovering unexplored avenues for content is one of the primary reasons that my blog currently receives 519,977 unique visitors each and every month. This list is for you if you want to generate content topic ideas for blog posts, YouTube videos, and podcasts, because it contains all of those things.
Look for Inspiration in Public Forums to Use for Your Own Content
Quora is one of the first online destinations I check out when I need ideas for new titles. It's a massive community forum where people ask questions about anything and everything that comes to mind. Simply enter the name of your business or the name of the topic that your audience is interested in.
Users who follow you on social media
Begin with the people who already follow you on the various social media platforms. You can find out what they are talking about by clicking on their profiles. Examine the various tweets. Have a look at the pictures. Check out the brands with which they are interacting.
Google Trends
Unfortunately, not a lot of people use the Google Trends tool, which is a shame because it is an excellent resource for researching ideas and topics. This is beneficial for you in that it provides you with an advantage over other businesses in your industry. The primary advantage of using Google Trends is that it enables you to discover trending topics that are relevant to your niche.
The online community known as Reddit is primarily concerned with content and news. You should have no trouble finding a number of questions that are pertinent to your subject. There are an enormous number of questions, comments, answers, links, and pictures.
Amazon
Enter your general Keyword, then select the "Book" category from the drop-down menu. Pick the book that has garnered the most praise, at least 45 total. Examine the table of contents to learn more. Examine both the positive and negative feedback provided on Amazon to gain an understanding of what aspects customers value and what aspects they find lacking.
Ask your audience
You should definitely post a question if you are looking for responses that are left open-ended. You could create a poll and list a few different options to see what your audience is most interested in if you have a general idea of what they might be looking for. For instance, not too long ago.
Buzzsumo
When it comes to looking for information to share with your audience, it is true that Buzzsumo is a social media marketer's best friend. Some people say that Buzzsumo is the best friend of a social media marketer. Buzzsumo enables you to discover the content that is trending the most on social media, and you can search for it using a variety of criteria.
Investigate on Twitter
Even though many people do not consider Twitter to be a search engine, a quick glance through the results for a particular keyword or hashtag can bring you everything from news to memes that are pertinent to your specialized field of interest.
Take a look at the other businesses
Reading the blogs maintained by your rivals is a great way to stay current on breaking news and trending subjects pertaining to your industry, as well as to generate ideas for content that you can post on your own website (in your own words, of course).
Use Google autocomplete
Simply entering a search term or the beginning of a question using a keyword that is relevant to your business (for example, "How [keyword]" or "What [keyword]") and seeing what Google suggests as a topic based on what millions of other people are searching for is an easy way to get great ideas for blog posts.