Blog Post Ideas

Stuck for Blog Post Ideas?

Keeping your blog interesting and fresh isn't just

a case of posting regularly, you also need to mix

things up and use different styles of posts to keep

your readers engaged. Here are five different styles

you can try out to make your blog more interesting.

1. The inspection post

One of the easiest ways to make money with your

blog is to review products that then pay you a

commission for any sales that you make. The inspection

post is one where you take a closer look at a product

and review it for your readers.

An effective inspection post will cover the positives

as well as the negatives. People want to know what's

good and bad about a product before they buy it

and the more honest you are the more likely they

are to buy the product through your affiliate link.

2. The insights post

Offering insights to your readers is a great way to write

an engaging and interesting post. Sometimes you might

have a great tip to share that doesn't warrant a whole

article but would make a great short post. Say you blog

about cake baking, a useful insights post could be as

simple as instructions on how to grease a muffin pan

so that the muffins turn out easily. Creating a short video

to show your readers how it's done can make it even

more interesting.

3. The index post

Readers love lists. It doesn't matter whether it's 15 Great

Ways to Build Traffic to Your Website or the Top 10

Kitchen Utensils Every Baker Needs. Whatever niche you

are in you will be able to compile a useful index post.

These resource lists are popular because they are easy

to scan and can help people find the information they

need quickly and easily.

The other great thing about index posts is that they

have the potential to go viral. Readers love to share

index posts with their friends via Twitter and Facebook

and before you know it you have a whole new set of

visitors to your site.

4. The interview post

Interviews are a great source of interesting and engaging

content for your blog. You could arrange to interview

an expert from within your target niche, or the author

of a book. It will take some work to set up the interview

as you will need to contact prospective interviewees to

ask them to take part. Once they're on board you simply

need to compile an interesting list of questions and ask

them to complete the answers by email for publication

on your blog.

5. The instruction post

People turn to the Internet when they want to know how

to do something. So instruction posts can be really useful.

Spend some time in the forums and see what problems

people have and then create a blog post walking them

through the solution step-by-step. You might want to

include screenshots or images to help make things more

clear, or even a short series of videos.