10 Great Tools to Generate Content Ideas For Your Blogs

Blogging can be a great hobby, but then all bloggers would agree that scouting for interesting ideas for the blog content can tend to get a tad tiring. To keep connecting with the reader, you have to come up with new ideas for the different posts. The grind can be exhausting, especially if you are wracking your brain for all the ideas.

The struggle is genuine and especially if you churn many posts each week. You know that without quality content, even the best marketing strategies to get people in will fail. So how do you think of great content ideas for your blogs and keep the readers happy?

The answer is simple. You need to find out the type of content that will click with the readers. There are two types of basic content ideas:

• Ideas that come out of nowhere
• Ideas that are derived from demand

Each of these ideas can be used to make the content of your blog an instant hit. However, if you are looking to address a specific goal with your blog, then it is a better idea to stick to the second option.

Even if you have like a stream of great ideas for your blog posts, there isn’t any guarantee that these will be appreciated by the readers. The opinion of a few people doesn’t help in getting an idea about the large number of readers that you want to connect with. In such a situation, you need a tool that will help you validate your ideas with the help of human interaction, search queries and forum posts. The tools help you understand the interest of a larger audience and makes your posts more viable.

Try the different tools listed below to help you generate ideas for your content. There is no guarantee that all of them will click for you, but there isn’t any harm in giving it a try.

Google Suggest

This is the easiest and most convenient way to find out what’s trending. All you have to do is enter the keywords and let Google suggest variations of these terms, based on the search carried out by others. If you go to the bottom of the page, you will get links to additional related searches as well.

MagicRecs

MagicRecs helps you find out the latest areas of interest with the help of Twitter. You can find out which account majority of your followers are following and help you get ideas that will enable you to connect with them.

HubSpot’s Topic Generator

HubSpot generates topics quickly and is a no-brainer when it comes to learning how to use it. The tool is so efficient that you will have five blog post ideas within seconds. The tool generates topics based on the nouns you enter. The moment you enter the three nouns, HubSpot will list five topics for you.

Isn’t that awesome?

Google Keyword Planner

The tool was launched in place of the old Google Keyword tool. The tool is used to search keywords and ad ideas. All you have to do is simply add a keyword or phrase, the URL of the landing page and the Google Keyword Planner will come up with relevant keywords.

These keywords are the ones that your readers have been searching for. Once you know what your readers are looking for, you have the content idea for your blog posts. You can also enter keyword combinations and generate potential blog post titles.

Quora

Quora is one of the leading questions and answer sites and is one of the most effective ways to get an idea about what your readers would want to read about. With this tool, you can search for all the queries related to your keywords. When you register to Quora, you have to pick your selected categories, which would include your areas of interest.

Delicious

This is one tool that will keep churning great ideas for your blog posts. The tool gives you a comprehensive list of all the trending topics on the web. You will get an idea of the topics that people have been discussing on the internet and you can take your pick from there to craft your blog post.

You can also enter a keyword and get related topics that are currently being discussed. These lists are curated by people, so you can trust their popularity.

BuzzSumo

Another great tool that will help you generate ideas for your blog posts is BuzzSumo. The tool does more than just share content ideas with you.

• It can show you the number of shares and social engagements each topic received
• Identify key sharers via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+
• Show you trending topics and contents
• Displays backlinks

The tool helps you decide the angle that you need to adopt in your blog post on a particular topic so that you strike with the reader better.

Alltop

Alltop is a news aggregator that lets you know about the trending news online. It covers a wide range of topics that includes, sports, religion, science, and even fashion. If you are a part of Alltop, you will always be on the top of the trending topics. If you go through only the homepage of the tool, you will get a lot of great ideas for your posts, depending on the area you want to focus on.

UberSuggest

This is a simple and straightforward tool that generates title ideas based on the keywords you enter. You will get thousands of phrases with your preferred keyword and are free to select the ones that are worth writing about on your blog. Many feel that UberSuggest is similar to the Google Keyword Planner, but a lot more streamlined and sorted.

Technorati

Among all the tools listed here, Technorati is one of the best tools for researching. The tool is up-to-date and helps you find out about the latest blog post ideas searched by SEOs. It helps bring out the most relevant posts so that you can be a part of the current debate and discussion.

Wrapping Up!

Creating a content plan and sticking to it is a challenging task. Every blogger inevitably comes to a point where they suffer writer’s block or get bored about writing or simply fail to feel the pulse of the readers.

There is no shame in being in such a situation, but you should be willing to experiment and try finding inspiration in other sources. Try to craft your content differently, explore different resources and optimize your strategies. Give these tried and tested tools a try when you feel stuck and aren’t able to create quality content for your blog. The ten tools provide you with a variety of ideas, so play around with them and see what works and what doesn’t. Simply do not follow them since they have been suggested. Workaround and find your comfort space. Don’t be scared to experiment while creating amazing content ideas. After all, no one can resist something that’s a little different from the usual run-of-the-mill stuff that we find on different blogs. Also, Feel free to add to our list of tools!

AboutAnita Sharma

Anita Sharma is a Digital Marketing Strategist based in Kolkata, India. Anita covers SEO, SMM, E-commerce and Content marketing. A Marketer by day and reader by night is a graduate of the University of Calcutta with a degree in chemistry; she previously worked as a Tutor for 5+ years. Anita has a passion for helping people in all aspects of Digital Marketing through the latest industry blogs she provides. She is always up for consultations. Want her to plan and execute your Online Marketing Campaign? Contact her via her LinkedIn.