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How do you get content ideas?

First, let me explain how I get content ideas. Apart from original ideas that all of sudden are popping into my head and I have to write them down immediately, for future development, I usually need a little help choosing the right topic and subject to write about.

I will admit I'm not the best writer out there, especially on a topic like fashion for example. But I occasionally need to create content in such niches and I have a whole process from which I get my ideas.

1. Feedly. Yes, ever since Google reader was closed I had to switch to an alternative so I choose Feedly. I have a dozen of categories with thousandths of added websites. I choose the right category related to my niche and I filter everything on a more specific topic, let's go with "shoes". Now I'll end up with a lot of articles on shoes, this will get a better idea about the structure and overall style of writing I need to implement.

2. After that, a good tool I'm using for getting specific ideas is: answerthepublic.com
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3. After I narrowed down the actual subject I'm interested in writing about I head to Quora.com to research the topic a little more. Questions and Answer websites are great because they can give you direct user experience opinions, very useful when trying to create a comprehensive article.

Of course, I also run everything throw my SEO process for figuring out the best keywords to use but I wanted to focus on the actual process of getting content ideas.

How do you do it? Share your methods!

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idealmike
Oh that's cool. One of the main ways I find content ideas and inspiration is by literally just searching something in Google. Then checking out other websites and blogs to see what they are doing and writing about. It can be a bit tricky for some things though. For example, do a search on just "shoes" and you'll get a lot of online stores and shops show up. So you have to dig a bit deeper. Searching for things like "shoes + blog". Now from that you're going to find actual shoe blogs. Blogs blogging about shoes of all kinds. Then I just scour through them finding something that stands out and is appealing to me. Then from there I am able to find content ideas that I can do in my own way.

Use Soovle.com to Mine Content Ideas
Soovle.com is an easy to use, free online keyword mining tool that shows you keyword suggestions results from Amazon, Wikipedia, Ask.com, Google Suggest and YouTube. Just visit Soovle.com and enter your keywords into the field to see instant long tail keywords that are taken from those sites in real time based on most searched terms.
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Use UberSuggest: Google Suggest Scraper
Like Soovle, UberSuggest.io grabs information from Google Suggest. What makes this tool unique is that it provides A LOT more keyword suggestions than Soovle. It takes your seed keyword and adds every letter in the alphabet after it to generate hundreds of suggested long tail keywords for you which you can use to come up with content ideas.

Use KeywordTool.io
KeywordTool.io is another free online tool that’s perfect for generating long tail keywords. It works very similar to UberSuggest grabbing from Google’s auto suggest feature but puts a word before as well and finds you even more long tail keywords you didn’t know about that you can use.

Pinterest Secret Method
Okay I will tell you my secret way. Actually, it's not really a secret, it's just a very underused technique. I use Pinterest. Yes, the girly Pinterest site. Laugh, mock and scorn you might. But don't knock it until you've tried it! Pinterest is a very useful place to find content ideas and "pinspiration" from (pun intended). But how I hear you ask? Just search for something on Pinterest. Call it "shoes" or whatever. Then just scroll through the pins and find something you like the look of. Visit the site that the pin is linking to and check out what they are doing. Create your own version but in a much better way.

And that's some ways I come up with content ideas! How do you get content ideas?



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Cristian
Mike, didn't know about soovle.com! This is pure gold! Thank you.
PS: I've used the other techniques, all helpful!



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Lynne
Thanks Mike, this is great! I had a look at those websites that you suggested and they are awesome! I can see that I will be a regular on Soovle.com - geez like Cristian says that is a golden nugget sitting right there!

I like your idea of using Pinterest to do research, I never would have thought of that.



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anwebservices
Oh, some cool tips and techniques here How do you get content ideas? I have to admit that it's not an easy task to come up with good idea of writing unique contents any more. After so many blogs and posts out there... I don't write so often and i am not best in it, but i usually search Twitter of Facebook for something in niche i need to write about then read few posts just to come up with right idea of new topic i wish to write. But here i found some useful links to play with How do you get content ideas? Thanks for sharing them



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Lynne
Oh my gosh you are opening my eyes here big time. I am a blogger so I usually just write about things that are going on for me and things that I have learned about recently.

I haven't exactly got a process for coming up with content ideas. Usually I have a lot more ideas for my blogs than I have time to write them so when I think of something I write it down in a notebook to get to. My book is full and I also have ideas for new websites, once again that I just cant get to!

However that said these tips will be a great way to brainstorm and see what people are looking for.



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Cristian
Exactly, I'm not saying that your ideas are not searched but for some subjects that may be the case and you don't really want to focus energy and time on subjects that people don't read and don't search for, therefore you'll not get any organic traffic.



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Lynne
Thanks Cristian, well I do keyword research on all my content. If I come up with an idea I always do keyword research on it before I start writing anything, this is my starting point for any content. However doing brainstorming according to what people are searching for is another completely different method that I have never tried before.

So yes I am quite keen to try out these tools and methods!



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RaduV
Luckily I have my recording app running smoothly on phone and i save my subjects when they come. I have lost quite a lot of article ideas because I had nothing to write or record available and some time I have a fish memory, it lasts for two seconds and then an immense blank takes over.

Usually I am doing some research before i even consider drafting my articles. Sometimes i get some really particular niches that i have no clue about them and have to spend 1-2-3 hours just to get familiarized with the subject. Feedly is my favorite tool also when it comes to research but I'm using Google (mainly after page 10) to get some not so popular particulars.



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Corzhens
I didn’t know that writers have a tool for getting content ideas. That is cool. Imagine, getting ideas from a list of topics. I did not know that. I guess you can get unlimited ideas for what to write if you have that tool. I will take note of that so when I get a commissioned work then I wouldn’t be groping for topics to write. At least I would have a guide on the possible topics.



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Kakashi2020
When I'm looking for a topic I simply watch some new movies and anime and from there I would get a good topic to write. For example I watched Infinity War and I wrote an article about the various end of days scenarios. The last film I watched was MEG, it's about Megalodons still living in the deepest oceans. After seeing the film I wrote an article about Shark Myths and Facts. Basically I don't really think of what to write, instead I just feel what I want to write and write it.



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