Have you ever noticed how Twitter and Facebook have become ideal “help desks”?
People ask their burning questions and other people answer them. And just like email and text messaging, it happens in real time. That’s pretty amazing.
So I got to thinking today about another platform you can use to get an answer to, “What topics should I blog about?”
If you’re stumped for ideas for blog posts, why not ask your readers for suggestions in a blog post?! You might be pleasantly surprised what they have to offer.
What’s really cool is that you’ll be accomplishing two important goals at once.
Your question will become a post so you’ll be creating fresh content for your blog. And you’ll be encouraging “interaction” with your readers, which makes for the best kinds of posts.
But if you’re in a REALLY BIG hurry and need some ideas RIGHT AWAY for topics to blog about, here’s a list of 100 ideas!
It’s on the house – enjoy! (Pay special attention to #9) 🙂
1. How I Use Facebook
2. Ways I Embrace My Audience
3. Should My Town Use Social Media?
4. A Community I Love
5. Technology That Empowers Me
6. How Flickr Did it Right
7. How Best to Comment on a Corporate Blog
8. Ways to Save a Bad Time at a Conference
9. How I Find Blogging Ideas 🙂
10. Somebody Has to Say It
11. My Children Will Do it Differently
12. How Schools Could Use Social Media
13. The Best Parts of Marketing
14. Presentation Skills for a New Conversation
15. How I Find Time to Make Media
16. Empower Your Best Customers
17. After the Event- Carrying the Conversation Forward
18. Just Jump Into Podcasting- Heres How
19. My Community and How You Can Engage It
20. Twitter Jaiku Pownce Facebook- And Then What
21. Making a Miniseries
22. If I Were an Advertiser Today
23. My Mother is On Facebook
24. Does a Big Brand Need You
25. Books I Want to Write
26. Serving the Deep Niches- How I Do It
27. How Women Use Social Media
28. A Hard Look at My Media Habits
29. If I Were a Television Producer
30. Social Media Marketing vs Traditional Marketing
31. Elements of a Marketing Campaign
32. Social Media Campaigns are NOT Traditional Campaigns
33. Idea Making and How I Make Something
34. What I Spend Money On
35. Do Rock Stars Need Social Media Strategies
36. How I Use My Website
37. Book Shopping- Buy These Books
38. MTV Changed the World in the 80s- Here is What Comes Next
39. How I Process Blogs and What I Do With All That Info
40. Ten Guilty Pleasures
41. The Internet Application I Havent Seen
42. If I Worked for a Venture Capital Firm
43. My Day Job Versus My Passion
44. The Difference Between Fark and Truemors
45. Fixing Conferences
46. Making Marketplaces for Media Makers
47. When I Feel Frustrated
48. Branding Strategies I Use
49. Your Ideas And My Ideas- How We Play Together
50. Friends I Cant Wait to Meet
51. The Art of Chaos
52. Telling My Boss About Social Media
53. Could I Quit My Day Job
54. When to Cut Back on Web Habits
55. Breaking Down My Favorite Blog
56. Explaining Social Media to Your Chamber of Commerce
57. Non-Internet Equivalents to Internet Tools I Use
58. Considering Media for the Rest of the Globe
59. Twitter is Too Simple- Twitter is Just Right
60. The Future of Podcasting
61. Video Made Simple
62. Facebook Applications I Love
63. You Are Here
64. Blogging Tactics- How to Keep it Fresh
65. I Want to Brag A Minute
66. Who Says What About Your Brand
67. Tools for Blogging
68. WordPress Plugins I Use And Why
69. Media Topics That Need More Coverage
70. Comments versus Blog Posts
71. How I Drive Traffic to My Site
72. News- Is it Useful and How I Might Fix It
73. Which TV Network Gets Videoblogging and PodCasting
74. Franchising My Media
75. Handling Critics
76. My Audio Tricks
77. Ning Sites I Like and Why
78. Controlling My Brand
79. Sharing and Contributing
80. How Twitter Improved My Blog
81. Email After Twitter
82. Facebook Video Improved My Social Network
83. Letting Go
84. Downtime- What I Do Offline to Recharge
85. How I Went From Very Shy to Less Shy
86. The RIGHT Number to Track for Podcasting
87. PodCamp Has to Change
88. Shaking Things Up
89. Joining A Network- Things to Consider
90. Newspapers and How I Would Change Them
91. Interview With a Veteran
92. The Countries of My Social Media World
93. Giving it Away
94. Consulting Strategies for Social Media Experts
95. Turning Media into a Business Card
96. Podcasting on a Budget
97. For Every Excuse a New Strategy
98. Just When I Think I Am Done
99. Buying Gear- My Shopping Tips for Podcasters
100. When is Free Better- When Not
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Transmute away, Karen!
I guess you could say I’m a “collector” of sorts. 🙂
Be my guest and use what you can. Then constantly be on the lookout for ideas from other bloggers, especially those in your niche. I keep my ever-growing collection on my Notepad and add to it as often as I can. Some online professionals call it a “swipe file”.
Thanks for being such a loyal fan,
Melanie
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Man, how did you do that? How long did it take? Thank you for all these triggers! Some are topics I’m clueless about, but I can transmute them into my field, perhaps. Way to go!
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Kazi ~
I’m a big fan of “time savers”, too.
And I’m really happy that you’ll take some of these ideas, broaden your scope of topics, and rock your blog!
Thanks for coming by,
Melanie
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Wow! Thanks Melanie,
You’ve given me many ideas for post from you list. This is really going to save me some time and broaden the scope of my topics.
Thanks again.
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Heather ~
Okay, let’s face it … I need to hire you as my business adviser. 🙂
Leave it up to you to consider taking these 100 ideas and turning them into 100 more projects! When all I really set out to do was “gift” my readers something helpful.
I love you!
Melanie
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Bobbye ~
I really hadn’t thought about it that way. As some would say, “Do the math!” You’re right – 100 topics would cover 3 blogging challenges. 🙂
Leave it to that brilliant mind of yours to look at something through a different window.
May I please rent your brain for a week?
Melanie
P.S. Feeling a lot more chipper, peppy, and perky today.
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Martha ~
Yes! At least this is a good place to start and I believe there’s enough material here to get everyone’s posting juices flowing!
I see you leaving comments everywhere and that speaks VOLUMES to me.
Getting to know you has been fun!
Melanie
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Wow – Melanie, I’ll never be stumped for a blog post topic again. And of course, those 100 posts can be turned into articles and then reports and e-books, then courses and membership sites. That could keep you going for months LOL.
Thank you so much for so much inspiration in just one post. You are truly amazing.
much love
Heather x
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Melanie,
Wow what a treasure trove of ideas. You have three+ more #blog30s worth of ideas here! You’re so right about asking questions to generate interaction. Thanks!
Hope you are feeling more like yourself today.
Bobbye Middendorf
The Write Synergies Guru
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Awesome! You can keep yourself busy blogging for the next 100 days and so can all your friends 🙂
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