Sometimes we just need a little spark of an idea to get us started with our next blog post.
Where is that spark hiding?
In totally random order, here are 50 different places you can look for inspiration.
Just let your mind wander a bit and each of these can inspire very interesting topics.
- Your Favorite News Website
- The News Website You Hate
- That Gossip Blog You’d Never Admit to Reading
- The Fansite for Your Favorite TV Show
- YouTube Random Search for a Random Word
- Your Blog RSS Reader
- Your Email Inbox
- Your Email Spam Folder
- The Stack of Magazines Hiding Somewhere in Your Office
- The Book You’re Currently Reading
- The Book You Bought But Haven’t Read Yet
- What’s Playing On Your iPod/MP3 Player
- The Last Advertising Billboard You Saw
- The Yellow Pages
- Your Local Newspaper
- The Items on Your To-Do List
- The Last Movie Your Kids Made You Watch
- TV Shows or Movies You’ve Watched
- The Celebrity That Drives You Crazy (Good or Bad Crazy)
- A Quotes Website like QuotesGarden
- Social Networking (Ask a Random Question)
- The Last Website that Linked to You
- The Comments Section of Your Blog
- The Items on Your Desk
- The View of Nature Through Your Window
- The 7 Wonders of the World (or whatever landmarks fascinate you)
- The Last Vacation/Trip You Took
- What’s Coming Up On Your Calendar
- The Catalog That Came in the Mail This Week
- Your Favorite Cereal Box
- The Sunday Comics
- Something That’s Changed Recently in Your Life
- Those Things That Never Seem to Change in Your Life
- Late Night Shows / Stand Up Comedy
- Your Favorite Recent Work Project
- The Last “Disaster” Project You Worked On
- Wikipedia
- Digg, Reddit or StumbleUpon
- Yahoo! Answers or Quora
- Facebook Groups
- Forums
- Clickbank or Lulu
- Amazon.com
- Billboards
- Flickr or Stock Photography Websites
- YouTube or Vimeo
- Library or Bookstore
- Your Vision Board
- EHow or Buzzle
- Blog Posts with Blog Post Ideas
Your turn! Get writing!
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Love this! What about the last monologue from late night TV? (I know you put TV, but this is more specific — and i’m watching it right now , when I should be blogging)
:-)
Oh good one! I can imagine that could spark some very interesting ideas…
I love it when you do lists Michelle – they are always so inspiring.
One of my favorite ways to find topics is by browsing through Google on a topic that I feel like writing about. And now you can use Google+ Sparks to find out what people are talking about in your topical area. Or try http://gplussearch.com to search Google+ and find out what people are saying in their posts.
Cool! I’ll have to check that out. I’ve only explored a little over there.
Wonderful!
I can’t find another stone to turn over, Michelle. Awesome suggestions! :)
I’m happy you included “magazines”. Lord knows, I’ve got piles of them sitting around here I haven’t even opened yet. I’ve found some killer blog post ideas in magazines in the past — some real gems.
Thanks for another one of your infamous (outstanding, off the wall, off the charts) list posts!
Melanie
xoxo
Magazines are great for ideas, aren’t they? I love looking at covers for headlines to see what grabs my attention so I can write better headlines.
You know, this proves that some people definitely have more of an analytical mind than others. I would have never thought of some of these ideas. Some great ideas. Thank you!
You’re welcome, Jeremiah. I find lists really helpful when I’m brainstorming. :)
Awesome list. I especially love the cereal box and spam folder ideas!
Did you come up with all 50 of those off the top of your head…nevermind, I’m sure you did as you are so creative that way!
Hi, Michelle,
with all the ideas you’ve put here,it is hard to imagine how anyone can fall into the writer’s blockade and thus have problems creating content. I see it is no problem for you…I personally would not be able to name that many places…guess i would stick to the newspapers and books…and there is sooo much more than that. Thanks for the great share!