10 Kinds Of Blog Post Ideas

No matter what kind of company you run online, there's a big chance you have a blog. And if you do, then you need a bunch of content.

Trouble is, it takes a lot of time to create that content. If you outsource it, then that cuts into your profits. Either way, creating content is a considerable investment.

If you don't think you can create great content fast, think again. Because I am about to share with you 10 types of blog posts you can make in 10 minutes or less. 

1. Create Articles Out Of PLR

Some PLR (private label rights) packages you can purchase have articles to tweak and post right to your blog. In other instances, you might take excerpts out of PLR reports or ebooks and then broadcast these selections to your blog. Either way, it takes just minutes to generate something unique and post it for your audience.

2. Take Quotes From Your Products

This is an excellent quick way to create a blog post, and another bonus of this approach is that you can quickly place a sales pitch at the end of the report to promote your entire product.

So, For example, you have a report that lists ten strategies for social media posts. You can extract out a few of these strategies to create your article. Then at the end, you can pitch the paid report as the place to get more of these great strategies.

3. Make Lists with Links

A link list can come in a variety of forms, like:

An equipment list. These are tools you use and that you'd recommend to others. It saves newcomers time and money since they don't have to do as much research. 

Or a list of paid services. In this case, you'd write a short review for each service to let people know who can use it and its benefits.

4. Highlight Your Recent Posts

Create an "in case you missed it" list of your best posts in the last couple of months. Of course, you don't need to just list blog posts. Instead, you can curate your own content across platforms, including your social media accounts and newsletters.

• Five Blog Posts That Will Change the Way You Think About Dieting
• The Three Posts Every Beginner Marketer Ought to Read
• The Five Keys to Improving Your Golf Score

5. Interview Someone

A great way to create content fast: let Someone else generate the content for you. In this case, simply work up a list of questions by email and let your interviewee's answers become your article. In exchange, your interviewee gets a byline with a link back to their site.

Remember this: the easier it is for Someone to comply with your request, the more likely it is that they'll say yes. 

6. Tweak A Previous Article 

The next idea is to look through your existing content, find popular articles, tweak them, and republish the new version.

So if you previously published a list of ten tips, then excerpt out five of those tips, expand on them, and republish the new article.

Update an old article with new information, such as new research on the scene since you originally published it.

Have you changed your mind about a product, idea or other topics? Update an older article with your revised opinion.

Be creative, and you may be able to create dozens of unique articles from your old content.

7. Turn Existing Content Into an Infographic

An excellent way to quickly generate content is to simply change your current content into a different format. And one way to do this is by turning an article into an infographic.

Here are examples of articles that would make good infographics:

• An article discussing multiple ways to boost conversion rates on a website.
• An article explaining how metabolism works.
• An article that talks about different garden pests and how to get rid of them using organic pest control methods.

Just be sure your infographic includes social media buttons next to it because this is the kind of content people really like to share.

8. Ask For Content From a Merchant

If you are an affiliate for a product or service? Then one great way to promptly get your hands on some free content is by asking the product vendor to supply it for you.

First, check the affiliate center if one is available. That's where the vendor has likely supplied affiliates with all sorts of content, including blog posts. 

However, you want unique content, right? So don't go straight to the blog post category, as all the other affiliates are likely copying and pasting those articles to their blogs. Instead, look at other content such as reports, emails and similar. Find something suitable, and then ask the vendor if you can modify it for your blog, such as taking an excerpt out of a report.

9.  Do Multimedia Posts  

So far, we've been talking about how to quickly create text articles. However, you don't need to write a single word if you don't want to. 

Instead, pick up a camera to do a quick video on the topic of your choice.

Film yourself trying out and reviewing a new product.

If you'd like to demo something on your screen, such as how to set up a blog, then use screen-recording software such as Camtasia.

Then all you have to do is upload the video to YouTube.com (for greater exposure) and then post the embedded video on your blog.

10. Copy And Paste Your Emails 

One excellent source for articles and other content is your own emails. 

If you broadcast an announcement, article or other content to your mailing list, then put this content on your blog as well. 

If you reply to a customer's question and realize it would make a good post, use it. Naturally, you won't use any of the customer's identifying information.  Instead, you might say something like this at the beginning of the post…

"Just about every week, the same question tends to pop up in my email from people just like you. So take a look and see if you've wondered about this topic too…."

As you just read, you don't need to spend a lot of time creating great content.  So go ahead and see for yourself just how quick and easy it is to create content using these tactics.

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