Post by lizaseo11 on Nov 9, 2024 21:32:55 GMT -8
Creating interesting and useful content is an integral part of SEO. This is not just a cargo cult that came to us from Western specialists - authoritative sources also report on the need for a well-developed and useful content strategy for readers. In particular, Google itself writes about the need for quality content in its Quality Guidelines for creating a Google-friendly website.
But what if you don’t know what to write about for your readers? How to answer questions that will really interest your subscribers? Where can you get new ideas for content, and ones that your competitors haven’t seen before?
In this article, we offer you to consider 4 sources of new and fresh ideas for your content strategy. Take them on board and use them to further generate your content and ideas.
Quora
One of the best Q&A sites in the West, which enjoys great popularity. Every month, the site is visited by more than 200 million people from all over the world to get answers to a variety of questions. Here you can see both ordinary users and real gurus in their fields. It is here that you can see answers from Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rand Fishkin (CEO MOZ), etc.
Here you will find experts from all industries, owners of large companies, local businesses and simply specialists in their fields.
Hundreds of thousands shopify website design of questions are asked on Quora every month, each of which could be an idea for your content. Here are a few examples in the SEO topic thread:
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As you can see from the screenshot, this thread has almost 1 million subscribers and 63.5 thousand questions. And if you need to find materials for your SEO blog, you have at least 63,000 ideas for each article to choose from.
Facebook/LinkedIn Groups
Groups on these social networks are another great place to get ideas for your content strategy.
What's good about thematic groups? In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to popular and most discussed branches. Compiling the obtained data will definitely not be easy - it is necessary to sort through dozens of answers and questions before getting an approximate strategy for a specific article.
However, there is one undeniable advantage to Facebook/LinkedIn groups - you can take part in real discussions, as well as see a wide range of people's opinions on a particular issue - ultimately, all this data can be collected to get a general vision of the topic of the article, and then - use it to create truly valuable content.
Thematic forums
Are thematic forums really worth your attention? Definitely yes. Like Quora, there are industry experts, and like thematic groups on social networks, there is a lively discussion of issues.
Thematic forums are perhaps the most convenient tool for finding content strategy ideas. Here are a few examples:
We need to write an interesting article on SEO. To find ideas, we go to thematic forums and find the most popular and discussed threads:
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It took less than a minute to view the first page. We immediately found at least 6 guides, as well as at least 5 questions that could be the subject of your articles. Let's move on to another thematic forum:
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Here are some more potential article ideas!
What about other topics? We can assure you that you will be able to find forums on ALMOST ANY topic. Cryptocurrency? Easy!
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Travel/emigration/immigration? It's as easy as pie!
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Cross stitch? There is also this:
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In short, forums are a great source for generating content strategy ideas. Moreover, in some cases, forums are the primary sources of new information, so you always have the opportunity to create unique content that your competitors do not have yet.
Other sources
The fourth category of places to find content ideas is a collection of sites that we include. These sites can't be categorized into just one category, but they are all great places to find ideas:
Stumbleupon is one of the largest foreign services that allows you to collect interesting materials on selected topics.
Reddit - no comments needed. One of the largest platforms in the world, where hundreds of thousands of people communicate.
Blogosphere - in this case we are talking about all sorts of blogs on livejournal, blogspot, medium and other similar platforms. On these blog platforms you can find hundreds of different blogs on different topics - some of them (as well as comments and discussions under posts) can be used to improve your own content strategy.
Finally, we note that in each specific case, you can use different sources of information to obtain materials for articles. Very often, specific thematic blogs become the source of materials, in some cases - posts and tweets on social networks. We hope that the above sources will help improve your content strategy and allow you to add a lot of unique and interesting materials to your site for readers.
But what if you don’t know what to write about for your readers? How to answer questions that will really interest your subscribers? Where can you get new ideas for content, and ones that your competitors haven’t seen before?
In this article, we offer you to consider 4 sources of new and fresh ideas for your content strategy. Take them on board and use them to further generate your content and ideas.
Quora
One of the best Q&A sites in the West, which enjoys great popularity. Every month, the site is visited by more than 200 million people from all over the world to get answers to a variety of questions. Here you can see both ordinary users and real gurus in their fields. It is here that you can see answers from Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rand Fishkin (CEO MOZ), etc.
Here you will find experts from all industries, owners of large companies, local businesses and simply specialists in their fields.
Hundreds of thousands shopify website design of questions are asked on Quora every month, each of which could be an idea for your content. Here are a few examples in the SEO topic thread:
Download 15
As you can see from the screenshot, this thread has almost 1 million subscribers and 63.5 thousand questions. And if you need to find materials for your SEO blog, you have at least 63,000 ideas for each article to choose from.
Facebook/LinkedIn Groups
Groups on these social networks are another great place to get ideas for your content strategy.
What's good about thematic groups? In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to popular and most discussed branches. Compiling the obtained data will definitely not be easy - it is necessary to sort through dozens of answers and questions before getting an approximate strategy for a specific article.
However, there is one undeniable advantage to Facebook/LinkedIn groups - you can take part in real discussions, as well as see a wide range of people's opinions on a particular issue - ultimately, all this data can be collected to get a general vision of the topic of the article, and then - use it to create truly valuable content.
Thematic forums
Are thematic forums really worth your attention? Definitely yes. Like Quora, there are industry experts, and like thematic groups on social networks, there is a lively discussion of issues.
Thematic forums are perhaps the most convenient tool for finding content strategy ideas. Here are a few examples:
We need to write an interesting article on SEO. To find ideas, we go to thematic forums and find the most popular and discussed threads:
Download 16
It took less than a minute to view the first page. We immediately found at least 6 guides, as well as at least 5 questions that could be the subject of your articles. Let's move on to another thematic forum:
Download 17
Here are some more potential article ideas!
What about other topics? We can assure you that you will be able to find forums on ALMOST ANY topic. Cryptocurrency? Easy!
Download 18
Travel/emigration/immigration? It's as easy as pie!
Download 19
Cross stitch? There is also this:
Download 20
In short, forums are a great source for generating content strategy ideas. Moreover, in some cases, forums are the primary sources of new information, so you always have the opportunity to create unique content that your competitors do not have yet.
Other sources
The fourth category of places to find content ideas is a collection of sites that we include. These sites can't be categorized into just one category, but they are all great places to find ideas:
Stumbleupon is one of the largest foreign services that allows you to collect interesting materials on selected topics.
Reddit - no comments needed. One of the largest platforms in the world, where hundreds of thousands of people communicate.
Blogosphere - in this case we are talking about all sorts of blogs on livejournal, blogspot, medium and other similar platforms. On these blog platforms you can find hundreds of different blogs on different topics - some of them (as well as comments and discussions under posts) can be used to improve your own content strategy.
Finally, we note that in each specific case, you can use different sources of information to obtain materials for articles. Very often, specific thematic blogs become the source of materials, in some cases - posts and tweets on social networks. We hope that the above sources will help improve your content strategy and allow you to add a lot of unique and interesting materials to your site for readers.