100 Ways to Find Inspiration for Awesome Blog Topics

I’m always looking for new angles, ideas and concepts for blog posts. Sometimes the world is so overwhelming there are just too many blog ideas to weed through. So, no matter how many brilliant ideas are staring down at me, I just can’t see them because they’re piling up in an unorganized, chaotic mess.

Does this sound familiar to you? Having a hard time finding things to write about even though you know there have to be hundreds of topics out there?

To help you out, I created a list of 100 ways for you to find some inspiration for coming up with some blog posts. You should be able to come up with hundreds of blog post topics from this list.

Good luck and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

100 Ideas for coming up with new blog content

1. Read a book and jot down any thoughts you have about it to return to later.
2. Read other blog posts in your niche and see if you have a different take on an idea others are writing about.
3. Try to take interesting pictures of things around you everyday, then go through your photos for some inspiration.
4. Jot down funny or inspirational conversations you have with others to spark ideas at a later time.
5. Go through quotes in books or on websites.
6. Flip through your favorite magazines.
7. Take a walk and see what inspires you.
8. Use a blog post idea generator like ContentIdeator. Just type in a keyword and see what ideas it creates for you.
9. Scroll through your social media accounts and see if something inspires you.
10. Take a walk through memory lane. Talk to friends and family about the past, flip through old photo albums of your childhood. See if you find a story to tell.
11. People watch at the mall.
12. Keep an ongoing list of blog topic ideas in a notebook or online document.
13. Look through your blog comments and see if anyone has asked a question you can answer through a post.
14. Look through comments on other blogs and see if there is a question or topic you can respond to.
15. Pay attention to your blog analytics and see what your most popular posts are. Write about a related topic.
16. When writing inspiration hits but you don’t have a blog post in mind, open up a draft and start writing. When you’re done, just leave it alone to find later when you need some inspiration. You can clean it up and give it better focus later.
17. Get off the computer and go do something. Go shopping, attend an event, go to a museum, visit a park. Pay attention to any ideas that hit you while you’re out, or just write about your excursion.
18. Think about your favorite recipes. Are there any stories to be told? Maybe you want to improve on that recipe to share on the blog, or even just share that recipe because it’s awesome.
19. Write about a collection you have.
20. Look through forums to see if there is a question you can answer in blog form.
21. Is there a project you need to do around the house? Create a how to.
22. Are there any products you’ve used recently you want to tell your readers about?
23. Would you like to share some of your favorite websites or bloggers with your readers?
24. Create a top 10 list of something that interests you.
25. Watch YouTube videos for ideas to inspire you.
26. Set up Google Alerts for topics related to your niche and review the articles when you need inspiration.
27. Watch the local and/or national news for ideas.
28. Find some writing prompts online (there are a ton of these, just google writing prompts or blog prompts and you’ll get several)
29. Think about your hobbies. What can you write about them?
30. Interview someone.
31. Has something been bothering you lately? Take those emotions and write about it.
32. What are you passionate about? Share that passion with your readers.
33. Come up with a regular feature. Weekly meal plans, weekly link up, Wordless Wednesday. Come up with your own!
34. Head out to a coffeeshop and write from there. Sometimes changing perspective/angle physically can inspire ideas.
35. Keep a daily journal, then read it when you need ideas.
36. Write a book review.
37. Ask your followers to help you come up with ideas. What do they want to see?
38. Challenge yourself to come up with 100 different potential blog titles. Review these titles when you need some inspiration.
39. Think about recruiting guest posters to help fill your editorial calendar.
40. Meet a new person and learn about their perspectives and ideas. They may give you something to think about.
41. Do random google searches of keywords related to your niche.
42. Find trending topics on your social media accounts. Write about those.
43. Network with other bloggers and ask what’s been on their mind lately.
44. Go to meet ups for things that interest you, or maybe even attend some meet ups for some new interests you haven’t explored yet.
45. Can you revamp an old blog post?
46. Read your own old blog posts. Do you have a new take on an old topic?
47. Create a blog series. Is there a topic you know about that you can create multiple posts about?
48. Think about the myths that surround your blog niche and write about them.
49. Rules are everywhere. Find some rules and give your take on them, or create your own rules for something.
50. Take a look at your daily life, break it down and write about one small aspect of it. Morning routine? Daily habits? What do you enjoy? What do you dread?
51. Keep a dream journal, read through it for some interesting inspiration.
52. Look through your shelves, closets, night stands, where ever you have a random collection of things and see what blog posts it inspires. I just picked up 10 ideas in a couple minutes looking at my bathroom shelf! Examples: How to give a dog a bath. Toilet paper roll crafts for kids. My best hair care tips. Organizing in a small space. Etc.
53. Take some time to disconnect from the world. Meditate. Have some quiet reflection time. Whatever works for you. Let your mind wander, then jot down your thoughts when you’re done.
54. Visit Google Trends and have fun exploring.
55. Use WikiMindMap to discover related ideas to your topic.
56. Think about your successes and failures. What insights do you have to share about them?
57. Search your favorite hashtags for ideas.
58. Look through a bookstore (online or brick and mortar store) and find out what people are writing about in your niche.
59. What are mistakes you see people making in your niche?
60. Listen in on other people’s conversations (I know, eavesdropping isn’t nice, but sometimes it can’t be helped and it can be a great source for blog topics, just don’t judge the people you’re listening in on, you don’t know their story, just a sound bite)
61. Watch a movie and see what it inspires.
62. Go to an art museum, or look at art online. See what it inspires.
63. Pay attention to nature.
64. Listen to music. What do the lyrics inspire? What about the instrumental?
65. Dig in the history books and start learning about the people and events of history. Go with the bigger well known events, or find some less well known people and events to learn about. What did it inspire in you?
66. Watch the kids. They are always getting creative and living life to its fullest. They can be a wealth of ideas!
67. Take a vacation, even if it’s just for a day or a few hours. Hit up the roads less traveled and see what you can find.
68. Take a peek at the National Day Calendar. Something to celebrate for every day of the year! Don’t forget upcoming holidays.
69. Which social media posts have been the most popular among your readers. Write about those topics.
70. Attend Twitter Parties and see what the chatter is about on some of your favorite topics. You may even win some prizes in the process! Score!
71. Pay attention to pop culture. What are the celebrities doing or talking about? You don’t have to write about the celebrities, but people will be searching for the ideas and products they’re promoting.
72. Create a blog round up of a relevant topic to your niche.
73. Take someone’s popular title in a magazine or blog and swap out a few words to create your own post idea.
74. Grab the dictionary, randomly pick a word and start coming up with post ideas based on that word. Get stumped; just pick a new word.
75. Look at conference agendas in your niche to see what the experts are talking about and what the attendees are wanting to hear.
76. Find out if there are new product launches or announcements you can report on.
77. Have you won an award or been recognized in another way? Write about it!
78. What resources are out there in your niche? Write a post about them or collect your favorites and share them with your readers.
79. Get on StumbleUpon and search through specific topics to see what people are interested in.
80. Listen to podcasts in your niche for ideas.
81. Watch Webinars in your niche.
82. Watch Talk Shows on TV. See what new ideas they’re discussing.
83. Have a brainstorming session. Just sit down and start writing down ideas not worrying about the quality, just getting the ideas down. You can always go back later to improve on the ideas.
84. Try some freewriting. Just start writing and see where it leads you.
85. Look through freebies, coupons and giveaways to see what inspire you.
86. Pick a topic and look at it from different angles to see how you can make it relate to your niche.
87. Play “what if” see what questions you can come up with by saying what if. Can you create a blog post from any of them?
88. Dig out the magnet words. You know those fun inspirational jars of hundreds of words used to help inspire writers. Find some with a theme related to your niche and start playing.
89. Browse the FAQ’s of websites related to your niche to find additional questions or ideas you can write about.
90. Attend some Google Hangouts, meet some people, get in the conversation and get inspired!
91. Play a word association game. Start with one word, then write down the next word that comes to mind. Keep it up then look for some new keywords to research.
92. Let Google come up with some topics. Start typing something like 10 ways to…or How to… and see what Google finishes the phrases with. Play with those responses to come up with your own great post idea.
93. Write some questions, then go through and answer them. See if it inspires some post ideas.
94. Is there a cause you’re passionate about? How can you use your blog to help that cause?
95. Think about how times have changed, especially in your niche.
96. What have you learned over the years? Think about it and narrow it down to your niche.
97. Create a list of your favorite people to follow on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. Check out their walls and boards when you need ideas.
98. Think about what you’re thankful for. Find a blog post in the list.
99. Look to your pets for ideas.
100. Be yourself. Write about what you love, what you’re doing, what you’re thinking about, projects you’ve been working on, etc. You know you best so that makes you your best inspiration!

What other ideas can you think of to add to this list? How do you find inspiration for blog posts? Share your tips and techniques in the comments below.