To write a blog, besides finding a really cool name for the website, its main topics need to cause an impact on people's life, be entertaining, something that I really enjoy and that I know a lot about, interesting, meaningful, hot, trendy… Oh my god! The list of requisites seems to be endless!! And, on top of that, it is crucial that there is still “space” to write about these blog topics, without simply repeating the same content already extensively covered by a number of other websites.
Many experts try to give some hope and affirm there is always market to talk about the three most popular blog topics: health, money and relationships. However, Google takes a few centiseconds to make all our hope go away, showing millions of really well positioned blog results for each one of these categories as well.
So, does it mean that nowadays we cannot create a brand new cool blog that generates a lot of traffic? Of course not! People come up with successful things to blog about everyday! It just means we will need to be somewhat more creative when defining what to write a blog about, leaving behind more standard recommendations.
To give you a hand with this challenge, I have put together 10 great blog ideas as a very good kickstarter to contribute to the success of your website. Each one of the headlines below also describes the concepts behind these ideas, so that you can try and adapt them to your own focus, level of knowledge or target market.
1. Blogging About Healthy Fast-Foods
Fast foods are usually related to unhealthy meals, normally consumed by people who do not have time to dedicate to a heathier life style. Indeed, all the environment surrounding fast foods supports quickly satiating craving without much health concerns (quickly prepared deep fried food combined with king size soft drinks). Today, the term fast-food is also used in other areas not directly related to food, when someone wants to give a negative connotation.
But, what about a blog that breaks this “quick and dirty” link and shows solutions for much healthier but still fast meals? Replacing hamburgers with avocado sandwiches, having an orange juice instead of a soft drink, substituting that chocolate cake by a fruit salad... so, easy and real world solutions for those who would like to give a first step towards a healthier life style, but have no time to waste.
Expanding its scope a little bit, what about articles showing how to exercise during regular daily activities? Or how to optimize the time at the office so that people have some time to go to the gym? Tips for a better posture while at the office? Posts with real stories of people who became healthier by using some of your hints would also reinforce your positioning and effectiveness.
The magic here is not really related to posts about exercises or meals (you know there are plenty of other blogs already covering these topics!), but mainly about combining two apparently contradictory terms: healthy and fast foods. That is what makes this blog idea really differential!
Likewise, there are almost endless other intriguing matches to be made to find really good blog topics, such as nerd and fitness, industrial and homemade, expert and dummies, sustainable and waste… that will not only attract a lot of attention to your website, but also reinforce the uniqueness of your blog content.
2. Blogging About Crazy Fan Things
Spending all your savings to follow Rihanna all over her world tour, watching all Star Wars episodes 250 times each, writing a 10,000 page love letter to Justin Bieber, staying 5 days and 5 nights on the queue to watch Lady Gaga or buying all the Miley Cyrus DVDs available in the main Barnes & Noble store... It seems like fans are capable of doing anything to prove they are THE #1 FAN! The most extreme experience, the better to impress and call the attention of their idols!
So, just like elderly life, which other subjects have passed by critical changes that may require repositioning their websites' content? That is where great ideas and big opportunities lie for your blog!
In Conclusion...
It seems there is no more struggle when trying to find what to blog about. No matter whether you are creating a personal blog or a business website, the ideas are endless!!! Besides analyzing these still to be explored ideas above, just try expanding their scope and concepts to get to an exponential number of other awesome things to blog about!