101 Blog Post Ideas (for any type of blogger)

What should I blog about? Was a question I kept asking myself as I scrambled to think of a topic to blog about each week. So I compiled a handy reference guide/go to list when I’m having a bout of writers block. That list grew and grew and has been so helpful! I thought other bloggers might benefit so I turned that list into an ebook!

1200 Blog Post Ideas can be purchased via my online shop, my Etsy shop or Amazon!

 

Here is a sample of 101 blog post ideas from the book!

BLOG POST IDEAS THAT WILL WORK FOR ANY NICHE

Replace # with the number of your choice e.g. 5, 7 or 10

Text inside the [_____] are suggestions to help prompt ideas

1. # Benefits of _____ /# benefits of doing _____
2. # Doubts every [target audience e.g. new mom] has about _____
3. # Facts about me
4. # Lessons I learned from _____ [running my own business/starting a blog/a person or people that inspire you etc.]
5. # Things you couldn’t live without
6. # mistakes I’ve made about _____ /# Common mistakes people make when _____
7. # favourite shops (Etsy shops, clothes shops, discount shops etc.)
8. A Q and A of recurring blog comments and reader questions
9. A day in your life – people are nosy when they read your blog they want to read about YOU
10. A haul from a shopping trip (products relating to your niche)
11. A letter to yourself (your younger or future self)
12. Anti-bucket list – a list of things you don’t want to do/experience during your life
13. Ask your significant other to write a post on your blog
14. Best places to find [tools, resources, tutorials etc. relating to your niche]
15. Best/worst advice you ever received about something
16. Birthday or anniversary post (for you, your blog, your business etc.)
17. Book reviews
18. Discount
19. Dos’ and don’ts list/pros and cons list/a ‘What Not to Do’ tip list
20. Do’s and don’t of _____
21. Explain how NOT to do something (a mistake you have made) – and what you should have done instead
22. Explain how to do _____ faster/better
23. Favorite apps for _____/favorite free apps
24. Favorite playlist for [working from home, exercising, studying etc.]
25. Frequently asked questions (FAQ) or a list of questions your readers should ask (SAQ)
26. Giveaway
27. Guest post
28. Host a challenge or participate in another blogger’s challenge and encourage your readers to join you
29. Host a guest post or write a guest post on someone else’s blog
30. How to get motivated [and stay motivated] to [something relating to your niche e.g. exercise regularly, clean every day to maintain your home, cook dinner every night etc.]
31. How to set goals and achieve them
32. How to, tips or a list of ideas for something e.g. this Buzzfeed article on camping hacks
33. How to write your first blog post/what should your first blog post be about?
34. If a blog post was popular, expand into a series or do a part 2
35. If you could switch places with [famous person, someone you admire etc.] how you would spend a day
36. Income report
37. Inspirational or motivational quote
38. List of things you are grateful for
39. Must have _____ e.g. tools, makeup staples, wardrobe staples etc.
40. Offer advice of what to do in a certain situation e.g. how to ask for a pay rise, how to break up with a boyfriend etc.
41. Photo a day challenge
42. Promote a cause or charity you feel passionate about (and why) – donate funds and encourage others to do the same e.g. breast cancer awareness, heforshe, against animal cruelty, environmental destruction etc.
43. Reflect on your own experience e.g. things that went well or didn’t go well when you… (tried saving money, did a DIY project, baked a recipe, tried a new diet etc.)
44. Reverse bucket list [things you have accomplished to date and how you did it]
45. Round up of your most popular blog posts [of all time, relating to a specific category that you blog about]
46. Round up of your favorite places to buy stuff relating to your niche – could be specific to an event or occasion e.g. Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale roundup, Christmas, Halloween etc.
47. Save versus splurge [on something related to your niche]
48. Share a personal fear, doubts, problem you have and ask your readers for their advice
49. Share a recipe
50. Share your bad habits/share how you overcome bad habits
51. Shopping guides
52. Solve a problem that you have or have experienced and which your readers are also likely to have/have experienced
53. Something you were wrong about, or opposed to but then you tried it and you like it/were converted. E.g. a type of food, an ereader versus paperback books, music artist
54. Staples for [e.g. pantry staples for bakers, tools for scrapbookers and crafty people etc.]
55. Terms/meaning/definitions relating to your niche e.g. what HTML means
56. Things you like/don’t like about _____
57. Thoughts on turning… [thirty, forty, twenty etc.]
58. Turn a motivational/inspirational/success/perseverance etc. quote into a blog graphic
59. Tutorial on how to do _____
60. Update and/or revamp an old blog post e.g. a tutorial on how to use a type of technology or system that has been updated since you wrote the original blog post
61. What NOT to do when it comes to _____
62. What blog photography equipment you use
63. What music you’re listening to right now
64. What you did on your weekend/what you do when you aren’t blogging
65. What you would do if you had $100 or $1,000 that you HAD to spend on something relating to your niche e.g. what resources, tools, ebooks or other stuff would you buy? (like a wish list)/what you would do if you won the lottery
66. What you’ve learned after [3 months, 2 years etc.] of blogging
67. What’s in your _____ e.g. bag, junk drawer, makeup drawer, kitchen drawers, craft drawers
68. Where you see something relating to your niche heading in the future e.g. are paperback books going to become extinct?
69. Who you would invite to lunch/a dinner party/other meal and why e.g. celebrities, bloggers that inspire you, business men/women that inspire you etc.
70. Why you love blogging/why you blog/why you started a blog
71. Gift guides for [your ideal target audience e.g. someone who likes to bake]
72. Write a post that agrees or disagrees with another blogger in your niche’s blog post – what additional content (e.g. tips or advice) would you add?
73. Write about a blog post/person/product etc. that you do or do not agree with and why
74. Write about a product or service that disappointed you/rant post (use sparingly – no one likes too much negativity!)
75. Your 3 year, 5 year and 10 year plan
76. Your blogiversary – what you’ve learned, what you would do differently etc.
77. Your bucket list [summer, winter, college etc.]
78. Your favorite bloggers/blogs you follow
79. Your favourite bloggers (other bloggers in your niche, by type e.g. cooking, craft projects, organization, health and fitness etc.)
80. Your goal setting process/share a goal and how you plan to achieve it then do a follow up post on what worked and didn’t work/your revised goal setting process
81. Your top 10 [favourite tools, things to make, resource websites, tips for ___ relating to your niche, podcasts, magazines, books about___ etc.]
82. [Beauty products/planners/designer brands/any product you like] that are worth the hype

 YOU

83. 10 facts about me/# Things you don’t know about me
84. A letter to my younger self (whether it be your teenage self, when you started your blog, your online business etc.)
85. A list of your favorite books and what they taught you (could be about a specific topic e.g. blogging, or a specific genre)
86. A personal struggle or problem you had with something and how you overcome/solved it (could be what websites ship a product internationally, how you lost _____ kilos, how you made _____ because you couldn’t buy it anywhere etc.)
87. Blog about your pet
88. Challenge/resolution/goal/give up something for a period and host a challenge encouraging others to do this e.g. give up Chocolate for a week
89. Gratitude/# things you are thankful for
90. If you won the lottery, how you would spend the money
91. Long version of your story (expand on your story then link back to your about page)
92. Recap an event you attended e.g. a webinar, a party, conference, class, training etc. or an experience e.g. skydiving, snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, taking a surfing lesson etc.
93. Review a recent vacation or what you did on the weekend
94. Room tour – of your office or even your whole house
95. Share photos of your workspace/where you blog from/your favorite places to blog from
96. Share what you’re currently reading
97. Talk about your family/your life growing up/how you ended up where you are today
98. You favorite hobbies and how you became interested in them
99. Your hometown/where you live (especially if most of your readers live overseas)
100. Your life bucket list/your travel bucket list/step out of your comfort zone list/101 in 1001 days list
101. Your monthly budget/how much money you spend on a hobby or other expenses relating to your niche e.g. your child’s education, clothes, how much you spent on your kid’s birthday party etc.

I hope some of these blog post ideas helped cure your writers block!

If you would like more blog post ideas, 1200 Blog Post Ideas can be purchased via my online shop, my Etsy shop or Amazon!

Happy blogging!