{"id":16903,"date":"2020-02-04T13:55:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/?p=16903"},"modified":"2021-12-20T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:54:29","slug":"content-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/content-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Easy Ways to Find Great Content Topic Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most time-consuming parts of content marketing is finding new content topic ideas to target in your blogs, discuss in your videos or post into your social media channels.<\/p>\n

If you publish one or two pieces of content per week that\u2019s not an issue but if you plan to scale your content marketing then you need a way to come up with new ideas fast.<\/p>\n

Searching Google for \u2018how to find content topic ideas\u2019, you\u2019ll get a list of articles that offer 30, 40 or 100 ways to find ideas but in reality, you don\u2019t need that many. If you try to follow all the suggestions, you may end up losing your time.<\/p>\n

In this guide, I\u2019ll walk you through the 10 most efficient and easy ways to generate great content topic ideas for your blogs or any other type of content. This is how I find new ideas for my blogs that helped me increased by traffic steadily in the last 6 months.<\/p>\n

How to Find New Content Topic Ideas<\/h2>\n

Here are the top 10 free ways to source new content ideas.<\/p>\n

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  1. Google Search<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Google Trends<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Topic Research Tool (SEMRush)<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Answer the Public<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Competitor Websites<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. YouTube Search<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Online Courses<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Google Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Google Search Console<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. UberSuggest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. Google Search<\/h3>\n

    The best tool to come up with content topic ideas is Google. Sometimes this is all you need to find new topics for your content marketing.<\/p>\n

    Google Search Suggestions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Go to Google.com and start typing your main topic keywords. As you type, you\u2019ll notice that Google makes recommendations. Finish writing your main topic idea, for example, \u201cContent marketing\u201d and then start typing letters, starting from a letter \u2018a\u2019.<\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Find new content topic ideas using Google search suggestions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    What this will give you is a combination of topics that include your main search terms<\/strong><\/a> and other popular keywords.<\/p>\n

    Google \u201cPlease Also Ask\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

    For most topics, people use Google to ask questions and Google wants to rank websites that provide answers to user\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n

    The best way to use this feature is to try a combination of related searches and spot common topics in the \u201cPeople also ask\u201d section.<\/p>\n

    For example, if you search for \u2018content marketing\u2019 related terms, you\u2019ll notice that in the questions, people ask \u2018strategy\u2019 related questions like \u201cHow to create a good content marketing strategy\u201d, \u201cWhat is a good content strategy<\/strong><\/a>\u201d and many others.<\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Find new content ideas using ‘People Also Ask’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    This is a good hint that \u2018content marketing strategy\u2019 is a good topic to cover in your blog either in the form of a pillar article or through topic clusters.<\/p>\n

    Google \u201cRelated Searches\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The related searches section which is located at the bottom of the page shows you topics related to your search.<\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Find new ideas using Google Related Searches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    For example, for \u201ccontent marketing\u201d a related topic is \u201ccontent writing\u201d so if you are already writing about content marketing, you can further expand your content by providing more content on \u201ccontent writing<\/strong><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

    2. Google Trends<\/h3>\n

    Google Trends is a great tool for researching topics and ideas but unfortunately, not a lot of people use it. In some ways, this is good because it gives you an advantage over your competitors.<\/p>\n

    The main reason to use Google trends is to find trending topics related to your niche. This is not a tool to do thorough keyword research but it can give you some hints of what \u2018broad topics\u2019 are being searched on Google.<\/p>\n

    Although the tool is easy to use, to make something out of it, you need to try a combination of searches.<\/p>\n

    As a first step, go to Google Trends<\/strong><\/a> and type your main topic.<\/p>\n

    \"google
    Explore New Topics using Google Trends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    You\u2019ll notice that for most searches, Google offers you two options \u201csearch term\u201d or \u201ctopic\u201d. These two produce different results, so you\u2019ll have to try both.<\/p>\n

    Start with \u201csearch term\u201d and then repeat the process for \u201ctopic\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Once you click Search, you\u2019ll see that you have a number of options to narrow down your results. You can select a specific region, time period, category and type of search (Google, Youtube, Image search, etc).<\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Google Trends Filters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Select the filters that are most relevant to your business and niche, and scroll down to the lower part of the page.<\/p>\n

    What you want to explore more, is the RELATED QUERIES section.<\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Google Trends Related Queries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Use the left and right arrows to view all the results, and use the top menu dropdown to view both the RISING and TOP Queries.<\/p>\n

    Spot the queries that are relevant to your website and go back to Google search to find what kind of content Google shows for that topic.<\/p>\n

    Using that as your base, you can then perform thorough keyword research<\/strong><\/a> to find SEO keywords<\/strong><\/a> and long-tail keywords<\/strong><\/a> to use in your blogs.<\/p>\n

    3. Topic Research Tool (SEMRush)<\/h3>\n

    Using a tool like SEMRUSH can help you tremendously speed up the process of finding new content topic ideas. Keyword research tools combine data from a number of sources so you don\u2019t have to do the process manually.<\/p>\n

    Although SEMRUSH is a paid tool, you can use this link to register for a SEMRUSH<\/strong><\/a> account and get 30-Days free to try the tool out and follow the examples in this guide.<\/div>\n

    SEMRUSH has a built-in feature for Topic Research. You can use to find content ideas based on search terms or based on a website (your own website or a competitor\u2019s website).<\/p>\n

    Login to SEMRUSH<\/strong><\/a> and select TOPIC RESEARCH from the left menu.<\/p>\n

    Type in your main topic and click GET CONTENT IDEAS.<\/p>\n

    SEMRUSH will show you everything you need to know about the particular topic including:<\/p>\n