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Two of the questions I get asked most about content marketing are…
- What should I blog/podcast about?
- Where do I find new content ideas so that I don’t run out?
After this episode you’ll have several tools at your fingertips for generating endless content ideas, whether for blogging, audio or video.
In this episode of Mastering New Media…
- How to make sure that you never lose and amazing content idea
- The first content that you should create for a brand new blog or podcast to turn prospects into ideal customers
- How to create a year’s worth of content ideas in just two hours
Items Mentioned in This Episode
- Google Adwords Keyword Tool
- Google Alerts
- Google Reader
- Technorati
- Delicious
- Digg
- Survey Monkey
- 10 Ways to Find Continuous Content Ideas (PDF)
Take Action
- Set up a system of capturing content ideas
- Do the 5×5 exercise outlined in this episode
- Pick one of the ten ideas shared in this episode and add it to your current strategy for finding content ideas
What Do You Think?
- What other ideas do you have for generating content ideas?
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
November 30th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
One technique I’ve been using lately is when I post to the blog to save as a draft any ideas sparked from the current post.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:21 am
George,
That’s a good idea. I know a lot of bloggers that use that idea.