Don’t Know What to Write About?
Within my niche, I found a hack — no surveys, no trending searches, and it’s simple
We’ve all had moments where we wanted to post content, but were out of ideas, even within our niche — writer’s block.
Mornings are when fresh ideas, revelations, and ‘ah-ha moments’ occur for me.
One morning, I received a notification that a new post had been added to a blog I follow, which is within the niche I’ve adopted for my personal blog.
On the blog, there’s always a question that sparks debate — at least one per week, and this post was no different.
Periodically, I’ll respond with a comment to the question. But, oftentimes, I’ll just read the post and move on.
But, this particular morning, I wanted to post a comment.
But, it dawned on me to ponder the question — why waste my comment by posting it to a blog I follow?
I thought, why not post the reply to my blog?
Since my moment of enlightenment, I’ve not looked back. I no longer have to generate ideas to post to my personal blog (Medium is not my personal blog).
It’s simple, no surveys, no trending searches. I wait to receive notifications from the blog I follow.
So, how does it work?
Again, instead of responding with my opinion to the blog I follow:
- I’ll turn my response into a topic
- Create a blog title
- Then add my response to my personal blog as a blog post
I’ll do the same for followers who reply and express their opinions:
- I’ll generate an idea from another follower’s response
- Create a blog-post title
- Then add my comment to in response to another follower’s opinion, to my personal blog as a blog post
For instance, if the blog I follow is about shoes, and the blogger posts that four-inch heels for women are best for walking, and they are the most comfortable for her — hands down.
Then the blogger asks her followers, “What do you think about four-inch heels for walking?”
I’ll respond by:
Generating topics from my opinion about wearing four-inch heels to create blog topics:
- “Why I Will Never Wear Four-Inch Heels”
- “Wearing Heels Can Be Dangerous”
- “High-Heeled Shoes Can Be Unhealthy For Your Feet”
- “High-Heeled Shoes Can Throw You Off Balance”
- “Heels Can Hurt Your Back,
- “Have You Ever Twisted Your Ankle While Wearing High-Heel Shoes?”
- “You Risk Breaking a Leg (or two) When Wearing High-Heel Shoes.”
I’ll do the same with other followers’ responses on the blog:
I NEVER copy what respondents say, I only create a topic or an idea, based on their response (see example below):
Replies might be: “They are too painful.” “I can’t imagine walking in four-inch heels; I get bunions and corns.” “I had to have surgery from walking in high-heeled shoes, let alone, four-inch heels.”
Then, based on the responses I read:
I’ll create a topic for my blog post titled (here are several topic ideas):
- “The Consequences of Walking in Four-Inch Heels.”
- “How, Can Anyone Walk in Four-Inch Heels, Without Aching Feet?”
- “You Can Break a Leg, or Twist an Ankle While Walking in Four-Inch Heels.”
- “Surgery Could be the Cost of Walking in Four-Inch Heels.”
- “Corns and Bunions — The Price One Pays for Wearing Four-Inch Heels”
Between my opinion and the replies of the blog followers, I have effortlessly generated several topics for multiple posts, in this example on shoes, four-inch heels, or high-heels.
Then, I research answers to each topic from credible sources, with attribution.
There’s no plagiarism.
