1000+ Content Ideas for Your Blog or Newsletter

Every day, thousands of bloggers and e-mail marketers ask themselves the same question, “What am I going to write about this time?”

If you’re one of them (as I am), then this post is for you! Below, you’ll find links to 1000+ content ideas that you can use when writing your blog posts and creating your e-mail newsletters.

Even better, many of these posts don’t just give topics, they provide content types and brainstorming approaches that you can turn to again and again.

Yes, you will find repeating ideas and themes,  but each one of the posts linked to below offers something unique and useful and should help keep you stocked with content ideas for a long time to come.

Content Ideas for Your Blog or Newsletter

Brainstorming Approaches to Find Content Ideas

These posts detail different approaches you can use again and again to come up with content ideas on your own. Some also provide ideas about the types of content you can write (for more of those, see “Types of Content Ideas” below).

This is my favorite type of “content ideas” post because, as the saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

• 2 Simple Ways to Find Blog Topic Ideas for Any Niche
• 50 Can’t-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics
• 25 Ways to Use the Web to Find Content for Your Blog
• 5 Ways to Instantly Generate Blog Content Ideas
• 21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue
• 8 Out of the Way Sources for Blogging Ideas
• 5 great Ideas to Diversify Your Blog Content

Different Types of Content Ideas

These posts provide ideas about the types of content you can create. Like the approaches above, these can be used again and again by focusing on different specific topics.

• 20 Different Blog Post Ideas
• Conversation Agent: 50 Content Ideas that Create Buzz
• If you don’t mind giving out your e-mail address: Ebook: 100 Inbound Marketing Content Ideas

Business Blogging

If you focus on business blogging, then these link will provide tons of inspiration.

• Content Marketing Optimization: 8 Content Ideas for Business Blogs
• 52 Blog Post Ideas for Business Blogging
• 7 Content Ideas that Will Blow Up Your Brand and Business in 12 Months or Less—Guaranteed

Specific Content Ideas

These posts have specific content ideas for you to take and make your own.

• 100+ SMB Blogging Ideas to Kick Start 2010
• 10 Free Blog Topics to Help You Get Your Blog On
• 125 Free Blog Topics-Corporate and Personal Blogging: What Kids Can Teach You About Blogging – as the father of four kids, this post especially appealed to me. 🙂
• 96 Free Professional Blog Topics
• 15 List Post Ideas When You Get Writer’s Block
• 32 Topic Ideas for Your Next Blog Post
• 101+ Killer Blog Post Ideas
• If you don’t mind paying: Chris Brogan’s Blog Topics Newsletter – each week, Chris Brogan shoots out an e-mail full of content ideas around different thems (some samples). I am a subscriber and find his ideas to be very useful.

Business Blogging

Again, if you focus on business blogging, then these link will provide tons of content ideas for you to use.

• 20 topic ideas for your small business blog
• 50 Topics to Help You Get Started on Your Corporate Blog
• 41 Fresh Blog Post Ideas For Your Company Blog

A Bonus

I had to include this post because, not only does it detail many types of content you can create, I also loved the way it lays out a schedule for using each type.

• 25 Content Creation Ideas for Your Personal Brand

Weekly Link Roundup

Each week, I collect the 10 best posts that I’ve read and share them with you here.

These posts focus on web-based solutions, online resources and up-to-date news for small businesses.

Enjoy!

The 3 Hidden Benefits of a Controversial Guest Post: Controversy does not have to be offensive and it can produce lots of great engagement and conversation on your blog.

Why Start-ups Are Scared of SOPA: If you’re not aware of the potential impact that the “Stop Online Privacy” act (SOPA) may have on your business and the web as a whole, you should read this post.

10 Words That Will Increase (or Decrease) Your Twitter CTR: CTR (or “Click-Through-Rate”) is an important measure of the effectiveness of the calls-to-action in your marketing. Learn how to increase or decrease CTR when using Twitter.

Cleaning Up Abandoned Pages in Social Media Ghost Towns: If you stop using one or more of your company’s social media profiles, you should not just abandon it – you should clean it up. Why? Find out in this post.

Facebook Like Button Will Spin Off More Action Items: Loved this look at how verbs are becoming the ultimate weapon to increase social media engagement.

Facebook, Twitter, Groupon And The History Of Social Commerce [INFOGRAPHIC]: Interesting look at the development of social commerce. I can’t wait to see where it’s going next!

8 Steps to Take Your Brick and Mortar Business Online: Basic, solid tips to follow when taking your first steps online. Even if you are online already, there’s something here for you.

What you can learn from Australia’s best bloggers: What makes a blog successful? Find out in this post which looks at 5 award-winning blogs.

5 Ways Your Old YouTube Videos Can Triple Their Visibility: Great tips on getting much more mileage out of the videos you post on YouTube.

20 Ways to Increase Content Visibility on the Top 4 Social Networks: Excellent tips and tricks for increasing the effectiveness of your social media profiles.