Fridays with Vicky 40
Have you ever gotten stuck when it comes to content ideas?
Do you feel like you have nothing to write about?
We all feel like that at some point. Great thing is there are tons of tools that can help your creativity flow again.
I was in the same situation, I needed some new content ideas for this website. I had 15 minutes to crank out some suggestions.
I picked out 5 tools. A content creation tool, a title generator tool, a keyword tool, a social tool and a social platform. 5 tools/websites that will help with content suggestions.
These are all free tools that I use to generate ideas. Here`s the result…
15 Minutes, 5 Tools and 1038 Content Ideas
I set the alarm on the phone for 15 minutes, let`s see what we can come up with.
Since I need content suggestions for this site, itsvicky.com. I will be using keywords / ideas generated from website creation and blogs.
HubSpot
Hubspot generated 10 suggestions with my keywords, when I was playing around with it for a few minutes. The way it works is that you type in 3 different nouns and it generate 5 suggestions at the time. I had to adjust the suggestions afterwards for them to make sense. It`s a decent tool to generate some quality content ideas.
Here are three suggestions from the HubSpot tool:
- 15 Best Blogs to Follow About…
- 7 Things About Websites Your Boss Wants To Know
- The Worst Advice We’ve Ever Heard About…
Tweak Your Biz
This is a pretty impressive tool that generated 644 titles and content ideas with in seconds. The tool from tweak your biz mass produce, so not all of them will be usable. With some corrections and adjustments there are tons of ideas to use though.
It is easy to use, you just type in your keyword and the tool starts generating new ideas and titles that you can put to use.
I have not gone through them all but I can see the use of it. Using this tool gave me ideas to work with for months.
Here are three suggestions generated by the tool:
- Believing These 10 Myths About Websites Keeps You From Growing
- The Next 10 Things You Should Do For Website Success
- 10 Simple Ways The Pros Use To Promote their Website
Buzzsumo
I like Buzzumo because it brings up ideas and suggestions that have been shared on social media by many. Which means the titles and content is proofen to work. I got 12 quality suggestions within a few minutes, just from the most shared tab. I also like using “trending now” which gives you hot topic to write about now.
Buzzsumo is easy to use, type in the keyword and it will start generating articles that has been shared on social media.
Here are three suggestions using buzzsumo:
- How To Build A WordPress Website: Step-by-Step Tutorial For Beginners
- Website Jargon Buster for Total Beginners – Yell Business
- How to Create a Website That Sells
Ubersuggest
Ubersuggest is a keyword tool, but another great place to get content ideas. Using this tool I got 366 suggestions within seconds.
Ubersuggest take your keyword and add something in the beginning or the end of it, to make a new suggestion for you. They go through the alphabet to give you as many suggestions possible. This can give you a lot of new great ideas.
Here are some of the suggestions;
Digg
Digg can be a great place to find content ideas. Type in your keyword in the search bar and it will give you some suggestions. I got 6 content ideas that I can put to use. These were probably the most contriversial suggestions, with a different spin. I like that.
Generating the suggestions only took me 15 minutes, going through them all took some time as well. Some of the tools generate quality where some are geared towards quantity.
Which one do you prefer when it comes to generating content, quality or quantity? Would love to hear from you below,
Have a productive day,
Tara says
I really enjoyed reading this post. Having my own website these can be very useful for me , I will definitely have to check them out. Thanks for providing great information on these 5 tools/websites.
Thanks, Tara
Vicky says
Hi Tara,
Glad that you found the article helpful!
Yes do check the tools out, they are great and free, they can really produce some content ideas for you.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment,
Vicky
Jason says
There are so many ways to get content idea. I prefer quality over quantity as this will make me more professional and therefore more visitors will be interested in what I am saying. I have never explored your suggestions, but now I know where I can go to get more ideas if I need to.
I usually just think what others are thinking and then research the idea using the keyword tool available within WA. Again, I like what you have suggested and will do more exploration as I move forward. Thank you for this vital content Vicky.
Jason.
Vicky says
Thanks Jason!
After writing for a while, there will come a time when you need suggestions 🙂 Feel free to pull out these tools and use them then.
Have you tried the Jaaxy tool for keyword research, it`s good!
Thanks for your input Jason,
Vicky
Linda says
GREAT POST!
and a lovely site!
And thanks a lot for giving me all these great itools where I can find ideas for writing blogposts.
Great!
Just keep on posting.
I will bookmark this site.
Live, Laugh, Love
Linda 🙂
Vicky says
Thank you Linda,
We all run into content idea blanks lol. These free resources are great to have on hand.
I see you work with Amazon you might find this article interesting.
Have a great day,
Vicky
Diane says
Vicky, I visited your page today and the content is very helpful for people who have writers block. Thank you for the wealth of information. I took notes and plan to utilize your strategies on my next page. The page is laid out in an easy format to follow, with illustrations and explanations.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Diane
Vicky says
Hi Diane,
Glad you enjoyed the article. Yes we all run into writers block at some time, these are great tools to use then.
Thanks for stopping by Diane,
Vicky
Ian says
Your site looks great and is certainly visually appealing. There are a lot of interesting tools mentioned in this post and I will definitely subscribe.
Vicky says
Hi Ian,
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the article.
Yes take advantage of these great free tools,
Vicky
Marvin says
Hi there do you mind letting me know which hosting company you’re using?
I’ve loaded your blog site in 3 different browsers and I have to admit this blog loads a good
deal faster then most. Could you recommend a good internet hosting provider with a reasonable
price? Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!
Vicky says
Hi Marvin,
Thank you for your comment and your kind words.
To be honest I’m in the process of moving my sites off Hostgator. Too many issues although it’s good to hear that the site loads fast.
I would suggest you take a look at this host… great place to get both domain and hosting, all in one place!
Vicky