Top 10 Spots to Find Topic Ideas

Never Suffer from Writer's Block Again

By Summer Banks, published Jul 13, 2007
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When searching for topics for writing on Associated Content you may at times find yourself staring into space having no idea where your next topic will come from. I have found some foolproof ways to never run out of ideas and today I am going to share them with everyone. Here are Summer's Top 10 Spots to Find Topic Ideas.

10) Social Networking Sites

Many on Associated Content to promote our published materials already use social networking sites. However, these same sites can be the hub of topic generation as well. Take Yahoo! Answers, you can search through many questions trying to find one that you can answer with one of your published articles for promotion, but have you ever thought about the many questions you are finding that do not match your content? Try jotting down some of the questions you find and generating articles to answer them. You may not be able to promote this content immediately using Yahoo! Answers but you have generated a topic idea.

MySpace can be used in the same way. Instead of heading directly to your MySpace page, try looking at some of the most popular pages. These pages are popular for some reason and once you tap into what they are offering to viewers you will be able to offer than same content as well. You will surely find topic ideas through reading the blog entries and studying the links these top bloggers have on their pages.

9) Self-help Forums

Having recently undergone a hysterectomy, I found myself being a member of Hystersisters online. This online self-help forum is set up to answer questions women may have before, during and after having a hysterectomy. With pages and pages filled with people asking questions about hysterectomies I jot down some of the questions and answer them by writing content on Associated Content.

These self-help forums are all over the internet. It can be helpful if you or someone you know has suffered from the covered condition but this is not a necessary requirement. Just browse through the topics and set off answering the questions people are asking.

8) Print Materials

Top 10 Spots to Find Topic Ideas

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Takeaways
  • Topic ideas are all around us, we just need to stop looking thorough life.
  • Interviewing everyone from clerks to PTA heads can generate topic ideas.
Did You Know?
The easiest way to generate new ideas is by searching other writing websites. The titles are there for the picking!
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Pretty impressive this article was.

Posted on 07/17/2008 at 10:07:50 AM

 
Thank you for the useful information.

Posted on 07/15/2008 at 11:07:17 AM

 
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I am definately encouraged by your artical and where to find ideas to write about. Did I say thank you?

Posted on 07/12/2008 at 5:07:47 PM

 
Thank you for this advice, very helpful! I will certainly help me a great deal!!!

Posted on 07/09/2008 at 11:07:50 AM

 
Very informative. Thank you for writing this.

Posted on 07/09/2008 at 9:07:56 AM

 
fantastic article!

Posted on 07/08/2008 at 12:07:23 PM

 
Thanks for the information, and good luck to you.

Posted on 07/06/2008 at 8:07:36 PM

 
These are great tips. I'm constantly reading other blogs, websites, and writing forums for new material!

Posted on 07/03/2008 at 10:07:37 AM

 
:) Some good ideas here! Thanks for sharing and keep on writing!!!!

Posted on 06/30/2008 at 9:06:47 AM

 
Thank you for the ideas! I'm over here gathering up newspaper articles to support my ideas. I am trying to be factual, not opinionated.

Posted on 06/30/2008 at 8:06:31 AM

 
Interesting! Thanks for the article!

Posted on 06/29/2008 at 4:06:12 PM

 
Great article!

Posted on 06/29/2008 at 4:06:05 PM

 
very useful ideas! thanks for sharing

Posted on 06/27/2008 at 1:06:10 PM

 
Very, very helpful and comprehensive article, Summer! Wow. This is *great*!

Posted on 06/25/2008 at 8:06:06 PM

 
Great article, thanks for the tips :)

Posted on 06/25/2008 at 4:06:32 AM

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