Having unique, interesting, compelling and fresh content on your website is important. The more useful the content the better, and the more often you can provide it the better. But, there are times you just get stuck for fresh content ideas. Let’s hope these ideas get you unstuck and the creative juices flowing.
Use PLR
You might wonder how in the world private label rights (PLR) content can provide “fresh” content. But, if you are stuck for topic ideas, downloading some PLR within your niche can actually get you thinking about your niche and your audience in a new way that you may not have considered. While you’re reading the PLR you may come up with new ideas. Write them down immediately. Even rewriting PLR completely will provide fresh content.
Read Books
It might seem like a novel idea, but reading more can help your mind become more creative – even if you read outside of your topic area by reading fiction. Reading for enjoyment can open creative portions of your mind that you may have had closed for a while. This is especially true if you’ve been super focused on your business and not doing much in the way of recreation. Oddly, watching TV doesn’t help. Reading uses more energy and more of your brain, while watching TV uses less energy than sleeping.
Exercise
If you feel stuck, get out of the house and do some exercise. If it’s a nice day, take a brisk walk around your neighborhood; if it’s not a nice day, go to an indoor mall or gym to walk around and don’t think about your business at all. Just think about breathing, and how your arms and legs feel while moving. A ten-minute brisk walk focusing only on your breathing and movement can open your creative mind faster than almost any other activity.
Reuse, Repurpose and Repeat
If you’ve been blogging for a long time, it’s likely that you feel like you’ve said it before. Well, if you posted about something five years ago, it’s likely out of date. Take a little time once a week or so, or if you’re stuck for ideas, and go back to an old blog post. Rewrite it and update it, especially if the advice is now old or irrelevant. Add some new affiliate links to it, spruce it up. In addition, you can take a bunch of old blog posts, move them to a Word document, edit and create an eBook. Any way that you can make the old new again, is a good way to create fresh content.
Finally, remember to keep a note pad, or use your smartphone to write down ideas as they come to you. Don’t believe for one moment you’ll remember it later. Even if you’re in the shower and come up with an idea, get out and write it down before it goes away. By tracking all your ideas, you’ll easily be able to sit down anytime you have the time, look at your list of ideas and create fresh content on demand.
