How To Find Trending Topics For Your Blog Posts...
Blogging is all about knowing your audience. When we start a blog we start by picking a niche for our Blog and within this niche we find out target readers.
Everything we do is for the specific people we want to reach.
So the first thing which is very important is that the topics and post we create resonate with them and appeal to them directly.You have to dig deeper, find what's working and find what questions people in your niche are asking. Answering questions, providing relevant information, these are the greatest goals of any single blog post.
So now the most important question is How do we find those "Key Topics" for our Blog Post.
5 Ways That Will Inspire Your Next Blog Post Idea...
You can write the perfect blog post but, if you are not touching upon the right subject or issue, all of that work was for nothing. So use these 5 Methods to help you bridge that connection and create something that is both focused on and useful to your readers.
1. BUZZSUMO
BUZZSUMO - This tool allows you to enter the topic or even a competitor's website and see the top articles from that website or topic and how many times thoes articles have been shared across various social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pininterest and Google+. Seeing what topics are being shared most often is the perfect way to nail down a concept for your next post that adheres to that same idea. Now just don't copy what everyone else is doing. You should take these ideas and use them to form your own opinion based on what people have shared. Take it, break it down to the basic parts and then rebuild it in your own way.
2. GOOGLE TRENDS
GOOGLE TRENDS - This tool allows you to see what topics are being searched for most often at any given point. You can see which searches are currently trending and search for the same trending topics in your niche. This tool is very helpful in finding out the Latest Trending Topics for your blog post.
3. QUORA
QUORA - This site itself is a question/answer service where people can pose questions on any topic and have them answered by someone else who is knowledgeable about that subject. Very easy to use. It's something that everyone should use.
Check out this short demo:
Here, all you need to do is type in the subject your blog about and presto! You've got a list of questions people are asking about that subject. It's very simple and very easy to use with real- world results.
4. TOPSY
We all know how fast Twitter moves. Trying to keep up with a single feed is like trying to keep up with a stampeding herd of rhinos. With a tool like TOPSY, though you can look for topics and keywords that have appeared in tweets dating back to the current year.
Let's take a look at a quick example of this tool in action:
5. SURVEY MONKEY
SURVEY MONKEY - Our last tool is one that allows you to get your information straight from the source. Sometimes, finding that perfect topic is as simple as asking your audience.
With SURVEY MONKEY, you can do just that. A quick little survey embedded into your page makes it simple and easy for you to ask the readers a question or present them with a few topics to choose from.
This raw data then converts into topics that you know will resonate with your readers because it came from them.
WRAPPING IT UP
Knowing your audience is the first step, but getting to know them? That's the hard part.
These tools are here to help you with just that. Seeking out questions that your readers are asking, looking at trending topics and asking them through surveys are all fantastic ways to connect with them and find out what they want to see.
