37 Blog Post Ideas for New Freelance Writers

Coming up with blog post ideas can be hard when its your job! Freelance writers often have to come up with blog topics and pitch their ideas to their clients or editors. And to top it all off, if you have a blog or personal blog – which every freelance writer should – having fresh ideas can take a toll. Ive been freelance writing for a little over a year now and I have over 20+ clients, two blogs I write and manage and two other blogs where I guest contribute. So, you can say there are days when Im totally unable to come up with a blog post idea and Im scrambling. Does that happen to you? You land several clients in your niche and now you have to come up with three topic ideas in the same niche! While the best clients are the ones that give you free range to pitch ideas and come up with your own topics – for me – these clients can be more time consuming. So, to make sure Im working smarter and not harder, Ive thought of 37 blog post ideas for your clients or for your blog. Bookmark this post and refer back to it for more inspiration! 1. Use Title Generators I dont know about you, but if I read headlines in my niche, this is enough to get the creative juices flowing and help me come up with several topics very easily. The best   title generator that gives you oodles and oodles of ideas is the Tweak Your Biz Title Generator. Just enter your topic, let it know if its a noun or verb and hit submit. Heres my result for email marketing. You can write great blog posts just by look through these headlines: 10 Effective Ways to Get More Out of Your Email Marketing Email Marketing Doesnt Have to Be Hard – Read These 10 Tips 10 Creative Ways You Can Improve Your Email Marketing Tweak Your Biz isnt the only headline generator. Others include Portent and SEOPressor. 2. Look At Your Archive If youre struggling coming up with blog post ideas for your blog, go through your archive. See what you have already written. This can give you ideas about any holes or gaps you might have missed. For example, I know for this blog, I havent done a post on tools for freelance writers. Ive realized that a lot of new freelance writers arent aware of what tools to use for your business. This is something I could talk about on this blog. For your clients, if their blog has many posts, go through them and see if you can add a new perspective to older content. For me, since I guest post on FreelancerFAQs – a site I manage and own – I often look at old posts on this blog and use that to help me write a   post on FAQs. For example, I wrote 6 Foolproof Marketing Tips to Help You Become a Better Freelance Writer on this blog. For FreelancerFAQs, I ended up writing a post called, How Do I Promote Myself as a Freelance Writer? While both posts talk about marketing yourself, each one is unique and provides lots of different tips. 3. Look at Competitors Blogs Dont think no one does this! The best bloggers and freelance writers always grabs an idea or two from competitors in their niche or clients niche. For example, with this blog, since Im writing about freelance writing mostly, Ill look to The Write Life, FreelancerFAQs, Be a Freelance Blogger and even hit up personal freelance writers blogs like  Lauren Tharp for ideas. I remember looking at this title on The Write Life and thinking I can do a post on that subject.For one of my ghostwriting clients, I often have to look at other blogs in their niche to draft up some topics for the month. It doesnt take long, but its a lot easier to do this than to come up with completely original ideas, because if you already dont know, most blog post ideas have been recycled. 4. Read Posts in Your Niche Part of being a freelance writer is knowing the top trends going on in your niche. This helps you learn any new products, tools or applications that your client might like you reporting on their blog. Since Im in the digital marketing niche I often try to read a post or two from the following blogs: Neil Patel QuickSprout Twelveskip Smart Blogger Hubspot Unbounce Kissmetrics I dont do it all the time, but when I have some time Ill check out these sites and go through their blog and find some good reading material. 5. Take a New Angle on a Known Topic As I mentioned before, most everyone has written about all the topics in your niche. Its hard to find something no one has heard of. What you can do instead, is provide a new angle on a known topic or something thats been written about before from many people. For example, for the freelance writing niche, I know theres been talk about displaying your rates on your site. Most say that its better to display them since you wont get any low-ball offers and youll end up attracting your ideal client. So, why not flip that around and write a post on   Not Posting Your Rates Makes You More Money. Its a new angle on a known topic. 6. Start a New Blog! Wh-what? Why would starting a new blog give you more ideas? A new blog MEANS you NEED more ideas. Well I disagree. I dont know about you, but Im a creative person. Thats why I love doing images for my blogs and clients and thats why I am a freelance writer. I recently started a new blog called TwinsMommy. Its not a mommy blogging site where all I talk about are my twins. Its actually a work from home site for moms that want to go from mom to mompreneur. Its in a similar niche as freelance writing, but its much broader. And you know what? I have about twenty blog post ideas for that blog already. And, because of all that creative juice flowing, I have several ideas for this blog too! So, why not start a new blog? 7. Turn an Infographic Into a Blog Post Go to Pinterest and search for infographics. Heres one on branding. Use this to inspire you and write your own branding post to help freelance writers, entrepreneurs, small businesses etc.. 8. Turn a Podcast Into a Blog Post Just like you can use inforgraphics to help you come up with blog post ideas, you can also use podcasts. Little Zotz has done podcasts on freelance writing. Listen to some of those and use what youre learning from those podcasts to help you come up with a blog post idea for your blog. 9. Turn a Video Into a Blog Post Finally, check out some YouTube videos of bloggers in your niche. You can get loads of great blog post ideas for your blog and your clients blog. Freelancer Lizzie Davey has a YouTube channel for her Wanderful World blog. Her videos talk about freelancing in general. Looking to other freelancers YouTube channels or bloggers/marketers in your niche can help you generate tons of blog post ideas. 10. Do a Case Study People love learning from others. If youre successful at what you are doing, plenty of people want in on how you were able to achieve this. What better way to explain your process then with a case study on your blog or even your clients blog? Over on one of my clients blog, I wrote a post about my email marketing sales funnel. I pitched them my idea and they said go ahead. Over on my TwinsMommy blog Im doing a case study on growing that blog. Im going to do monthly reports on generating more traffic, readers and money from TwinsMommy. Thats a post every month, which leaves me with one less idea to come up for my monthly content schedule. 11. Use Entertainment for Blog Post Ideas Its important as freelance writers to do more than just write! Watch a movie, follow a TV show, read a book or listen to the news. By doing this you can draw from those types of entertainment and relate it to your industry. Course student Kate and shared on her blog how The Walking Dead relates to Freelance Writing.Want another example? Heres Francesca Nicasios post on her blog, Be a Freelance Writer, talking about how the show How I Met Your Mother can teach you about finding clients. Do you have a favorite TV show, book, sports team, movie or actress you can use to create a blog post in your niche? 12. Use BuzzSumo or Quora For Ideas To use these tools, you first need a keyword or general idea of what you want to write about. So, for example, if one of your clients is in the app business, then finding topics around that particular app or apps in general will help you out. Over at BuzzSumo, I typed in best apps for parents and got this result: From the results there are several topic ideas I can use for my clients. Quora works in a similar way. Instead of typing in a keyword, you ask a question. If you need information on productivity tools Quora can help you. 13. Do a Project Wrap-Up Post Your readers are interested in what you do. So why not treat them with a post on where youre writing or where you are published? Doing an end of the month wrap-up post on where youve been published is a great way to inspire other writers and to let prospects know you are in demand. On this blog Ive written two posts on where Ive been writing. Freelance writer Sharon Hurley Hall does a Blogging Portfolio on her blog. And Katharine Paljug has done monthly wrap-ups over on her freelance blog. 14. Post a Question on Facebook Facebook is a great place to generate lots of blog post ideas. I belong to several entrepreneur FB groups, small business FB groups and freelance writing groups. The other day I posted this question and got some great responses that helped me see what new writers are struggling with. 15. Use Real Life for Your Blog Post There are many ways to use your own life as a muse for your blog. If you have children, pets, wacky family members, or you are a part of a gym or class, you can use that for inspiration. For example, I was able to score a paid gig from a free guest post. I thought that was a cool thing and that other new writers would benefit from my story. So, I made a post on how I was able to turn a guest post into a paid gig. 16. Broaden Your Niche Your niche is too focused! How many posts on blogging or freelance writing can you write about? Theres going to be a time when youve written about all there is in a niche. What do you do? Well, you broaden your niche. For me, this blog is purely about helping new freelance writers. But, again, theres only so much I can write about that relates to brand new freelance writers. But, you know what? I can also write about blogging in general (like this post here) or writing techniques ( like my editing process post) or freelancing in general. While its ideal to stick to ONE niche, its more than okay to broaden it and include related topics. This will help make your blog live longer! 17. Condense a Series Did you do a series for your client or on your blog? Ive done a couple series on this blog and whats great is that I can take a series, condense it and create a new post. Thats what I did with my Freelance Writing Jobs for Newbies series. I created a new post, The Complete Guide to Getting Started Freelance Writing From Scratch. While the information in my guide is different than my series, its based on that series since the topic is about getting started freelance writing. So, if you have a series on your blog, take a look at it and see if you can condense it to make one big post. 18. Do a List Post Listicles are easy to do and people seem to love them. My 20 Ways to Find Freelance Writing Jobs as a Beginner has over 45,000 shares! Clients like list posts because its highly shareable. So, dont be afraid to write list posts for your blog or your clients, especially if their end goal is to generate more traffic and leads. 19. Expand on a Post An easy way to come up with a blog topic is to find an old blog post and expand on it. Maybe now you know more about that topic or you have a new angle to share. I find that when I look back at old posts, I can see lots of areas where I can expand and create new content. For example, I wrote a post about the importance of having a writer website. Recently I had a coaching call with a writer and made some suggestions to optimize her website. As a result I wrote about it and included a case study, which just expanded on my previous post about having a writer website. Both these posts talk about your writer website, but I was able to make a new angle (attracting clients) and offered a case study on how to improve your writer website. 20. Recruit a Guest Writer Sometimes youre just too busy to write a post for your blog. You dont want to neglect your blog and, in fact, you should be treating your blog like a client. But, at the same time, you dont want to just put out a junky post. So, what do you do? Well why not ask a fellow freelance writer to write a guest post for your blog? You are still providing lots of value to your readers, and it just gives you more time to work on your client work. Recently I had one of my course participants write a guest post talking about a pitching challenge I held for my students. It was a great post on how it changed her whole freelance writing career and proved to be highly valuable for new writers. If youre short on time, enlist a blogger friend and see if they wouldnt mind contributing to your blog. 21. Write a Sequel to a Post Having themes on your blog is a good thing. If every month you follow up on the same theme, you can build a following. Maybe theres an old post youd like to re-hash. Make a sequel to it and provide even more tips and better information. Its great to recycle old blog posts and make them even better than before. 22. Take a Subheading and Turn that Into a Post Its always fun to look through old posts and see if you can turn a subheading into a blog post. Flushing out an idea is a challenge, but for freelance writers, its something that is required. Good writers can expand on topics and condense pages of books. So why not practice this skill with your blog posts? Awhile back I wrote a post on Discover These 4 Freelance Writing Mistakes That Are Costing You Clients and Cash. One subheading in that post is, Youre Not Charging Enough. I was able to flush out that idea and create a post on what to do before raising your rates. 23. Do a Behind the Scenes Post People like to learn about you. They want to see whats happening in your business. Why not let them? Ive written a post on my freelance writing business as have other bloggers like Nathan Barry or Adam Connell. Update your readers on whats going on in your business. It inspires them and helps them grow their own business. 24. Write a Goals Post This is along the same lines of an update post. Create some yearly or monthly goals and share them with your readers. Theyll appreciate it and it will help deepen the connection with them. This is what Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind did back in 2015. 25. Reflect on The Past Its always fun to think about how you succeeded and what you learned. For me, as a new freelance writer I learned a lot in my first year. I thought my readers would benefit on how much I grew as a writer and since I enjoy reading about other freelance writers, my readers would too. For example, Karen Marston of Untamed Writing wrote a big post on all the phases of her blog. It gives the readers a glimpse of her brand and business growth. 26. Host a Giveaway or Contest A great way to increase your email list and readership is to host some sort of giveaway or prize. Of course anything you give away will come at your expense (unless you have connections), but its a small price to pay if you want to grow your blog. Sophie Lizard over at Be a Freelance Blogger regularly holds PitchFest, which is a content for freelance writers. If you win, you earn $100! Over on FreelancerFAQs we held a giveaway as a way to generate buzz around the new site. If youre stuck on a blog post, you can always hold a contest! 27. Run a Survey Then Post on Your Blog A great way to get some blog post ideas is to just ask your readers. It can tell you a lot about what their struggles are or what their aching to find out. Writer Bryan Collins of Become a Writer Today did a survey with his readers and posted the results. Its easy to create a survey. You can use SurveyMonkey or Google Forms. 28. Review a Product or Tool Sometimes the most useful blog post is a review of a product or tool. If you find that you are familiar with Skitch or Canva or Tailwind, why not write a post about it? Maybe you took a course and want to write about it or compare it to other courses. This is what the Lazy Millennial did. They wrote a review post on my freelance writing course. 29. Write a Comprehensive Guide People love guides. If you write the ultimate guide, the complete guide or the advanced guide, your readers or your clients readers will love it and learn a lot from it. Neil Patel is known for his comprehensive guides over on QuickSprout. Why not make a complete guide or series of guides for your blog or your client? Ive written complete guides for a few of my clients as they make great content for their blog. Ashlee Anderson from Work From Home Happiness has a section for guides on her blog. 30. Do a Round-Up Post People love round-up posts. They love contributing to it and people love reading and sharing it. Tor Refsland is known for his epic round-up posts. One of his round-up has 117 contributors! Thats freaking a lot. Dont worry if you dont know even 50 people in your niche. Ive done two round up posts with less than 20 people. 31. Feature Other Blogs Your blog doesnt have to be all about you! Share the love and feature other bloggers and blogs. One popular post I did was 10 Best Sites to Help You Become a Successful Freelance Writer. 32. Do a Spotlight Series A popular way to have a full content schedule is to do a spotlight series. This means you pick one person to highlight on your blog. Lauren Tharp does a spotlight series called, People I Know and even featured me! Lorraine Reguly has, in the past, done a F.I.T.S. (Freelancer in the Spotlight) Series featuring freelancers. And I did a Confessions of a Freelance Writer series on my blog and interviewed several freelance writers I look up to. 33. Do a Seasonal Post For me, I didnt do a seasonal post for the longest time. I felt that evergreen content (content that isnt contingent on a time frame) was the best sort of content you can provide on your blog. But, lo an behold, I was running out of blog post ideas and I wanted to spend time with my family. So, I bit the bullet and wrote some seasonal posts. 5 Year End Tasks Freelance Writers Must Do My 2015 Freelance Writing Goals – Success or Fail? 5 Ways Freelance Writers Can Motivate Themselves After the Holidays And you know what? Im happy that I did. I plan to do that again next holiday. 34. Write a Post On an Obscure or Unknown Fact Maybe you found a shortcut to some complex task or found an easy way to do a typical task. I recently created a post on 2 Obscure Ways Freelance Writers Can Create Samples. I had learned some cool ways brand new freelance writers could score some clips and I wanted to share them with my readers. This idea can also be adapted for your clients. If you work with a B2B company and found some neat hack with their product, let them know and pitch that idea for their blog. 35. Write a Mistakes Post People love to read about the worst things or the top mistakes of something. Normally, people dont want to fail, so posts like these are enticing for most people. Ive done my share of mistake-type posts on this blog! 36. Write a Why You Got Started Post Its fascinating to read how successful people first got started. How did they get started and why did the choose to go that way? You can pitch this idea to your clients if you know their brand inside and out and you can do this type of post on your blog. 37. Do a Series Instead of trying to come up with a months worth of blog topics, why not think of one topic and write several posts on it? For example, Sarah Titus on her blog is doing a 52 week series on how to build your credit score. Ive Got Your Blog and Clients Blog Covered Ha, what I mean is, I covered 37 blog post ideas for you and your clients. If you write one blog post a week, thats 9 months of content Ive suggested! Do you have some more blog post ideas I didnt mention? Please share them with me! Dont forget to grab your free schedule for your blog posts. Oh, and please Pin me!

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Notes Essays

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Notes Essays Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Notes Paper Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Notes Paper In front of my face when guests arrived, foolish practice, because It raised curiosity and concealed little. This part reminded me of myself because I have stupid habits. Also, I felt sad that AZ would think that she would have to hide herself or feel ashamed about what she looked like. 87 She was our ruler now! Everyone in the room and those outside knelt and swore their loyalty. I knelt, too, and she swayed against my shoulder. How could she rule? She didnt know Oratory. How frightened and grief stricken Id be in her place. This makes me feel angry but sorrow because Vii wasnt fit to be the queen, she didnt know how to rule so it wasnt fair that the country was put In such bad hands. But, I feel bad for her because she was scared to have to rule the kingdom. Also, she didnt deserve the king because she didnt love him; she Just wanted him to love her. 9-100 In Amount, at the Featherbed Inn, Where I once lived, my mother rakes up the fire. My father wakes the cook, who cannot cook today. Cream curdles; milk sours; eggs break; onions rot. My father and my mother put down their forks. In his castle, the king swallows enough but air. His life has narrowed, but his thread winds on. Should the king come to Amount, eyes wide, legs hale, mouth full of words . .. Cakes would bake themselves, mares s hoe themselves, roads pave themselves. My mother would don her damask gown. And I would sing until the sun cheered and the inn dissolved in music. : This song shows me that AZ really cares about the king and hopes he gets teeter and about Amount, the Featherbed Inn, and her family because when she put them into her song not only did it express her love, but also her sorrow. Thought this makes me wonder if everyones song were somewhat like this or if Seas was one of a kind and how Queen lavas song went and the reactions of the people at the sing. 316 At the sing I sat next to Koori, with Coho slating at attention between us. King Oscar and VII entered. The king seated himself next to me and placed VII on his other side. I tightened my grip on Coirs hand. This shows me that the king had forgiven AZ and anted to show her that and that he would keep Vii under control. Also, when AZ grabbed Coirs hand that she knew he would protect her and she would be safe with him and she loved Koori. Title: Fairest Author: Gail Carson Levine I developed the habit of holding my hand in front of my face when guests arrived, foolish practice, because it raised curiosity and concealed little. This part reminded know how to rule so it wasnt fair that the country was put in such bad hands. But, I feel bad for her because she was scared to have to rule the kingdom. Also, she didnt serve the king because she didnt love him; she Just wanted him to love her. 99-100 king come to Amount, eyes wide, legs hale, mouth full of words Cakes would bake kind and how Queen Aviss song went and the reactions of the people at the sing. 316 At the sing I sat next to Koori, with Coho sitting at attention between us. King Oscar and Vii entered. The king seated himself next to me and placed Vii on his other side. I tightened my grip on Coirs hand. This shows me that the king had forgiven AZ and grabbed Coirs hand that she knew he would protect her and she would be safe with him and she loved Koori.