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How to Never Run Out of Content Ideas
Stop guessing what will provide value.
Content ideas, they’re typically a dime a dozen, that is until you’re looking for one. Anyone who creates content regularly has been here, motivated more than ever to create another valuable piece when suddenly, your mind becomes as blank as the page you’re staring at.
Thankfully there’s a solution.
When you’re trying to provide value in content, you’re ultimately attempting to provide the answer to a question. One of the best ways to ensure your content will provide value people are actually looking for is by Answering the Public’s questions.
Where do you find these questions?
Well, you can find them with the free to use web tool befittingly named “Answer the Public.”
Answer the Public, is a remarkable tool that allows you to “get instant, raw search insights, direct from the minds of your customers.” All you have to do is type your topic/keywords in, and voila, you’ll instantly get a beautiful flurry of content ideas all neatly organized into 3 main intuitive charts.
The 3 main charts are; Questions, Prepositions & Comparisons
The questions chart is broken up into 10 categories; who, what, where, when, why, will, which, how, are & can. Each section can include any number of questions that have been generated by real searches. For example, a result in the questions chart generated by a search for ‘e-commerce’ could be “Why is E-commerce the Future.”
The prepositions chart is broken up into 7 categories; can, with, near, for, without, to, & is. For example, a result in the prepositions chart generated by a search for ‘e-commerce’ could be “E-commerce with Stripe.”
The comparisons chart is broken up into 5 categories; Versus, like, and, or & vs.For example, a result in the comparison chart generated by a search for ‘e-commerce’ could be “E-commerce with Stripe” or “E-commerce Vs. Commerce.”
Beyond the chart, there’s even more. You have the ability to simply view the results in two different ways, through a visual chart (as seen below), or in data blocks that display each category & result in its own list. You can also download these charts…
