By Luanne Teoh on 10-05-2011

In our recent blog post, Blogging = Business. 69% Increase in Leads, 88% Increase in Website Traffic we showed you the HOW and WHY blogging is important.

In this blog post, we will give you 44 new ideas on blog topics you can use to generate original content for your website.

This will not only help you rank well on search engine results, it will position your business as a resource and provide value to your current and future customers.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

1. Interview an expert in a your field/industry and post it to your blog with a video.

2. Blog like a journalist and offer breaking industry news.

3. When is free better and when it is not.

4. The future of ___________ (a current/hot/local/relevant) topic.

5. How ________ (brand/company/person) did it right or wrong.

6. Monitor a trending topic and write about it. Offer the research data and findings as a download.

7. “Disruptive” businesses or technologies to watch out for within your industry.

8. Offer a contrarian viewpoint of an article and support your views with data/facts.

9. Global issues and its effects and implications on your industry.

10. Smartphones and how your industry can capitalize on its exponential growth.

11. Ways to grow your business/industry outside the US borders.

12. Use a relevant white paper within your industry and highlight key areas and trends.

TIPS AND HOW TO’S

13.How to thrive and take advantage of the economic downturn.

14. List of free industry/productivity tools or apps.

15.  How your company empowers its employees.

16. Elements of a marketing campaign.

17. Websites, apps or software your business use on a daily basis.

18. List of trends to watch.

19. How to marketing to a non-traditional audience within your industry.

20. Best practices learned from great companies.

21. How to maintain your company’s culture through rapid growth.

22. Using a recent political/economic policy to your industry’s advantage.

23. Blogging tactics and how to keep it fresh and interesting.

24. Top 10 most important jobs/roles within your industry.

RESEARCH & DATA

25. Social media and its effect on the different generations in relation to your industry.

26. Social Media Marketing vs Traditional Marketing.

27. How the global recession has weeded out the weak business models.

28. Are daily deals an appropriate way to generate business for your industry?

29. Prove that customers within your industry are using social media.

30. Internet growth and its effects on your industry.

31. Smartphone growth and its effects on your industry.

32. Gender differences on internet/smartphone usage and its effects.

33. The role of cloud computing and its implications on your industry.

34. Ethnic/minority data and how to market to these communities.

35. The mobile workforce and contract global offshore workers — is your industry ready for it?

36. Marketing automation — is your company/industry using it?

37. Industry best practices.

COMMUNITY BASED

38. Post guest blogs from your community or industry members.

39. Run a community based contest.

40 Post the findings of your contest as a graph/research paper for download.

41. Interview your favorite or best customer.

42. Share a humorous post or cartoon.

43. __________ strategies for increasing business/leads within your industry.

44. De-bunk common misconceptions or myths about a topic your community cares about.

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About Luanne Teoh

Luanne is a senior correspondent for BizTechDay focused on Small Business Tech, Mobile and China based in San Francisco. In the last 17 years, she has helped launch start-ups and turned around failing operations. Her international work experience include both public and private corporations in Southeast Asia, Australia and North America. She has previously worked for Oracle Corporation, SonyBMG Music, Universal Music, Catcha Media and SOH Inc. Apart from a keen interest in technology, Luanne is also and avid explorer of the globe, cultures and people.

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