Do you ever get stuck for words? Or need to publish a new social post or blog, but writer’s block has struck? Coming up with fresh and engaging content ideas to write about on a regular basis can sometimes be a real challenge, to put it mildly. So how would you like a carefully curated list of 30 content ideas and writing prompts to refer to in times of need? Here are my top suggestions that are perfect for your social media platforms as well as any other outlets if writing isn’t your forte, or you don’t do it very often.
30 Content Ideas and Writing Prompts For When You Don’t Know What To Say
Why am I only suggesting 30? Because these give you a month’s worth of ideas for your content calendar, and you can recycle and revert next month too. You don’t have to stick to the order I’ve suggested either, it’s entirely up to you.
One of my favourite hooks is a “How it started vs. How it’s going” type post. From sketch to site build, from training concept to fully-fledged course, from original weight gain to achieved target weight loss. You get the idea. Normally these prompts are only available to my mailing list, but you can grab them all for free – my subscribers have a new offer now 🙂
Choose Your Favourite Creative Prompts From This List of 30 Writing Ideas…
- Introduce yourself, how did you start your business?
- What’s your product or service and its USP?
- Where were you were 12 months ago?
- What motivates you to keep going?
- Favourite app or tool and how you use them.
- What would you love to learn how to do?
- Fun fact about yourself.
- Talk about something that failed.
- Who do you admire or look up to?
- Best habits you have in your life.
- Biggest life lesson learned.
- Most inspiring film or book.
- What’s trending in your industry right now?
- Top time out and self-care tips.
- Share your bucket list.
- Business milestone, eg, reaching your 10th client.
- Expert tips from popular people in your industry.
- What does a typical day in your life look like?
- Your favourite podcasts.
- How do you balance work and family life?
- Share your latest creative project (with photo!).
- Best piece of advice you’ve ever received.
- Causes you support and why.
- Give a glimpse of your office or workspace – behind the scenes (BTS).
- What’s in your bag? Must have items.
- Share a testimonial.
- Profile a favourite client.
- What scares you and why.
- Team members or partners who’ve helped you.
- Run an “Ask me anything” interview challenge.
Don’t Forget About Your Free PDF Printable Download
You can download all 30 prompts in a one-page printable PDF for easy reference, and for when you need to get your creative writing impulses firing again.
Assuming you’ve already identified your target audience, this range of topics and formats should provide you with plenty of inspiration to go away and create some engaging content. Whether that’s for social posts, or a deeper long form dive such as a blog post or newsletter. Whatever you use these prompts for, I hope they’ll save you some precious time and allow you to focus on what you do best — growing your business.
Did you find this list of 30 content ideas and writing prompts helpful? Or are they not quite what you need for your business? If you’d like help with more targeted suggestions, even just throw some ideas around over a coffee, you can get in touch for an initial chat here. I look forward to hearing from you 😊
