The easiest way to get the best content ideas in no time

Rahul Haripriya
4 min readJul 26, 2020

You either run or you might be thinking of starting a blog, YouTube channel or might be trying your hands on Instagram influencing. But the key to all of these platforms is good quality content because unless you are giving the audience something worth they won’t bother to see your content. Generating the best content ideas for your channel is not easy. You can try to follow the trends and you might get no clicks or views. Because you’ll find all the big established Bloggers, Youtubers and Instagrammers already posting about that topic. But at the same, you can’t put your time and energy to something which is not trending yet not on demand either. So let’s find out the best ways of bringing out the best ideas in order to boost your digital visibility:

Take time for sitting idle to figure out the best content ideas:

Sitting idle seems like a task of lazy people and procrastinators. But that’s actually laziness. Idleness is something totally different. You see there are a lot of professions which really requires you to stay idle. Just think about the security guard of your building or office. He stays in the idle position most of the time of his duty and that’s his job. You can also take the example of fishermen. They sit idle in order to keep things undisturbed for fishes to come and you can find much more examples. Content creation is also like that. It requires you to sit idle for a while with a blank mind. Once your head feels clear and peaceful, it tends to give you things that come from the creative end of your brain. Sit back and relax, things will start coming up in your mind gradually and as long as you are undisturbed, you will come up with something really great because that’s something which will come after a dedication of proper time and efforts.

Stop rushing for the best content ideas:

Yes, content creation is not a 100-meter race in which the ones who posts first wins the game. Instead, it’s the game of quality. Don’t feel like you have to be the first one to post on a specific topic because the possibilities are high that you will end up with some bad quality content because you rushed to be the first one. Any article, video or post requires it’s own time. And time is one of the most essential elements for the quality of the content. Also, it really doesn’t matter who did it first. What matters is who did it best.

Spend some time with sources of quality content:

There are various websites and channels on the web which can help you to get inspiration for your next project. I believe in the concept of reading and performing proper research before jumping to give my opinion on any topic. I prefer checking out websites like medium and Pinterest because these are the portals where you’ll find the content of all level. From beginners to industry experts, they all post in these platforms. Just spend some time on the websites and you’ll at least have an idea about what kind of things you can work on by the end of your session. Sometimes people turn blogs into YouTube videos and YouTube videos into blogs and that works for a lot of people as well. But always remember that copying will only help you to defame yourself. So it’s better to get inspired instead of copying and give things your own versions. Also, it’s always better to give people credit if you use their ideas. So make sure to be careful when you attempt the conversion approach.

Wrapping Up!

Now you know some of those simple yet effective ideas that I follow to get the best content ideas and I believe it will help you to produce your own best content ideas. I’ve shared some ideas before so feel free to check out this. Also, I have a more simplified version for of the things you can follow to get the best content ideas in this comment cheatsheet which you can download it here.

Also, if you have some quality content and you are willing to give it a platform then you might also like our monthly magazine where you can find some great quality content and you can also apply to submit your articles or stories too.

Originally published at my personal magazine’s website http://torcherd.online on July 26, 2020.

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Rahul Haripriya

A Professor of Computer Science Engineering, Author-Lockdown Discovery and a professional blogger. I write and share experiences to inspire people