63 Types of Content to Create for Your Blog

Since we typically share content ideas on Thursday is Words Day, today I’m posting a list of 63 Types of Content to Create for Your Blog

If you’ve ever struggled with the “What, oh, what shall I blog about?” syndrome, this post will get you started with ideas. Over the next several weeks (or possibly months), we’ll take the items on this list (a few per week) and go into detail about how to use them and where to find good examples and, if applicable, how-to create the content. But for today, I’m just sharing the entire list of 63 types of content to create for your blog – add your own content ideas in the comments so we can go through them in detail in future posts, too:

1. Images
2. Man on the Street interviews
3. A “day in the life” of ___
4. Rants
5. Story – the story of your business or your life (or someone else’s story)
6. Industry trends
7. Glossary of terms
8. Product unveiling (video or text with images)
9. Animated GIFs
10. Competition analysis
11. eBooks/PDF reports
12. Comics and/or cartoons
13. RSS feed compilations
14. Livestreaming video
15. Ads
16. Embedded tweets
17. Tutorials (illustrated guides and/or videos)
18. Event info – reporting, take-aways, etc.
19. Social media updates
20. Infographics
21. Interactive content (Think: Tournament brackets, etc.)
22. Competitions
23. Memes
24. Music videos
25. Polls
26. About Us pages (if you think these are boring, take a look at Pixar’s about us.
27. Controversial content
28. Collaborative content
29. Trivia/Factoids
30. Data graphics (different than infographics)
31. Humor
32. Podcasts
33. Quote collections
34. Scavenger hunts
35. Video
36. Portfolios
37. Regular old b-flat blog posts (they really don’t have to be boring, though)
38. Slideshow presentations
39. User-generated content
40. Reviews
41. Guest posts
42. Contests
43. Mini-courses (series of posts)
44. Curated content
45. Success stories
46. Reviews
47. Survey data
48. Mega lists
49. Webinars
50. How-to’s
51. Testimonials
52. Articles
53. FAQs or Q&A’s
54. White papers
55. Interviews
56. Facts and Stats
57. Interviews
58. News stories
59. Case studies
60. Roundups
61. Multi-media
62. Cross-platform
63. Riddles or Quizzes

There you have it – 63 types of content for your blog. Next Thursday, we’ll start marching down the list so you’ll know exactly how to get the best use out of each of these types of blog content.