Quick Content Idea: Answer Comments in New Blog Posts
Coming up with fresh content ideas for your blog isn’t always easy. Today I have a great new content tip for you and the best part is that some of your post is already written. It’s a bit like getting to skip ahead in line. Perfect for those busy days when your calendar is full, but you want to get a blog post published.
Keep an eye out for questions in comments. Save them, horde them, and when you need a quick post, take that question – copy and paste it into your blog and answer it. You can even start a blog post and save it in draft mode. That was easy, wasn’t it?
Of course you want to answer your readers right away when you see the comment come up. Go ahead and do that. But keep a mental tab on this question and ask yourself this:
- Will other people have the same question? (99% of the time the answer will be yes)
- Is there more I can share on the topic?
If you answer yes to both questions (and you likely should), then the commenter question qualifies for a follow up blog post. And that’s exactly what it is; a follow up to the original comment question and your answer.
Start by introducing the topic or question. Share the question and then let your readers know that you wanted to give a more detailed answer, thus the new blog post. Share the answer you gave the reader in the original comment and elaborate as you see fit. That’s it. A quick and easy blog post and for a portion all you had to do was copy and paste.
Format it, add a photo or two and you’re ready to hit publish. Rinse and repeat with other questions as they pop up in your comments. Readers love these types of posts because they often had the exact same question, but they were too shy to ask.
If you find yourself with quite a few questions, you may even want to make this a new featured category on your blog. It will quickly become a valuable resource to your readers. It will save you time in the long run. By being thorough in your answer, it will not only apply to this exact question, but a multitude of related questions. As and when they pop up in comments, all you have to do is reply with a link to the post. Think of it as way to create your own personal FAQ section of the blog.
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Thanks for the tip. I will keep questions as possible topics in mind.
Thank you. Blogging is a muscle and becomes easier and easier with every post. Great article
This is such a great tip for coming up with fresh content ideas for your blog! I love the idea of using questions from comments as inspiration for new posts. It’s a great way to engage with your readers and provide value by answering their questions in a more detailed and thorough way. And it’s a win-win for both parties – the reader gets the answer they were looking for, and the blogger gets a new post idea. I definitely plan on using this strategy in the future and saving questions in draft mode for when I need a quick and easy post. Thank you for sharing this helpful tip!
Thank you so much for holding the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I have been learning so much in researching best practices for blogging to create this month’s blog post series.
Thank you for this post and I’m sitting here laughing because in a way what you are saying is what led me to what I posted today. My last post I forgot to put in the comment section that’s what this post is about but several people ask me where it was which let me to go back and put it in and then write a blog post about what happens when you forget about some parts of your blog. Questions are good fodder for more posts
Yay! I love that you created a blog post to address the comments.
Great idea. Well done.
Such a simple, but perfect idea. Great share – thank you. i will repost and retweet.
Laura