How to Find Inspiration for Your Next Blog Post Online marketing expert Neil Patel offers some useful tips and resources for determining what you should write about online.

By Jason Fell Aug 7, 2014

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So, you decided to inject some life into your online marketing efforts by blogging. Great. That's the first step. Now you need to figure out what you want to write about.

Stumped? No problem. Here's some advice.

In this short video, online marketing expert Neil Patel talks about ways you can find inspiration for the blog posts you write.

One resource Patel suggests is BuzzSumo, a free tool that lets you find out what types of content are most popular on social for your specific market or industry.

For more helpful suggestions, check out the short video above.

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Jason Fell

VP, Native Content

Jason Fell is the VP of Native Content, managing the Entrepreneur Partner Studio, which creates dynamic and compelling content for our partners. He previously served as Entrepreneur.com's managing editor and as the technology editor prior to that.

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