Comment posted on How To Use Forums To Generate Content Ideas by Ian Belanger
Hey Edwin,
Finding new topics to write about is always a problem for new bloggers. Forums are an excellent way to find out what questions people need answers for.
Thanks for sharing your ideas Edwin and have a great day!
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Hey Ana,Yes it absolutely makes sense. Thanks for answering my question.
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Hey Ana,I should’ve stated this in my last comment. I would like to be able to buy the training courses and Ebooks, but at this time my budget doesn’t allow for any extra spending.
That is why I am going the free training route. I see how much of a success TGC has become and I strive to get there with my blog, but right now I just can’t spend any money. That is why I appreciate so much the info you provide.
Thanks again Ana and have a great weekend!
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Hey Ana,I understand why keyword rich domains are so valued and important, but My question is, What about subdomains? My site is ian-belanger.com as you know.
Say I wanted to promote sneakers. How much weight would sneakers.ian-belanger.com hold in googles eyes, because my site has a good ranking (about 350,000 in alexa) but if I went out and bought a new domain it would take a longer time to get it’s ranking up.
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Hey Ana,As someone who is fairly new to the whole IM scene and who has limited resources. I am always looking out for scams.
I am one of those people who would rather spend my time looking for free info, rather than pay for an Ebook, but you are right, it does take longer doing it this way. We all know that time is money, especially when you run your own business.
Trust is the biggest thing, when it comes to buying an Ebook or course, but how do you know who to trust when you are just starting out? This is something I have had to learn on my own, luckily I haven’t had to shell out any cash in the process.
When it comes to finding out who to trust, here is what I have done. Search engines are you best friend. I always type in the name of the Ebook or author with “review or scam” after it and I read as many reviews as I can.
You will always get some bad reviews, even on excellent products, but what I have found is if you do your due diligence and read many reviews, you will find out for yourself which products to buy and which to stay away from. Also look at the authority (PR and alexa ranking) of the site you are reading a review on. This can help you determine to relevancy of the site.
And as always, I read TGC, where I usually find the best info on the net

Thanks Ana for sharing such great info and have a great day!
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Hey Ana,Time, something we all need more of. Time management is one of the most important things to learn.
I know I need to do better in that part of my business. I tend to jump around from one thing to another and of course check my email 100 times a day. Things I need to work on.
I had never heard of that tool on ODesk. That seems like an excellent tool to see what you’ve accomplished and to budget your time wisely.
Thanks for sharing this Ana and have a great day!
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Awesome Edwin.
Its the simple things in life that are often the best, and you definitely showed a simple way - and did it in an easy to digest format too!
Now tell me, what happens when you have too many ideas and no time to write them all … LOL
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Hey Alex, thanks for commenting and for the compliment.
Now about having no time and too much ideas,my only suggestion is to outsource

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Forums are a good place to get ideas but they don’t necessarily give the amount of traffic you can expect for those ideas. It is always a good idea to run it through the keyword tool and get an estimation of traffic the post can get and then pick the best one out of the lot.
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Yup, this method is only for content ideas. Getting traffic from forums is a whole other ball game.
Thanks for commenting
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I actually do this and the more i do the bigger my list of topics grow. with this tip i would add reading will also throw lot of thoughts in your mind and make sure to note it down before you forget.
thanks
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Your welcome, keep on finding great ideas

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Edwin,
Great idea. I have been an active member of DigitalPoint, and I have received a lot of good ideas from it. And I have become friends with a lot of people as well, and even outsourced some of my work to people at the forum.
- Jens
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There ya go Jens. Keep being awesome on DigitalPoint, and Im sure the traffic and customers will follow.
Thanks for commenting
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That’s really a good advice Edwin, and what a nice but surprising picture.
Personnaly, I pick a lot of my ideas into my comments, or I simply ask to my readers what next subject they would like me to cover. Easy and fast.
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You liked the picture?
LOL I just randomly pulled it up, I thought it would be perfect for the post. Asking your readers is also a great technique. Thanks for sharing
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Hey Edwin,
Finding new topics to write about is always a problem for new bloggers. Forums are an excellent way to find out what questions people need answers for.
Thanks for sharing your ideas Edwin and have a great day!
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Hey, thanks for commenting, much appreciated
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Cheers, I’ve used forum posts for ideas before. But I didn’t know that you could search google with +forum. Thanks for that.
Another strategy I’ve used is posting a short, rough draft version of a blog post in a forum. Then a week or so later turning that in to an expanded, final draft blog post that I publish to my blog. If the forum post gets any attention it’s easy to channel people over to the discussion at your blog.
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Wow great tip about the forum blog post thing. I think Ive done similar things to what you do. Hope it works for ya well
thanks for commenting
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Well done Edwin, one of the oldest yet most underutilized methods for content creation. The trick afterward is to let the forum poster and his/her followers know you blogged it…..without spamming the forum with links.
Yes spamming is a big no no, your profile will be deleted A.S.A.P
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Edwin, Great idea, I have one forum that I am active on and there are literally tons of questions on there that people need answers to.
My belief is that if one person is asking, and needs answers to their question, then so do others.
It’s a better alternative then going to someone’s blog and re-writing their topic.
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Cool Justin. Like I said in the post, forums are always getting tons and tons of questions, so why not use it to your advantage
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Hi Ana,
I agreed with you, now after reading this post no-one can say that they don’t know what to write next. Edwin has just given a magic stick by using it you can find the new ideas!!!

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Thanks for calling my idea the magic stick. It makes it sound…more epic
Thank you for commenting
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What I love about this post, Edwin, is the fact that it’s so easy to find new ideas for your content - many people just never think of going to a forum and looking around.
Yet, I hear it all the time from my readers that they don’t know what to write about.
Well, no excuse now!
Ana
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Hi Edwin,
It’s really a fantastic idea to choose your next post and I think not many people think about it.
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Nope, I am not aware of others who know about this. And, thank you very much for the compliment, much appreciated
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Edwin, I have been searching for the last couple of hours for ways to come up with content ideas, and I wish I’d found this first. This is an awesome idea, and I am trying it out right now!
PS: I’m so excited to meet someone else who is young but knows their stuff. I’m twenty-two and most people ignore me… until I open my mouth and they realize I know what I’m talking about. I hope this isn’t the case for you, but I’m definitely excited to meet you!
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Hmmm, good to meet people of like minds and probably age group. I just got into the twenty…thing last week and I’m glad meeting bloggers my age and a little older.
Keep it rolling mate. I’ll see you on your blog!
Tim
Awesome, its great to find young bloggers such as myself. Good luck in your internet endeavors
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I’m loving all your ideas!!!! Thanks. Going to search forums today.
Thanks Shanda, much appreciated. Hope you find some really awesome content ideas
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