A blog it is a great way to drive traffic to your association's web page (via relevant content and search engine optimization techniques) so that you can have more opportunities to attract the types of individuals who are a perfect fit for membership in your association. However, a blog requires a consistent creation of quality content to be successful. Do you have association blog writer’s block? Here are 20 great blog topics to jumpstart your creativity.
2. Why Your Association Needs a Blog
Share information with your community
Improve your search engine ranking
Position your organization as an industry leader
Drive traffic to your association website
Attract potential new members in your target
market
3. The Key to a Successful Blog is….
Consistency
Continually share valuable information
What to do when you get writer’s block?
Here are some ideas to jumpstart your
articles.
4. 20 Blog Post Titles to Jumpstart Your Posts
1)Top 5 social networks for people in the ____ industry to join
2)10 best practices to maximize the value of a conference about
______
3)5 important takeaways from "an important book in a relevant
industry"
4)Why "a recent success story in a relevant industry" made the cut
5)10 lies that your "a professional that people in relevant industries
have to deal with" will tell you
5. 20 Blog Post Titles to Jumpstart Your Posts (cont)
6)How to "do something relevant to your members' (or potential
members') lives"
7)What to do when "a common problem for your target audience
occurs"
8)Best 5 companies to work for in "a relevant industry"
9)Why businesses in the “your industry” need social media to thrive
10)Tapping into the business the potential of your LinkedIn contacts
6. 20 Blog Post Titles to Jumpstart Your Posts (cont)
11)"Subject one" vs "Subject 2" which one is better?
(compare/contrast two things related to your industry)
12)10 biggest problems with "a controversial new law that will
affect your industry"
13)20 ways "a controversial new law that will affect your industry"
will help you succeed
14)Supply an answer to a controversial or important question
that people in your industry repeatedly ask
15)What we think about "a recently released product or service
related to your association"
7. 20 Blog Post Titles to Jumpstart Your Posts (cont)
16)20 reasons that you should have attended the "high profile
industry conference"
17)Behind the scenes at "high profile industry conference"
18)Use your membership management software survey tool to
conduct a poll about a relevant or controversial topic and discuss
the results
19)10 best "products, conferences or services in a related
industry" of "a given week, month, year, decade or century"
20)5 reasons why "a recent post by a journalist or another
blogger" was wrong
8. After the Post
Ask an engaging question to start a discussion
Give readers a place to comment or ask follow
up questions