Types of Blog Posts: 37 Great Ideas For More Traffic
We all need different types of blog posts from time to time. It keeps our content fresh and interesting for the reader, and also keeps it fun to write. In this article, I’ll discuss 37 types of blog posts so you’ll always have some new post ideas up your sleeve.
In short, these 37 blog post ideas keep your content engaging. They include lists, how-to guides, interviews, advice from experts, crowdsourcing, guest blogging, contest posts, checklists, beginner guides, videos, income reports, reader reports, reviews, quizzes, comparisons and glossaries.
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1. Lists
If you’re a reader of Pastime To Profit, you know a list is one of our favourite types of blog posts. This very post is a list! Another example that may be useful to bloggers as mentioned above is: ’25 Easy ‘Request To Join’ Boards For Bloggers’.
Blog Post Pros:
• Fits into almost every blog type and theme
• One of the most shared type of article
• Easy to read (Due to the number heading then text format)
• Easy to write longer form content which helps SEO
• Easy to make evergreen content (useful forever)
2. Interviews Blog Post
Interviews are great ways at gathering FAST information from EXPERTS. Often, gathering data and content for your articles can take a long time. This is especially true if you’re trawling the internet and immersing yourself into that world.
Interviews allow you to engage with the individual to ask specific questions you know your audience may love the answer to. You can also interview readers who have used your products in order to increase sales!
Blog Post Pros:
• Fast data collection from EXPERTS (Depending on the interviewee)
• Quality data collection from EXPERTS (Depending on the interviewee)
• An article written with an expert will spark interest and show credibility
• Saves you time trawling the internet for high quality information
• Can use direct, strong quotes to support your points
3. Quotes & Advice From Experts Post
Similar to interviewing an expert, this can give FAST AND QUALITY information. Instead of interviewing an expert, why not reach out to a number of experts via social media or email? Provided they are in your niche, ask them for advice on certain, relevant topics or the article you aim to write.
Compile all the answers from these experts into an article and, BOOM, you have a very high-quality article answering a certain question.
Blog Post Pros (similar to interviews):
• Faster than arranging and conducting an interview as it is over social media or email
• Fast and quality data collection from EXPERTS
• An article written with experts will spark interest and show credibility
• Saves you time trawling the internet for high quality information
• Can use direct, strong quotes to support your points
4. Crowdsourcing
Of the types of blog posts in this list, this is a fast one to write. Instead of getting advice from an expert like above, why not get unique opinions and angles from your readers. Write a type of blog post using the opinions of others.
Identify a question or topic your readers will be interested in and ask them for their opinions. If you get a few responses, take short snippets and edit them all into a blog post detailing the differing views on a subject.
Blog Type Pros:
• Offers readers a massive range of opinions on a topic or question, not just your opinion
• Really quick as you just need to edit the snippets together into a blog post
• Can be really fun to get your readers different opinions
5. Challenge & Contest Blog Posts
Why not challenge your readers to a task for a reward? This can link nicely with the crowdsourcing post. For example, you could set a challenge for readers to write the best and most detailed tip on a topic area you’re writing about.
The reward could be including the best tip in your article, and giving them a shoutout, publicity and link-backs, for example.
It can even be as simple as getting readers to share one of your posts for a chance to win.
Blog Type Pros:
• Committed readers like to get involved, especially if there’s a chance at a reward
• Can result in repeat views from individual readers coming back who want to keep track of who’s currently winning the challenge
• Can result in high shares of you posts from readers
6. Tools & Resources
Readers are looking for fast, quality information. Why not put together an article focussed on linking users to the best resources and tools? This could be books, links, websites, online tools, you name it.
Make sure you recommend things in your niche, you truly believe in or use, and don’t just do it for affiliate commission. Be genuinely invested in your readers success.
An example where I genuinely feel I put together a useful resource for bloggers was my article: ’25 Easy ‘Request To Join’ Boards For Bloggers’. It’s free and readers can quickly click on the links and request to join Pinterest group boards to promote their blogs.
Blog Type Pros:
• Very quick to compile really useful tools or resources for your readers
• Readers love these articles as it gives them fast information on how to improve and where to get further help
• You can earn through affiliate commissions (provided you’re genuine)
• This type of article is often shared to social media
7. Survey & Polls Blog Idea
This is a fun ‘types of blog posts‘ example. These are amazing to get insight into your readers. You can gauge what they like, their interests and what new articles they may want to read about.
One of the best things you can do for YOUR BLOG is write content you know your users will like. What better way to do this than asking them in surveys and polls.
Blog Type Pros:
• Fast article to put together
• Great way to gauge your audiences’ interest and discover new articles to write
• Can find out readers opinions of your latest articles
• Can be a fun article for the reader who is so used to just reading rather than answering
8. Case Studies Blog Post
SOCIAL PROOF. This is amazing content because everyone wants to know a success story to motivate them.
You can either reach out to people successful in your niche and explain you’d like to write an article about them. (Most people would be keen). Or, you can even reach out to some of your readers who have managed to apply your information successfully.
This could be over social media to see how they’re getting on, or a reader may even leave a comment on your blog explaining that your tips are working.
Blog Type Pros:
• Social proof provides evidence of success and increases confidence in your work (Many people are sceptical – especially income reports, for example).
• It makes readers feel engaged if you discuss another readers success.
• Can be fun and self-fulfilling to write to know you are helping others succeed.
9. Checklists
Depending on your niche, write a checklist on a certain topic. For example, if you’re into blogging, write a checklist of requirements someone should complete before launching their blog.
Blog Type Pros:
• Really quick to read and useful to readers.
• Creates good, shareable content.
• Can easily create links to other articles in your blog to explain things further. For example, a checklist point states a reader should be using a certain plugin. Link them to an article you wrote on that plugin.
• Easy to make evergreen content (stays relevant forever)
10. Guest Bloggers
What a great way to get your audience, bloggers or others involved on your site. You may be scraping the barrel for ideas, or maybe you’re just too busy at the minute.
Either way, guest bloggers can really give a different perspective for readers and also allow you to crack on with other work. Just be careful on the quality and content to see if you are happy to post it!
Blog Type Pros:
• Can give readers a different perspective and different content
• Gives you time to focus on other work you need to get done on your blog
• Gets your audience involved
11. Photo Blog Posts
Have you been working on a new project recently? A new product? Perhaps you went to a conference in another country and took plenty of photos. Well, this blog post idea is perfect for you.
Create a story from photos you took. Whether that’s how you thought of a new project right to its completion, or when you got on the flight to your conference to the return flight. Explain what you learnt and your experiences.
Blog Type Pros:
• Readers LOVE photos – it breaks up the text (But, be careful because too many photos can cause long load times)
• Can give readers insights into what you’ve been up to
• Can really set the scene for a new product leading to many more purchases on launch
12. How To Guides & Step-By-Step Tutorials
These are super useful for your readers. Make sure you split each step down so it is clear, concise and informative.
By ensuring every step is simple and detailed, you NEVER make assumptions about the readers knowledge. It is easier for a reader who knows slightly more to skip a point, rather than a complete beginner to get lost and reach out because you missed something.
Blog Type Pros:
• Readers love these as they solve their problems quickly
• Easily structured with good formatting
• Can be quickly written if you know what you’re writing (which you should if you’re doing a how-to guide!)
• Easy to make evergreen content (useful forever)
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13. Giveaways & Being Thankful
You may be starting to get some traffic, some dedicated readers to your site or hit a goal you’ve been striving for. Why not write a blog post thanking your subscribers? This type of blog post makes readers feel appreciated.
Blog Type Pros:
• Thanking your readers or subscribers makes them feel appreciated and involved, encouraging return visits to the website
• Can act as social proof e.g. writing a post on how you hit 10,000 subscribers is a big deal
• Thanking people for supporting your product can reach others who read your blog and encourage them to purchase too
• Offering giveaways can increase your email list
14. Give A Backstory
Readers love to know who they are following and reading from. Have an about page or a photo of your team on your homepage. But, you can go one step further and write a post on your general backstory, why you write what you do and what gives you inspiration.
It allows readers who are interested in this sort of thing to feel more involved and makes you feel real and relatable.
Blog Type Pros:
• Allow readers to feel connected
• Ask readers for what inspires them – create a community
• Can give insight into why you wrote a book or made a product which could increase sales
15. Latest News or Changing Information In Your Niche
From this list of types of blog posts, this could be great one for you if you stay up to date in your niche. Find recent or significant events that happened in your blogging topics and blog about them. This allows readers to stay up to date with changes in their field of interest.
Blog Type Pros:
• You do the groundwork for your readers so they know important information changes in their niche
• Can be quick useful for you to keep on top of industry information too
16. Niche Events Your Readers Could Attend
This is a fun type of blog post. Are there events happening in your area or areas you know of that are relevant to your niche? For example, if you and your readers are into blogging, is there a blogging convention near you and the majority of your readers?
Write about the date of this event, what the day may include, why it may be useful for your readers to attend etc.
Blog Type Pros:
• Keeps readers informed of events in their niche so they’re likely to return to your blog to keep updated on future, useful events
• Gives you a chance to possibly meet your readers if you both attend the event
• Shows your readers you know what’s happening in your niche which increases reader confidence
17. Beginner Guides Blog Post
These make for great blog articles for readers. Beginners in any field are always keen to read tons of content in their new niche to learn everything quickly and hit the ground running.
Create a document that helps these beginners learn everything they need to know. Make it as detailed and helpful as possible – you may even gain a few new, avid subscribers.
Blog Post Pros:
• Really useful content for new people to your niche
• If the content is good, readers often stick around for more as they learn and develop
• You can link to other content on your website
• Shows your readers you care about them irrespective of their knowledge level
• Can be easy for you to write if you are already an expert in that article area
• Easy to make evergreen content (useful forever)
18. Fact Or Myth?
Where would we be without this type of blog post? Seriously!
There is so much false information on the internet these days. This can be particularly detrimental to a beginner in your niche. Wrong information can send people down rabbit hole after rabbit hole and make them frustrated.
Why not create an article detailing which information is factual and useful, and which information will only cause frustration and mistakes?
Blog Type Pros:
• Can get readers who have already been searching and getting wrong information, improving your chance at a subscriber
• Genuinely really useful advice as newbies don’t know any better
• Can be a fun layout presenting a fact and then a myth in the topic area
19. Aspiration Posts
Share your goals, your dreams or what your current future aims are. Don’t just make it about making more income because this can quickly make a reader feel icky. (Unless you’re in the money niche and you want to explain how you may reach your new targets).
But… perhaps a goal could be to hit a certain number of subscribers, get into a new niche, start a new product, guest post for an expert in your area or get a back-link from someone you admire.
Blog Type Pros:
• Shows readers your passion, love for your niche and more of who you are
• You can look back in future to motivate yourself
20. Income Reports
Of the types of blog posts on this list, this one is crazy popular! People love reading about how much money other people are making. Often, it’s not just because we’re nosy, it’s because it motivates us and encourages us that this is possible.
I’m not ashamed to admit that one of the reasons I finally took the plunge and started this blog was because I read income reports. They’re fascinating.
Blog Type Pros:
• Shows HONESTY & SOCIAL PROOF with your reader which they appreciate
• People LOVE reading them
• Monthly income reports are quick and easy content to publish
• You can motivate yourself to strive further in future
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21. Subscriber & Reader Reports
Similarly to income reports, share the number of subscribers you gained that month. You can also share how many people read your articles for that month too. Readers LOVE them.
Blog Type Pros:
• Readers LOVE to see how many others are reading your content
• It can show readers social proof of your website
• Quick & easy to write and share monthly
• You can motivate yourself to strive further in future
22. Roundups Blog Post
Roundups can cover a number of things. You could have a weekly roundup of what went well, what didn’t go so well or anything new you’ve learnt which your readers would find helpful. These can be weekly, monthly or yearly depending on what you want!
Blog Type Pros:
• If people expect a roundup every week or month, they are more likely to come back to the website
• Can help you, the writer, get things off your chest
• Can inform readers of next months content if it’s scheduled
• Can be a nice, conclusive post to wrap up a year of content
23. Support A Cause Post
Of all the types of blog posts, this type can be really engaging for readers! Does your website stand for something? Do you support a cause or offer a small percentage of your profits to a charity organisation?
If you do, this type of post is great and you should pin it to the top of your homepage. The article could cover who the organisation is, why you support them, how you support them and more.
For example, you may pledge for each new subscriber you’ll give an organisation money to plant a tree.
Blog Type Pros:
• Allows the reader to have another shared interest with you
• Gives more of a reason for readers to support you (They know that a percentage of sales or income goes to a good cause).
• Can rally support for a great cause
• Shows that you, as the writer, aren’t just in it for you
• Fun to write and share this side of your website
24. Re-Use Or Adapt Old Blog Posts
Updating your old posts is a fantastic way to get your old information seen by newer readers. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s not useful!
Is there newer, more relevant information that can be added to the article? Perhaps as you’ve developed or become more seasoned, your writing ability or knowledge of blogging has increased.
Post Type Pros:
• It shows search engines your still updating your website and old content
• It’s very fast to update and publish as you’ve already got the majority of the article
• Can be very useful if you’re website has since gained many more readers
• Can be useful to re-read and learn about old topics to increase general understanding of your niche
25. Infographics Type Blog Post
According to Oxford English dictionary, an infographic is ‘a visual representation of information or data’.
Can you find or have you got data or information that could be put into a graph, table, pie chart, or image? People love to see data in these formats over written formats as they explain things clearly and are visually appealing. It can also help you get over writer’s block.
Ensure the image is professional and clear. You can give a breakdown underneath of what the infographic is showing.
Post Type Pros:
• Readers love images and this blog post focusses on information or data in image format.
• People in general like to see evidence and social proof of whatever topic you’re discussing
• Can be quick to write as you let the infographics do the talking
• If you show the success of something, you could link to It and get affiliate commission (make sure you genuinely believe in what you are promoting).
26. Review Type Blog Posts
Who doesn’t love a good review blog post? I read reviews all the time… about everything! A review about a restaurant, a movie, a new tool, a book, you name it.
People want to get opinions on something before they make a purchase. It’s smart. If you see a string of bad reviews you wouldn’t buy that product. Therefore, review something (in your niche) you recently purchased, or a tool or resource you’ve recently used.
Post Type Pros:
• Can be commonly researched and be really useful to readers
• Good for affiliate commissions (Ensure you are genuine)
• Can be relatively quick if you own or use the product
27. Quizzes (Great Type of Blog Post!)
I love quizzes. Most readers love this type of post too! Instead of just reading, they can get involved and at the end get a result which is easily shareable.
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Post Type Pros:
• Enjoyable for the reader, gets them involved and easily shareable
• Comparable results between readers and their friends mean more views and potential subscribers
• Can be evergreen content (Depending on the quiz)
28. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
This can be FAQ’s you are asked about your website, OR FAQ’s on a niche subject you write about. If someone has asked this question, it is very likely many others have too.
It’s like in school when the teacher used to say ‘no question is a stupid question, because at least one other person will be thinking it’!
Writing an article answering FAQ’s becomes a great resource that you can consistently link to. This means you can consistently be getting additional views by funnelling readers here.
Another great way to get email subscribers is to start a weekly or monthly email series. For example, if you think of a series of questions your readers really want answered, release a detailed answer once a week via your email communications.
Post Type Pros:
• Can save you time repeating answers as you can direct people to this article to get more views
• Great way to get email subscribers
• Really useful for readers who may not want to reach out for answers
29. Comparisons
This type of blog post encourages you to think of alternative things in your niche that are commonly pitted against one another.
Write an article about the pros and cons of both options, and compare them. A perfect example for those in the blogging niche is to compare hosting providers such as Bluehost, Wix and Sqaurespace, for example.
Post Type Pros:
• Really engaging and useful for readers stuck with a decision
• Can be used for affiliate links to your favourite (Be genuine)
• Good structured article comparing different key information under different headings
30. Blog About A Podcast
If you’ve recently been to speak on a podcast, why not blog about your experience and what was discussed. By adding more types of blog posts to your blog, it increases traffic and engagement!
This discussion-based format can give readers gems of information that came up in conversation. So that readers don’t miss anything, you could even transcribe the content and post this as your blog article.
You can even link back to the podcast.
Post Type Pros:
• Can introduce that you have been on a podcast or that you have your own
• Gives a discussion-based post which readers can enjoy for a change
31. Your Top Takeaways Style Blog Post
From the types of blog posts on this list this is somewhat a mix of a review and list. It can be more condensed and specific.
Take a recent tool or resource you’ve used. Make notes of the top things or take-aways you gained from using it.
Post Type Pros:
• Can be used to promote your products (Be genuine)
• Can be used to promote an affiliate link (Be genuine)
• Can be short, concise and quick to write and read
32. Context and in-practise posts
Have you recently read something in your niche and thought that it might be complicated for readers to understand? Maybe the post just needs some fleshing out with the advice being implemented in-practise.
Why not write about the advice or information given but provide your own context, experiences and application of the advice.
For example, someone could write about the benefits of using a tool but not actually explain to their audience how to use it. You could write this post, reach out to the author and ask for back-links to one another.
Post Type Pros:
• Fill in missed, practical information on the use of a product for the reader
• Contact the author of the article and gain back-links (Ensure they are high quality)
33. Videos
If you create content and post it onto YouTube, you have a real opportunity to reach a lot more traffic. This isn’t just because you can reach YouTube traffic either!
You can embed your videos into your blog posts! All you need to do then is provide a written context.
Blog Type Pros:
• Rank for the video positions on search engines and get found easier!
• Increase the time users spend on your site
• Get more views for your YouTube Videos
• People appreciate videos as you don’t have to read to get information
34. Discuss Your Mistakes & Lessons You Learned
We’re all human. We all make mistakes… especially when we’re learning and starting out.
Readers like to learn from your mistakes so they don’t make them. (It also shows them that you’re not a robot!)
Post Type Pros:
• Compelling to read as readers don’t want to make the same mistake(s)
• Easier to make evergreen content (Depending on the content you write about)
• Shows your reader who you are and makes you more relatable
35. Write A Rant Type Post
Some of you may be thinking that might just come across as unprofessional. You may think how would a rant help your readers? But, they can be beneficial.
If you are frustrated about something in your niche, likelihood is there are others also upset about the same thing. This type of blog post has the potential to create a sense of community for readers experiences the same emotions.
However, depending on the topic you rant about, there is risk of starting controversy so be careful!
Post Type Pros:
• Can create a sense of community for your readers and can increase your relatability
• Helps you get something off your chest
• Can be a rant about something present or trending which gets viral views
• If you dislike something, can give the option to link to other material of yours that’s relevant and better
36. Defining Terminology Post (Glossary)
These are very simple types of blog posts. In specific niches there is a lot of terminology that is just banded about that people reading may not understand.
For example, if you’re in the law niche, you may be writing about words such as infringement, annulment, beneficiary, or disclosure. These are just a very small number of words that you may write about.
Why not write an article detailing the definitions of complicated words you may use on your site. When you write future blog articles, you can link to this glossary so readers don’t have to click away from your site to learn a definition.
Post Type Pros:
• Can keep readers on the website for longer
• Increases linking between your articles
• Really help full document to readers that can be continually updated
• Really easy to put together
37. Freebie Post
This is a great way to get readers to your site, and also get email subscribers if you offer any additional stuff on top of that. People LOVE free stuff!
By offering something for free such as a cheat sheet, lists, information or small e-book, you can get massive traffic.
Post Type Pros:
• Get more email subscribers quickly
• Build a relationship with your audience
• Quick and easy blog post to put together
Types Of Blog Posts Final Thoughts
There you have it, 37 types of blog posts you can add to your website today. I really hope these have given you some tips and ideas for your next posts! If you’re a blogger, I genuinely believe you’d benefit from joining these 25 Pinterest request to join blogging group boards. You may also like how I grew my email list to 125 subscribers in my first week blogging.
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