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One of the best ways to generate ideas is to ask your followers on social media, LinkedIn, or your blog. They are your readers, they can help you understand what they want to read now.

Categories

Write a list of categories that can be used for your audience. They will help you to come up with some topics, too.

If you teach/offer any courses, for example, “Business English”, then, probably, one of the categories could be “Business English.”

Furthermore, recall recent work-related talks with your colleagues or learners. The topics discussed could be used for writing blog posts.

Keep track of your ideas

I have noticed that some people (including me) tend to forget ideas for future blog posts. That is why I recommend creating a Word Document on Google Drive with the list of your ideas. Ensure the document is available offline (go to the settings and change them). Thus, you will be able to edit the document on any of your devices even if there is no internet connection.

You can also create a note on Keep Note. Here you can

• add notes, lists, photos, and audio in Google Keep;
• quickly filter and search notes by color and other attributes like lists with images, audio notes with reminders, or just view shared notes. And Google Keep can remind you to do it.

You can use Google Keep on your phone, tablet, and computer. Everything you add to Google Keep syncs across all your devices, so your important stuff is always with you.

In addition, if you are a visual type of person, you may like using Canva to create lists with ideas on what to write about. For example, on Canva, you can add more visual stuff.

Download a free and edible template.

I know many language teachers who like writing by hand. In this case, you may have a separate section in your notebook with the list of your ideas.

Here is the list of my ideas and topics.

Professional:

The making of…

Backstage of your working process

FAQs of your services. They can be interesting and available to your readers.

Lesson plans

Stories of success

Journal reviews

Book reviews

Testimonials of your clients

Shoutouts of your colleagues

Tutorials

Interviews with your clients

Interviews with your colleagues

Debunk a myth

Disagreement with a popular opinion

Challenges (work-related)

I am sure if you write about your challenges, others will resonate. We all have had the same challenges in teaching or learning a language.

Your personal experience in learning languages. Such blog posts can be interesting to the ones who learn foreign languages: your clients and your colleagues. Personally, I know many teachers who learn new foreign languages. Sharing experience is important.

Your Favorites:

Course books (both, teachers and students, will be interested in reading them.)

Warm-up activities

Speaking activities

Writing activities

Listening activities

Apps for creating lesson plans

Places you love working from (if you teach online)

Your least favorites:

Course books

Warm-up activities

Speaking activities

Writing activities

Listening activities

Reflections on:

Reflections that you find interesting

Your lessons

Workshops that you conducted

Your learners

Your teaching as a whole

New discoveries of:

Teaching materials

Film/s that you have watched

New places you’ve been to

Observations:

About your experience of observing lessons

About your experience of being observed

Personal from your everyday life:

Am I the only one who is curious about the everyday lives of other teachers? 🙂 Also, I am always curious how others manage their day, what they manage to do, what their challenges are, etc. Maybe I am the one who can offer a free consultation to solve an issue? Or perhaps I am the one who can support you as a friend/colleague?

Stories from your everyday life

Your typical day

Morning routine

Your eating habits

Eco-friendly tips

Clothing recommendations

What helps you to be creative

Tips for newbie teachers

How you start teaching. We all have our stories. In my opinion, such stories are not only interesting to teachers and learners but to all people.

Guest blog posts

What can be better than collaborating!? There are benefits. For example,  you will get more website traffic, improve SEO rankings, establish credibility, generate leads, establish relationships and connections, boost referral traffic, boost social media shares, and others.

Also, remember to write clear guidelines for your guest blog posts. They will help people understand better which blog posts they should write.

Final thoughts

I hope that you found some ideas that you will use. Let me know in the comment section which ones 🙂

Further reading:

150 ELT blog post ideas for when you’ve hit writers block. The Teacher James. (2023, August 3). https://theteacherjames.com/2017/02/23/150-elt-blog-post-ideas-for-when-youve-hit-writers-block/