Don’t Know What To Post? Here's 52 Ideas for the Year:
Your personal roadmap to creating weekly content for the year.
Why 52? Well, there are 52 weeks in a year. 🗓
This article idea sparked out of the response from hearing too many of you say "Joel, I just don't know what to post about".
Another common one is:
I don't have the time OR I don't have the creativity
So after hearing those objections, I wanted to put together a list of one 52 content prompts, one for each week of the year, to help those that are more strapped for time and creative juices.
So now after you read this article, the only real excuse for not being able to post once per week is living somewhere without the internet (which is getting increasingly difficult these days - as you can even get service on Mt. Everest).
So here's to no more blank pages. No more excuses. And a new chapter for sharing your thoughts online.
Here’s your free guide to posting once a week for an entire year:
Write a thank you or celebration post to someone you know
Talk about your personal values/convictions
Write a list of personal goals
Ask: what's the one thing that would make your life easier?
Share a quote
Re-share a post you found interesting
Write a list of helpful resources
Share a photo
Write a brief post about something you like/dislike on a social platform
Re-share an educational video from someone you like to learn from
Write a list of tips on something you know
Ask a question
Share a mind-blowing statistic/fact
Write about something you learned recently
2-3 paragraph story post on your college experience
Give a book recommendation
Ask industry professionals for a tip on something you need
Write a 3-point article for students to do well in school
Write an encouraging message to your past self
Share about how you've been mentored & how it's impacted/grown you
Interview someone (like a prof) & share the key take-aways/recording
Create a document with tips to help someone (use Canva/word, etc.)
Summarize trending news & add your own conclusions for future impact
Be funny (a joke, a meme)
Share a life hack
Share who you’re inspired by and what you do differently in light of them
Talk about your daily routine
Explain your go-to meal and why it helps you crush the day
Share a childhood memory and how it impacted you
Share your biggest victory this month
Give some aspirational advice
Share a failure story with a lesson you learned
Give a follow recommendation
Suggest a tool/product to make life easier
Share something you've made
Talk about your favourite movie and share a few lines
Write about what you’re most proud of in life
Share about how you overcame a bad habit
Encourage someone
Create a compilation of resources (articles, videos, etc)
Ask a “would you rather...” question
Ask one of your parents/mentors for their best advice and share it
Show some BTS of your process
Talk about the hardest thing you’ve ever done
Ask your audience for tips/hacks in your industry
Share about your favourite non-profit/cause
Create an infographic based on the current stats in your industry (use Canva)
Write a letter an open letter to people who have helped you in life
Give an idea for an emoji that doesn’t exist yet
Share some of the things you hope to accomplish before you die
Talk about your favourite thing (pet, friend, plant, etc.)
Share your best business ideas
If the above ideas aren’t enough, check out this cool What to Tweet generator or this list of prompts from Sahil Patel. Heck, just Google “content prompts.”
Don’t let “I don’t have any ideas” become your excuse for not showing up.
You have the list and now you have the roadmap.
It’s now up to you to see where you take it.
Action Bytes 📲
Pretty obvious for today... make a post. Just one. Just start.
Walk up to your housemate and ask them for a number between one and 52. Write using the corresponding prompt.
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As always, if you have any ideas that sparked, drop me a note here!
Stay outta’ trouble and catch you next week.
✌🏻 Joel
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