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🧠 How to Generate Better Blog Ideas with AI: A Prompt Teardown

🔍 Prompt Engineering in Action

Learn how to transform a basic prompt into a high-performing content creation tool — with real examples, use-case variations, and reusable templates.

🔹 The Original Prompt

"Generate blog ideas for a content writing agency."

At first glance, this prompt might seem okay. But it's too broad — and that limits the quality of AI-generated results. Let’s improve it using prompt engineering best practices.

The Improved Prompt

Generate 10 strategic blog post ideas for a content writing agency that wants to attract small business owners and marketers. Focus on topics that showcase writing expertise, content strategy, SEO benefits, and client success stories. Format as a bullet list with short descriptions for each idea.

💡 Why It’s Better

  • Specifies the target audience (small business owners and marketers)

  • Emphasizes strategic goals like lead generation and expertise

  • Adds content themes (SEO, storytelling, case studies) for variety

  • Requests short descriptions for immediate clarity and usability

🔄 Use-Case Variations

For Social Media:
“Create 5 LinkedIn post ideas that show the value of professional content writing.”
For Email Marketing:
“Suggest newsletter topics to keep content clients engaged monthly.”
For SEO:
“List blog post ideas with high-ranking keyword opportunities for a writing agency.”

🧰 Reusable Prompt Template

Generate [#] blog post ideas for a [business type or niche] targeting [ideal audience]. Focus on [content goals or themes]. Format as [preferred structure].

🔁 Template Variables

Placeholder

Example Values

[#]

5, 10, 15

[business type]

content writing agency, branding studio

[ideal audience]

solopreneurs, SaaS founders, ecommerce brands

[content goals]

lead generation, SEO, storytelling, education

[structure]

bullet list with descriptions, table, outline

🧠 Example Fill-In

Generate 10 blog post ideas for a content writing agency targeting SaaS founders. Focus on SEO, conversion copywriting, and email marketing strategies. Format as a bullet list with short descriptions.

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