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

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

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 12 blog post ideas for a digital marketing agency targeting small-to-mid-sized businesses. Focus on actionable strategies, industry trends, and practical tips across SEO, social media, email marketing, and paid ads. Include a mix of evergreen and timely content ideas, formatted in a bullet list.

💡 Why It’s Better

• Specifies the target audience (small-to-mid-sized businesses)

• Covers key service areas (SEO, social, email, ads)

• Balances evergreen and trend-based content

• Requests structured output for quick scanning and reuse

🔄 Use-Case Variations

For LinkedIn Content:
Generate 10 short-form blog post ideas that could double as LinkedIn posts about digital marketing wins and client case studies.

For SEO Planning:
List 15 blog ideas with keyword themes for a digital marketing agency looking to improve organic traffic.

For Lead Generation:
Suggest blog topics that address common client pain points and guide readers toward booking a consultation.

🧰 Reusable Prompt Template

Generate [#] blog post ideas for a [type of business or audience]. Focus on [core topics or services] and tailor them to [specific goals or pain points]. Provide the list in [bullet/markdown/table] format.

🔁 Template Variables

🧠 Example Fill-Ins

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