🧠 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 10 blog post ideas tailored to modern entrepreneurs. Focus on topics like productivity, startup tools, business growth strategies, and AI-powered workflows. Include a mix of evergreen content and trend-driven topics. Format as a bullet list with optional titles and short descriptions.

💡 Why It’s Better

• Targets a specific audience (modern entrepreneurs)

• Focuses on relevant subtopics (AI, tools, growth, productivity)

• Suggests a balanced mix of evergreen and trending content

• Requests titles + descriptions for added clarity

🔄 Use-Case Variations

For Email Newsletter:
“List 5 blog post ideas for a weekly entrepreneur newsletter focused on automation.”
For YouTube Content:
“Generate video script ideas for a channel teaching startup founders how to use AI tools.”

🧰 Reusable Prompt Template

Generate [#] blog post ideas for [target audience]. Focus on [core themes or pain points]. Provide catchy titles and brief descriptions. Prioritize [content type: evergreen, trending, etc.].

🔁 Template Variables

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