🧠 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 for a construction company targeting homeowners and property developers. Focus on topics that demonstrate expertise, highlight common project challenges, offer maintenance or renovation tips, and showcase completed projects. Include a mix of educational, inspirational, and promotional content.

💡 Why It’s Better

• Targets a clear audience (homeowners, developers)

• Specifies content types (educational, tips, case studies)

• Encourages varied and valuable topics

• Designed to attract interest and build trust

🔄 Use-Case Variations

For Social Media:
“Write 5 short blog captions for construction tips to post on Instagram.”
For Local SEO:
“Suggest blog topics that rank for ‘[city] home renovations’ or ‘[region] custom builds’.”

🧰 Reusable Prompt Template

Generate [#] blog post ideas for a [type of business] targeting [audience]. Focus on [topics or themes]. Include a mix of [content types like how-tos, case studies, etc.].

🔁 Template Variables

🧠 Example Fill-Ins

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