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Content Generation Idea: Listicles
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
Brain teasing teasers aside, on a more serious note, listicles can be useful in helping you come up with some great content! And I'm not talking about actual top 10 lists, although those are very good for helping you come up with content ideas such as my
content generation idea: Creating Top 10 Lists will show you. But this one is going to be a little different from that one because listicles don't necessarily have to be top 10 lists. They can just be lists of just about anything. Plus it's a really fun word to say!
Listicles,
listicles,
listicles!
Hey what's the fun of me sharing with you all these content generation ideas if we can't have a little fun along the way? And that's the great thing about using these content ideas, not only are they useful for that reason, but they can be a lot of fun to go about doing them when creating your content too.
What's a Listicle?
In short; a listicle is basically an
article that's in the form of a
list of things. Some very big and popular sites use listicles to great affect such as
BuzzFeed and
Digg use them all the time and their readers just eat them up! That's mainly because of their "bite size" nature of them. They are quick and easy to digest and make for some really informative reading too!
How to make a Listicle?
This would largely depend on your industry but in their rawest form, they are just basically a list of things that are relevant to your industry or business. What you would need to do is list out some things that people can relate to within that industry or with your business. Such as a list of reasons why people would want to use your business/product or service etc. Then all you need to do is just write these out in a list format. Here's a live example of what I mean for
24 Signs You Belong In A Different Time Period.
And that my friends is this
content generation idea: using listicles. But I'll leave you with another real live example by creating a listicle here Are you a blogger that needs content for your blog? Here's a listicle for reasons why you should use WordClerks for your blog content as a working live example.
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Do you use listicles for content generation ideas and purposes?
Or is this the first time you've ever even heard of the term "listicle"?
Eggy216
Jokes aside, "listicles" are definitely a great way to create content for readers! Especially with the current state of the internet, a lot of those types of articles are the ones that get the most attention! They're easy to read since they're broken down with easily identifiable headings, and if your reader isn't interested in an item on the list they're more likely to keep going and skip past the thing they weren't interested and move on to the next thing they do want to read, rather than abandoning the article altogether.
While I haven't really tried this approach before, thinking about it logically I definitely want to give this approach to writing a shot! What's the worst that could happen? Your first line made me think of a man I once knew who would do sound-checks, and always speak into the microphone; "ice, ice, icicle. Bike, bike, bicycle. Test, test, testing one two three." Got a laugh every time. Jokes aside, "listicles" are definitely a great way to create content for readers! Especially with the current state of the internet, a lot of those types of articles are the ones that get the most attention! They're easy to read since they're broken down with easily identifiable headings, and if your reader isn't interested in an item on the list they're more likely to keep going and skip past the thing they weren't interested and move on to the next thing they do want to read, rather than abandoning the article altogether. While I haven't really tried this approach before, thinking about it logically I definitely want to give this approach to writing a shot! What's the worst that could happen?
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