52 Free Content Ideas for the Year

Don't have time to come up with great content ideas for your social media? Don't worry. I came up with 52 prompts to help other people stay focused on their main work.

So here's to no more blank pages. No more excuses. And a new chapter for sharing your thoughts online.

Here’s your roadmap to posting once a week for an entire year:

1. Talk about your personal values/convictions

2. Write a list of personal goals

3. Ask: what's the one thing that would make your life easier?

4. Share a quote

5. Re-share a post you found interesting

6. Write a list of helpful resources

7. Share a photo

8. Write a brief post about something you like/dislike on a social platform

9. Re-share an educational video from someone you like to learn from

10. Write a list of tips on something you know

11. Ask a question you've been trying to solve

12. Share a mind-blowing statistic/fact

13. Write about something you learned recently

14. 2-3 paragraph story post on your college experience

15. Give a book recommendation

16. Ask industry professionals for a tip on something you need

17. Write a 3-point article for students to do well in school

18. Write an encouraging message to your past self

19. Write a thank you or celebration post to someone you know

20. Share about how you've been mentored & how it's impacted/grown you

21. Interview someone (like a prof) & share the key take-aways/recording

22. Create a document with tips to help someone (use Canva/word, etc.)

23. Summarize trending news & add your own conclusions for future impact

24. Be funny (a joke, a meme)

25. Share a life hack

26. Share who you’re inspired by and what you do differently in light of them

27. Talk about your daily routine

28. Explain your go-to meal and why it helps you crush the day

29. Share a childhood memory and how it impacted you

30. Share your biggest victory this month

31. Give some aspirational advice

32. Share a failure story with a lesson you learned

33. Give a follow recommendation

34. Suggest a tool/product to make life easier

35. Share something you've made

36. Talk about your favourite movie and share a few lines

37. Write about what you’re most proud of in life

38. Share about how you overcame a bad habit

39. Encourage someone

40. Create a compilation of resources (articles, videos, etc)

41. Ask a “would you rather...” question

42. Ask one of your parents/mentors for their best advice and share it

43. Show some BTS of your process

44. Talk about the hardest thing you’ve ever done

45. Ask your audience for tips/hacks in your industry

46. Share about your favourite non-profit/cause

47. Create an infographic based on the current stats in your industry (use Canva)

48. Write a letter an open letter to people who have helped you in life

49. Give an idea for an emoji that doesn’t exist yet

50. Share some of the things you hope to accomplish before you die

51. Talk about your favourite thing (pet, friend, plant, etc.)

52. Share your best business ideas

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Other ideas:

If the above ideas aren’t enough, check out this cool What to Tweet generator or this list of prompts from Sahil Patel.

Don’t let “I don’t have any ideas” become your excuse for not showing up.

You have the list and now you have the roadmap.

It’s now up to you to see where you take it.

I know I missed lots of ideas. Please add your favourite content prompt in the comments below to keep growing the list.

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