HI, Brie for sharing,

I also have faced this problem in the past.

It is not always easy to find things to write about.

You can try https://answerthepublic.com

Another site you can try is https://www.quora.com

People may ask a question in your niche that you can answer, giving you ideas about what people are asking.

You can do a Google search.

I did one on How to make money online, and you get suggestions on what people are asking ask.

I have attached a screenshot for You.

Hope all this is helpful

Thanks again

Elke

Wow, there are some great answers here.

I am saving the entire topic as a word document, to refer to.

If as you say, People also ask questions that are the same as your original but phrased in a different way. Then go back to Google and change your question to a synonym of your original. You could also add adjectives and or adverbs to your original query to get a broader response.

Even taking what Google has given you and writing about it using their phraseology will generate traffic for you, because people are already asking that question in that manner.

Yes, it will feel like you are being redundant, but is it a redundancy to cover all the ways that people may ask a question? I think not.

Alex

Hi Brie, every content blog writer struggles with the answers to this common question.

Yes, you are not the only one. I do have answers to those questions but it will be long like Partha’s (Nah just kidding).

Call me weird but Blunt Brenda takes advantage of the wide variety of sources to find ways to extend my content.

The number of people who ask is limited on Google so expand more on your search for more questions to ask.

I find them on social media. It means scouring every social media site in search for a topic related to informational articles or transactional articles about a product or my personal experience with a product that I use every day.

Answer Socrates is helpful.

To add more helpful content, I add more visuals like creating my infographics, more visual screenshots, or video clips of a product on the how-to articles.

Hey, another source such as news articles. I scout and hunt magazines online, business articles, success magazines, entrepreneur magazines, home based business magazines, they are everywhere.

I scour forum posts from other Internet marketers. I watch a lot of YouTube videos on how to find more information.

I use the end of Wikipedia for sources under References that are there that might provide more information.

I do spend time in Kindle e-books downloading the sample pages and finding answers there just pick from their words and change them to my own words. All this is just a lot of work, it's time-consuming.

Quora and Reddit, subreddit, are one of the best places I use. I often find some articles are missing important info that I want my readers to be aware of.

I also consult with scholarly journals from business people. They all are there. Some are in Google Books.

It's worth spending time reading and jot down the research in notes then I put it all together. I do cite my sources if it's a published article. I use Modern Language Association (MLA) to cite my sources where it's relevant. It's better to be safe than to get in trouble for plagiarizing others and respect copyright by citing them as directed.

I have a writers tool software, many of them and other additional tools since I am an adjunct instructor for college students, those software makes it easier for me to write my content.

Brie, you have to do this, spend more time scouring these places. This is how to do it in a nutshell. Best wishes to you from BB.

Hi Brianna,

I have a couple of templates. For my reviews:

What is xxx

(content)

Features

(content)

YouTube video

Where is it going?

(content)

Who is it for?

(content)

What are guests saying?

(content)

How much is it?

(content)

Pros

(content)

Cons

(content)

Summary

(content)

I research my topic first. Use my template and list what I want to talk about. I also look at what people are asking on Google.

I think too that having a niche that you're extremely passionate about and can't stop talking about it makes a world of difference.

Dearest Smiley Cheesey,

Let's play a little game!!!!

Go to Google and type in:

Why you still reading?

Go to Google and type this in, Hahahahaha!!!

Why Are My Dovetail Joints Loose?

Did you do it?

Don't lie to me!!! Hahahaha!!

Okay, as you can see, a pretty good keyword due to all the UGC on page one, although I would be wary of targeting this phrase as Google has decided to put one of their YouTube blocks at the top.

Good Old Google, trying to earn some extra $$$$ for themselves.

The answer to this question is going to be fairly basic, probably no more than a line of two.

HOWEVER

Take a look at the People Also Ask.

As long as they are RELATED to the query posed in your title, you can use these as your ADDITIONAL SUBHEADINGS.

How Do You Make Dovetail Joints Tighter?

Should Dovetail Joints Be Glued?

I then opened some more People Also Ask and found:

What's the Best Angle For Dovetails?

So, the initial query posed in the title is answered with a short blurb.

However, these 3 questions from People Also Ask are also related to the original query, but not exactly the same thing, so they can form your subheadings for the rest of your article.

In effect, you're not actually writing one longer article.

If you include your introduction, answer snippet (if you use one), three subheadings (PAA questions), and your conclusion.

This is 6 different sections.

View it as writing 6 "mini-articles", so let's say 70-120 words for introduction, answer snippet, and conclusion, and then 150-250 words for each PAA Subheading.

So, you're not "expanding" by adding fluff (NO!! Not OLD FLuff)

Realistically, even though your article is based around ONE question or ONE specific query, you're almost trying to get inside your reader's mind and think, "Okay, so you know the answer to the initial question now, but does this spark off any new questions in your head?"

You know yourself, when someone asks you a question, say a friend or even in Live Chat, and you then answer that ONE question, this typically triggers them into asking more related questions.

It's exactly the same for your article.

As long has you have answered THE MAIN QUESTION POSED IN THE TITLE OF YOUR ARTICLE there is nothing wrong on expanding on this by trying to guess what's going through your reader's mind, and other possible questions they may have on the same topic.

And this is where People Also Asks comes in so handy for creating more subheadings for your article.

Hope that helps

Partha