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Wonder Wheel for New Content Ideas

Google released their free Wonder Wheel a few months ago along with other advanced search options. In this short video I show you the basics of coming up with new blogging and other content related ideas using it.

Basically Google has given us a “mind map” layout for how they look at the keyword phrases we’re using. Now you can think of your keywords in the same format Google does – by separating them into related buckets.

Also note in the end of the video as I show you how to search videos, forums, and reviews…and sort the results by a specific time frame (such as the last 24 hours to see what is being said recently).

Some key takeaways:

1. When researching a niche, look at all the subjects Google says are related to the original item to figure out if you want to write about these topics.

2. When coming up with content ideas (for blogs, articles, videos, etc.), dig deeper into the 2nd and 3rd level to keep finding additional related items to your primary theme.

3. Think of your overall market as not just a niche, but a bullseye keyword phrase. For example I used “internet business” in this video as the center phrase which everything else flows out from.

4. Sort results by the last week or last 24 hours to see what people are saying about your subject recently.

5. Think about your keyword phrases in relation to buckets like Google has outlined them for you here (very useful for PPC campaigns on the content network).

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6 Responses to “Wonder Wheel for New Content Ideas”

  1. Pat Wiklund on August 27th, 2009 3:12 pm

    Thanks Terry…

    this was super. I got tons of ideas for blog posts, some new resources for products, and topics that hadn’t even thought of.

    after blogging for almost a year…I was running out of ideas…no more….

    You are great!

    thanks..pw

  2. Claude LaBadie on August 27th, 2009 3:12 pm

    A great tool indeed.
    Thank you for this detailed video on how to use this fantastic Google tool for researching related keywords and markets.
    I am using micro niche finder software which taps into Google API to identify related keywords but this tools is way better any the visual interface is awesome and much more performant.
    Thanks a million for showing us this incredible tool.
    You’re the best Terry!

  3. Steven Hanks on August 29th, 2009 10:51 am

    Hi Terry,

    thanks for this wonderful post. I knew about the wonder wheel of Google however, your post enabled me to come up with a whole lot of new post ideas. Thanks again!

    Steven

  4. Carl Ocab on August 30th, 2009 8:53 am

    Google’s wonder wheel + Google’s keyword tool = awesome free keyword tools.

    Great video Terry :-)

  5. Gabriel on August 31st, 2009 7:33 am

    Very interesting post. Actually, I knew about it before, but I still don’t know how to use it with a keyword tool. I’ll spend time learning how it works.

  6. Colin Perini on August 14th, 2010 4:06 am

    Thanks, you’ve just opened the web up even more!

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