🧠 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 newly launched consumer brand. Focus on building brand awareness, telling the origin story, showcasing product benefits, and connecting emotionally with early customers. Include a mix of storytelling, how-to content, and community-building themes.

💡 Why It’s Better

• Adds context (“newly launched consumer brand”)

• Targets key marketing goals (awareness, connection, product education)

• Includes content types (storytelling, how-to, community)

• Encourages a structured, diverse content strategy

🔄 Use-Case Variations

For a DTC Product Launch:
“Create 10 blog topics for a new DTC skincare brand entering the clean beauty market.”

For a SaaS Startup:
“List blog post ideas to help a new B2B SaaS brand build thought leadership and credibility.”

For Local Businesses:
“Suggest blog ideas for a newly opened coffee shop looking to grow local visibility and foot traffic.”

🧰 Reusable Prompt Template

Generate [#] blog post ideas for a [stage] [type of brand]. Focus on [goals like brand awareness, product education, or engagement]. Include a variety of formats such as [storytelling, how-tos, case studies, etc.].

🔁 Template Variables

🧠 Example Fill-In

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