50 Blog post ideas for new Lifestyle Blog in 2020 – pandemic edition. When you get stuck – pick up a list and start writing.

Writers Block is a real thing – when you get stuck find inspirations from the Blog Post ideas lists! Simple.

It can happen with new bloggers with new blogs or even seasoned bloggers. It happens to me too. And this is what I do, go through some of these lists and find something to let the creative juice flow!

During this pandemic everyone is writing more, creating more. And there are so many things to write about – especially because this extended house arrest is new for everyone.

So in this post, there are 50 Blog post ideas for a new Lifestyle blog that are apt for 2020.

All brainstorming has been done for you – you can choose a topic and start writing!

50 Blog Post Ideas for new Lifestyle Blog in 2020

For General Lifestyle Blogs

• 10 ways you are saving money in 2020
• Top ways to deal with stress in the pandemic
• Life skills you learned during the lockdown
• Self-care tips that you are practicing in 2020
• Wardrobe essentials for Work From Home
• Your home workout routine
• Motivational Quotes that keep you going
• How are you maintaining hygiene in your home
• How are you catching up with friends and family online
• 10 Fun activities you did at home in 2020

For Beauty & Skincare Blogs

1. 5-minute makeup tutorial for Zoom meetings
2. Face masks you are using with kitchen ingredients
3. Current skincare routine
4. Best hand creams you are using to keep your hands soft
5. Best shades of lipstick to wear for online meetings
6. Easy hair styling ideas for online meets
7. Skincare progress during the lockdown
8. How are you coloring hair at home?
9. Handbag essentials during the pandemic
10. Drugstore brand favorites of 2020

For Parenting Blogs

1. 5 ways to keep calm at home with kids beings around
2. 10 Activities you did with kids during the pandemic
3. Kid-friendly snack ideas
4. How to teach kids hand hygiene
5. How are you readying kids to cope up with Covid-19
6. Online class essentials for kids
7. 5 favorite online extra-curricular activities your kids are doing
8. Immunity boosting foods you are giving to your kids
9. How are you managing creative play at home
10. Tips for coping with a new baby during Covid-19

For Food & Drink Blog Post Ideas

1. Easy 5-minute snack ideas
2. Seasonal drink ideas for kids
3. Ultimate smoothie recipe
4. Immunity boosting drink for family
5. 5 comfort food that you like
6. restaurant-style menu and table setting ideas
7. Quick lunch ideas while you work from home
8. 2-minute sandwich recipes
9. 2-minute mug cake recipes
10. Meal plans during the pandemic

For Entertainment & Book Bloggers

1. Top 5 picks from Netflix
2. Best plans for home entertainment
3. Top 10 Books you read in 2020 so far
4. Why reading is the best stress buster
5. Your ideas of home theatre vs actual theatre/multiplexes
6. 10 books you want to read
7. Books you want to be gifted for Holidays
8. Self-help books you have read
9. Any new courses you attended in 2020
10. Lessons you learned from 2020

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Now that you have all the topics right over here – you need to do the following things before you start writing.

• Do your research before you write
• Give out accurate information if you are writing anything about pandemic /Covid-19
• Write easily readable blogs in easy language
• Use correct WordPress Plugins to run your blog smoothly
• Use photos correctly with CC0 licensing from stock photo sites or use your own photos
• Share your content properly to get traffic

There you go.

Happy Blogging!

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For any new blogger finding the best blogging tools & resources can be a challenge if you don’t know where to find.

Blogging Tools and Resources for new bloggers are like essentials because they help you grow your blog. I use a lot of these resources myself so thought why not share this with you guys.

None of these links or resources are affiliates, not am I making any money out of this post. Just some good Karma. That’s like my theme for this year’s #MYFriendAlexa.

Okay, so you have decided to start a Lifestyle Blog and have Designed your own Logo for the blog. Let’s make the blog pretty and robust!

Okay, so what are we looking for here? What Resources are you yapping about?

Do you remember those computer application classes in school (if you are a 2002-2004 pass out, you will get it). We learned designing webpages on HTML! Please, they looked hideous! Mine did at least. We have come a long way. You don’t need to know designing, coding blah blah blah to run a smooth robust blog.

This post is about Blogging Tools & Resources to make your blog pretty. The next post will be about some essential plugins that you might need.

Best Blogging Tools & Resources for new bloggers in 2020

#1 Get some Themes for your Blog, half the work is done

If your platform is on Wordpress and you have a domain you have loads of options even in free themes. I would suggest buying a theme for your blog if you are serious about it, else pick a free theme with a clean design.

The secret to good design ANYWHERE – is it being user friendly, and clean. Remember Less is More.

Here are a few places you can get a theme for your blog. Upload it in your themes section and you are good to go. But, always keep a backup first, then do tweaks on your blog, if its not a new blog.

1. Creative Market – Looking for chic themes, visit them, register and get free goods too!
2. Evanto Market  – It is like THE place for web related stuffs – themes, social media packs, UI, graphics – you name it they have it. It’s the place Graphic Designers visit!
3. Wordpress.org – Or just check Wordpress, they have some clean themes too, but you can face customization limitations.

#2 Visual Content Generation

If “content is king” then the crown jewels are visual content.

A blog will look pretty when you have a good mix of text and photos.  Try to take your own photos in good lighting else use some stock photos. But just putting up a standard stock photo is not enough. Try and make engaging visual content. These online Blogging Tools and Resources will be very helpful, believe me.

You need to upload images in correct sizes for each platform so that when they are shared you get the best out of it. Leave the size customization to these apps and sites!

1. Canva – Like I even need to say, everyone knows Canva – its super easy and you practically need to just drag and drop. You have all the possible formats and sizes found under the sun in Canva. I use it too sometimes.
2. PicMonkey – Just start a Free Trial and start using it. You can even edit photos for Instagram or your Blog
3. Snappa – It’s very similar to Canva. Have lots of free images in the library too
4. PiktoChart – If you want to make pictorials, infographics, statistics, data for your post please use this.

#3 Stock Photos

I love using stock photos! I really love them. When I am not creating my own photos, I just use stock photos. Easy! There are few places where I hardly use stock photos – like my Instagram. I like to take credit of my photos on my Feed, so it is stock photo free. But for the blog – please use as much.

You can find photos of all kinds of categories in some of these stock photo sites. But use them the correct way.

1. Give credit – wherever required.
2. No need to credit if photos are under CC0 licensing – check when you download
3. If you have a food blog and do recipes – DO NOT use stock photos – use your own photos
4. If you review products for a lifestyle blog, beauty blog – use your own photos
5. Travel reviews – use own photos

If you are doing a general post, article post where you are not doing a review – please use stock photos.

Here are some sites that will help you.

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1. Unsplash
2. Pexels
3. Pixabay
4. Stocksnap.io
5. Freestocks.org
6. FoodiesFeed (for Food Bloggers)

#4 Feminine Stock Photos

Pic Courtesy – Elle Drouin

I absolutely love white flat lays! It is so soothing t the eyes. If you are someone who likes feminine stock photos, look for memberships or freebies in the below-mentioned places.

1. Haute Stock
2. Pixistock
3. Styled Stock Society
4. Shutterstock (no free Photos)
5. Adobe Creative Stock (no free Photos)
6. Create Her Stock
7. Ivory Mix

There you go, here’s all that you need to make your blog pretty and chic. Other stuff, you might want to do is create a to-do list on Excel and have it open all the time – works better than a notebook and a pen (for me, at least), good music ( I like to listen to music while writing) and a hot cuppa, or just water!

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Need reasons to start a blog in 2020? Here are 10 reasons for you to start a blog, show your creativity, and make some money too in 2020.

Now that you are in the middle of a pandemic and have got accustomed to working from home, have you realized you have found some time to dedicate towards your hobby? We all have so much to say. Like me, these days you will find me pouring my opinions on Twitter.

But if you want a creative outlet of your opinion – a blog is your answer. You can make a personal blog, an online journal, share your expertise and so much more. Here I am today, trying to convince you reasons to start a Blog in 2020, if you already don’t have one and make some money too.

Wait, A Blog? I thought they were dead!

No. It’s not dead, nor is it dying anytime soon. Period. We are living in the age of Instagram and beautiful looking feeds. But blogging is more valuable than Instagramming alone. what is the Attention span on Instagram is of a few seconds while blogs are permanent and your readers can always come back and read.

There are a ton of bloggers, how do I make a successful blog?

Making a successful blog requires exactly those 3Cs that you would do in your day job – CONTENT, CONSISTENCY, COMMUNICATION. Yes, as simple as that. Content, still, is King. If your content is not good, not original and not creative there are lesser chances of your building an audience base.

So here’s what you will get to know by the end of this post

1. Reasons to Start Blogging in 2020
2. Free Vs. Self-Hosted Blogs
3. Basic SEO you need to work on
4. Attracting Brands for paid posts!

This is quite a detailed post so hang on!

10 Reasons to Start a Blog in 2020

#1 Invest this Time

2020 has taught us a lot of patience. You have time in your hand since you are not wasting that being stuck in traffic – use it wisely for a hobby or self-improvement. Why not a blog?

#2 People are on Social Media all day – People are reading

My food blog is going crazy! People are spending more time on Social Media and blogs in 2020. My old food posts and DIY posts on this blog have a sudden spike. So people are reading quite a few blogs in 2020. Share your content, let people read/ look at your creativity!

#3 Love of Food

Food Blogs and Food YouTube Channels have had the best graph in 2020. Everyone wants recipes, easy basic recipes because everyone’s eating home in 2020. If you love cooking/baking/ cake decorating/ – start a blog, already.

#4 Love for DIY & Tutorials

If you follow some of these Lifestyle publications of UK you will find daily posts like “This Birmingham mom did a room makeover with bargain buys”.  If you like home improvement and do a lot of DIYs why not make a post about it with a before and after pictures and share it with your readers. DIY’s attract a lot of eyeballs. Believe me.

Like the above if you are good at photo editing, making short videos, or you are good at taking photos, doing makeup, draping a saree – share that knowledge in the form of a tutorial. Everyone is consuming content in 2020. Be out there and make your content.

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#5 3 Cs – Content, Consistency, Communication – it is your identity

I will again, reiterate – Content is King. Inspired content will not take you anywhere. Your voice, your creativity will matter if you want to build an audience.

Consistency is the key to making your blog a successful blog. If you are not updating your blog with two or three new posts every week Google search console will not be happy about it!

The way you communicate with your audience is your voice. It is how your audience connects with you.

Your blog could be your new identity – have you thought about it?

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#6 Channelize your creativity, talk to people

Your communication is limited right now over FaceTime and Zoom Calls. We will be stuck at home, for God knows how long. This is the best time to start a blog in 2020 and talk to people. Share the feelings that you might not be able to share with your family. Channelize your creativity.

#7 Let’s talk money

Okay, you can’t start making money from your first blog post. That’s not possible unless you are a celebrity (right now, I will urge not to follow celebrities blindly, anyway). But within three months – if your content is good you can get paid gigs and start working with big brands.

#8 Get busy with something meaningful

If you don’t have a day job, you can try doing something creative and meaningful with blogging. The world of blogging is fun, take it from me who has been blogging since 2011!

#9 Like taking Challenge?

Running a successful blog that pays your bills is not exactly an easy task – especially if you are building it from scratch. But there are enough resources available which will help you create it without too much of investments.

#10 Be your own boss

There isn’t a bigger high than this – believe me. Being your own boss, taking your decisions, and being in control of your life!

So, how do you go about it? How to start a blog?

Here are some basic pre-requisites and homework you need to do before starting your blog

1. Choose a Niche
2. Get a hosting
3. Begin writing
4. Take LOADS of Photos
5. Launch it

Quick Questions Answered

Answer

How to Choose a Niche for your blog?

Depends on what you want to develop content on.

Are you a mom? Choose parenting.

Are you good with makeup / skincare? Choose Beauty & Lifestyle

Are you good in baking? Choose food Blogging.

Self-Hosted on Free Blog?

If you want to take blogging seriously and start making money from it, you must go Self Hosted with a .com domain. It’s like having your workspace where you own that domain and can write whatever you want.

Brands would want you to have a self-hosted site than a free Blogger or Wordpress blog. But you want to write just to share your opinion – like a hobby blog – you can start with a free blog. But I would always suggest you to get a self-hosted blog. There are enough options available like Bluehost, Go Daddy etc. Check for offers.

Make your Blog look professional

There are tons of free themes available for Wordpress and Blogger self-hosted blogs on places like Creative Market or ThemeForest. It’s always good to clear professional looking themes for your website. Good looking, eye-soothing UI of your website = easy reading for the audience.

Avoid jarring colors, twisty curly fonts. They are not easy for the eyes!

Get basic plugins and make your blog user friendly.

I use the paid version of Soledad Theme which I have modified considerably!

Basic SEO you must do

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an integral part of organic success of a blog. You might write good posts, but Google needs to know that and once they get to know they will show you in the searches!

Here’s what you should do.

1. Make your blog search-friendly.
   On WordPress site visit Settings » Reading page and uncheck the option “Discourage search engines from indexing this site”
2. Connect blog to Google Analytics
3. Get Yoast SEO Plugin
4. Submit your site on Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster (not sure if anyone uses Bing anyway)
5.  Use keywords for Blog posts
6.  Don’t forget internal linking

I will do a detailed post on SEO later. Let me know what you want to know.

How will I get Sponsored Campaigns?

Give your blog a good three months to grow. Create good content and make a Media Kit showcasing your work and stats.

BTW, Do you want me to do a post on Media Kits? Let me know.

Send your updated media kit to PRs and brands.

Add your site to Google Adsense. Once approved, depending on the traffic you are generating you can start making money just on traffic and page views! It’s not that easy as it sounds though!

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To Summarize it All

There you go, your reasons to start a blog in 2020 and your guide to start one is right out there.

The audience is on the Internet all the time in 2020 – more than ever, if you think about it. Tap it. Use it for your good.

Do not forget the 3Cs – Content, Consistency and Communication and you should be doing really good with your blog.

And if you do start a blog let me know. I would love to check it out and might give a shoutout too.

I am Taking my Blog to the Next Level with BlogChatter’s #MyFriendAlexa
I am sharing some Blogging Tips & Tricks that I practice. Hoping you will enjoy it.
Find me in Twitter Facebook & Instagram.