Coming up with ideas for new hubs, please help!
Of course 'depends' is a good answer and I share with jest and a thought or two. First, determine what the purpose is you wish to write for. Is it to practice writing with feedback - views, comments, and accolades, informing with information of this or that, something you have a passion or compassion for, or you are developing a strategy and exploring seeking discoveries. Maybe you simply love to read and write.
I would next determine your audience. Do you write to you as the primary audience, to family or friends, a community there where you live, here at HP, or possibly at FB, and etc. The readership will follow and come along naturally.
Now you have a purpose for writing and you know who the audience is you will be addressing. Then address the 'needs' of that audience and fulfill those seeking topics. Determining the audience needs will essentially present something that the readership may like too.
That is called writing with the vantage of introspection, reflection, and can be many forms. One is autoethnographic. That can be a personal study or group study of some subject or form and it is projected upon a larger readership through the audience - you the individual or a group.
After some time exploring HP you will discover the readership and audience at the Traffic Sources link at the account page. That will show where the readership is coming from. More can be discovered even by nation, state, city at Google Analytics. Some think that Analytics is daunting and challenging. Just simply look at where the audience/readership is and topics will be seen more easily. If it is local address local topics. If it is regional then address regional topics. And, etc.
Topics are anything. How to use a fork correctly. Where to place eating utensils and their history. How dogs like to sleep, where, when, and the benefits. If a local readership go to the next play and report on it. If local write about the high school heroes. Discover the readership and know your audience needs. Write about those needs. Topics will jump out at you
A good idea is to choose topics to practice with and with knowledge of that. It may be deleted in a year or may not. That is not of concern. Zeroing in on the audience likes and dislikes and topics that fit those 'needs' of the audience. In other words examine the audience while allowing for spontaneity and the creative process.
Those are a humble view. I hope it helps. Sometimes I write about the next thing or event I see, although I may never publish it. When I get three or four I choose one to publish keeping in mind who the audience is and does it address any of their general needs or specific needs.
Hi QandA.
Don't lose sleep worrying too much about topic choice in your early stages here at hp. Just write. Your efforts are best spent becoming familiar with the actual construction of hubs, using capsules, adding and attributing photos etc.
First become an active hubber. If you keep an eye on the forums and make occasional visits to the Learning Center, you'll learn how to fine-tune your hubs to make money.
Good luck.
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