Earlier this week I put together 2 videos that were both inspired by a sporting event of one kind or another – the Las Vegas Grand Prix and a maximum break in snooker.

This is the sort of thing I suggest can be quite useful for generating content ideas, with the Vegas Grand Prix being quite a newsworthy event, then me realizing I’d put out my 147th video without paying reference to snooker’s maximum break.

There are these kind of sporting events all year round that can help inspire ideas for piggybacking on them with a few related thoughts of your own.

And there are also plenty of other types of events to consider – political events such as elections or international meetings, music festivals, new product expos, corporate announcements etc.

I don’t recommend you try to shoehorn in a reference to your own field where it doesn’t really fit, but newsworthy events can certainly be a good source of ideas.