The Best Type of Content to Create as a New Writer in 2025

One of the biggest mistakes new content writers make is writing content that will not get any searches on search engines like Google.

When writing this article, we’ve assumed that you know your target audience and that you are focused on a niche. If this is not the case, please check out our audience building articles first and then come back here.

The strategy we will teach you today is one you need to run with for at least six months and write at least one article weekly for this period.

You do not need to focus on creating long-form content at this stage, but try to write articles that are at least 600-800 words long,

You need to focus on three types of content:

Frequently asked questions

For your niche, think about the questions that will be asked frequently by your target audience and create articles answering these questions.

Google is a great place to start finding questions for which people are searching for answers. Type in a search term; you will find suggested queries and search terms at the bottom of the results.

If you know where your target audience is active online, then go to those places and ask them questions. Make a note of the questions and then write content answering the questions in an easy-to-consume format.

What’s essential is that you answer the question quickly, without them having to read through paragraphs of text. Please answer the question in the first or second paragraph and give them more advice.

Make your articles easy to scan to find the answer to their question.

Frequently asked questions are the best type of content for new writers because they are usually less competitive search terms, and your content can get discovered in the search engines more easily.

How to articles

How-to articles are the next best type of content you can create as a new writer. These will help your audience through a particular task and can come in different forms, from tutorials to step-by-step instructions.

Think of a challenge your audience faces, and then share how to achieve the goal. Instructional content needs to be easy to consume. You will need images to help the reader break up the text.

This content style takes longer to create but can help you attract your target audience and keep them coming back.

How to content will be some of the most valuable articles on your website because your audience will love that you’ve helped them through a particular task that they faced difficulties with or needed support. Make sure that this content is found easily on your site.

List type content

The final best type of content you can create as a new writer is listicle-type posts where you would list items within the article. It would depend on your niche, but people love this content because it’s easy to browse.

We’ve written a few listicle articles on Creator Trail, i.e. best WordPress Plugins and our favourite content creation tools. Think about your niche and what content you can create, which lists tools, resources, apps, products, or services in which your target audience is interested.

Get your creative juices flowing and think of list posts you can write.

Create a sustainable content creation routine

With creating any content, you need to be consistent and regularly publish content; that said, it must be a sustainable routine. Creating a content creation routine will help you achieve your goals.

Start as you mean to go on, do not write a post every day because keeping up with that long term will be difficult. At Creator Trail, we focus on writing at least one post weekly, but we write more when the creativity is in full flow.

Include a call to action in all articles

It’s also vital that you have a call to action for your email list – you want people to subscribe so that you can help them with future FAQ articles. Give them an incentive to sign and give you their email address.

Hopefully, this article has helped you understand the best type of content you can create as a new writer. Grab your laptop and start to think about what content you can write within your niche in these three styles.