As a blog editor, I find that -- even more than recruiting writers, adding calls to action, creating editorial calendars, and searching for great photos -- I'm helping writers come up with "sharable" content ideas and innovative ways to format their posts.

A great blog is needs variety, so here are 50 ideas you can refer to next time you find yourself in a creative rut. Steal 'em, share 'em, and bookmark 'em. I know I will!

1. How-to/Tutorial
2. List (like this one!)
3. Thought leader interview
4. Customer interview
5. Late-breaking industry news
6. Company news
7. Book excerpt (with permission)
8. Thought leader guest post
9. CEO guest post
10. Event recap
11. Crowdsourced article
12. Statistics
13. Customer story
14. Parody
15. What if?
16. What not to do
17. Video blog (vlog)
18. FAQs
19. Ebook/whitepaper excerpt
20. Checklist
21. Cheat sheet
22. Breakdown of a Slideshare presentation
23. Success story
24. Infographic
25. Survey or poll
26. Quiz
27. Contest
28. Product announcement
29. Make jokes
30. Employee or event photos
31. Webinar recap
32. Event promotion
33. Recap of top posts
34. Recap of top ebooks/whitepapers
35. Recap of top webinars
36. Recap of top videos
37. Favorite books
38. Favorite podcasts
39. Favorite videos
40. Research findings
41. Embedded tweets
42. Tell a story
43. Syndicate content from other blogs
44. Summarize your results
45. Solve customer problems
46. Compare your job to bacon
47. Live blog
48. Write about a new team member
49. Draw a cartoon
50. Give kudos

What other kinds of blog posts are you writing? What formats have been most successful? Share your ideas in the comments below!