Coming up with new content ideas is hard. Here’s a simple two-step process that makes it easier.
You’ll use Perplexity AI to find what’s trending, then use Contentdrips to turn those ideas into posts.
Step 1: Find Trending Topics with Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI searches the internet and shows you what people are talking about right now.
The Prompt
Copy this prompt and replace [YOUR TOPICS] with whatever you post about:
Search the internet for recent news, product launches, viral memes, controversial discussions that are currently gaining attention in the [YOUR TOPICS]. Search through different blogs, Reddit, X, and niche online communities in the last 7 days. Find 5-10 viral content ideas that are relevant to this field. For each trend, include:
A short and catchy title or hook idea
A brief description (1-3 sentences) explaining what's trending and why it's viral
Which platforms it's trending on (e.g., TikTok, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Instagram)
Post excerpt — a complete excerpt for a social media post
Output Format (Table)
For example, if you post about AI and SEO, you’d write “AI and SEO” where it says [YOUR TOPICS].
What You’ll Get
Perplexity gives you a table with content ideas. Each row has:
- A hook
- What the trend is about
- Where people are talking about it
- A post excerpt you can use
The post excerpt is the most useful part. It gives you something to start with instead of writing from scratch.
Step 2: Turn Ideas into Posts with Contentdrips
Now take those ideas and make them into actual posts like a well written text post and then a social media carousel for LinkedIn & Instagram.
Turning your idea into a text post
To do that we will be using Contentdrips Post Writer which allows you to turn any topic into multiple well formatted text posts for your LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter.
- First go to Contentdrips AI Post Writer
- Choose the Topic option
- Paste your post excerpt which you got from Perplexity.
- Turn on “Match My Style” so it sounds like you
- Click “Generate Posts”
You’ll get several versions of the post, formatted and ready to use.
Turn your idea into carousel post
Contentdrips offers hundreds of carousel templates. It also offers AI feature too where you can input an idea and it creates a carousel out of it.
- First open any carousel post template
- Click on “Try AI” and choose “Topic” option
- Paste your post excerpt which you got from Perplexity
- Hit “Generate” and it will create a carousel for you.
That’s It
This process takes a few minutes. You go from not knowing what to post to having finished content scheduled and ready.
Perplexity finds what’s relevant right now. Contentdrips formats it and handles the scheduling. Together, they remove most of the work from content creation.
We’ve recorded a Youtube video tutorial as well that you can watch
