Content strategy. What is it and do you need one?
If you have a service-based business and you're doing social media marketing, you probably need a content strategy-read on.
So what's a content strategy, anyway?
A content strategy is a component of your marketing plan. It supports your marketing goals (which ultimately contribute to reaching business objectives).
It's a game plan for reaching specific business objectives through offering high value quality content. It's your map for creating content your audience wants to see. It's the key to online community growth.
CONTENT STRATEGY ELEMENTS
A content strategy contains the following components:
Clear Message
Content Goals
Content Objectives
Audience Psychographics
Audience Identity
Content Purpose
Content Formats
Content Pillars, Clusters, & Topics
Content Plan
Differentiation Strategy
Defined Metrics & Analysis
DO YOU NEED A CONTENT STRATEGY?
How do you know if you need a content strategy? Do any of these situations apply to you:
You don't know what to write about
Your topics are inconsistent
Your message is unclear
You don't know who you're talking to or what they want to know
Your content gets little or no engagement
You aren't getting leads, referrals, or making sales from online efforts
Your email list is not growing
You don't have a reputation as expert or authority in your field
BENEFITS OF A CONTENT STRATEGY
What will a content strategy do for you? Here's a few of the benefits of strong content strategy:
Saves time on content planning
Content design becomes easy
Your message is clear
Your content creation process is streamlined
You reach the right people
You know what problems to solve
You build authority
You build trust
You build credibility
You can be seen as an expert
Your online community grows authentically
Your engagement improves
You attract leads and referrals
CONTENT STRATEGY EXAMPLE:
A content strategy is the key to a successful content marketing plan. Here's an example of a content strategy for a fitness specialist:
Message: I can help you increase your strength, agility, and flexibility.
Content Goals: To build email list, engaged followers, get leads
Content Objectives: To get profile visits and saves
Audience Psychographics: Busy gex X women who like coffee, wine, reading, and meeting with friends
Audience Identity: Working moms, want to be fit, busy
Content Plan Element: Mondays are Core Strength days
Content Pillars: Core Strength, Weight Training, Cardio Fitness
Content Cluster: Proper format for core strength exercises
Content Topic Example: How to do a plank the right way so you get results
Differentiation Strategy: I'll be different by providing research sources with a How-to video, directions in the caption, and link to resources for more plank variations (shows my expertise and knowledge)
Content Purpose: Educate
Content Format: Video
Defined Metrics: Profile visits, website taps, and saves
CONCLUSION
A content strategy not only streamlines content and saves time. It builds brand awareness, authority, credibility, and trust.
Toni is an Instagram marketing strategist and data nerd who helps service-based businesses go from having a "presence" on social media to DOMINATING their niche.
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