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Tips for choosing, creating and managing content for small businesses and non-profits.
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CONTENT STRATEGYSMALL BUSINESS SECRETS FOR SUCCESS
Start with basic
questions
WHY AM I DOING THIS?
• To help my reputation?
• To directly sell something?
• To serve my existing customers better?
WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE?
• Do they want to talk to me? • Do they need to talk to me?• What are their interests?• How do they use media?
Before you start planning
KNOW YOUR MEDIA
Text - persuasion• Details
• Specifics
• Links
Photos - attraction• Impressions
• Holistic view
Videos - emotion• Processes
• Feelings
KNOW YOUR CAPACITY
What kind of content do I know how to create?
How often can I create content?
If your photos look like this, maybe pick a different medium…
Plan the work
GET IDEASPlaces to look• Customer interactions
• Employee interactions (reward idea contributions)
• Successful strategies for others
• A news-reading habit• Social follows• RSS• Trade press
MANAGE THE IDEAS
Use a system that works for you & bank ideas before you start• Shared .doc
• Private Pinterest board
• Trello or similar
Leave space for inspiration/crises/trends
SCHEDULEWhen will content be created?• Routine systems work well
• Plan people, time for editing
• Business lifecycle matters
Who will create it?• System for employee ideas
• Who will re-purpose existing content?
Work the plan
GETTING IT DONE
Give yourself two weeks of slush – stuff you can publish any time – before you publish anything.
After the first month, check your process. • Content quantity
• Content quality
• Stress of production
LEARN AND IMPROVE• What did I want to accomplish?
• How can I tell if I did it?
• Did I?
• What can I learn from what I did to do better?
Whose content is it anyway?
QUICK TIPS
Routine will save your bacon
Don’t start what you can’t keep up. Corollary: if you can’t keep up, take down.
Reuse when reasonable.Blog post
Instagram the images over time
Tweet the quotes over time
Use social to bring back seasonally
Do annual follow-ups where it makes sense
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