Everyone Can Create Digital Content. Here is How to Start.
Jan 16, 2024
Everyone can start creating digital content for their brand. The challenge is: You might not know where to start. I struggled with this 6 months ago. ❌ Here are the simple questions that helped in my consultant/ founder journey: ✅ Large question: What is my why? ✅ (Helping people grow their careers and digital businesses) Medium question: How can I approach sharing online with a different perspective and start simple? ✅ (I share not only successes but also what failed, so the learnings can help someone save valuable time) Smaller questions: ✅ 1. Where is most of my potential audience and what are their problems? 2. What are the things I am already doing or learning which can be valuable for others, too? 3. What top three topics are easy, yet impactful to start? 4. What does data say about 1 and 2? To encourage you to start: ✅ - On LinkedIn, when I first started posting consistently, I had posts that had only 2-3 reactions. In the beginning some learning materials on my digital platform that had only 20-30 views. By time some content (short videos) also reached 30K+ views with no paid media advertising. Views are not my focus, but conversions, plus the short-term and long-term impact are. - Also, there were times when some people, who have never engaged with what I share online, contacted me for potential projects or business collaborations. Some trials will fail and it’s OK. Focus on the longer journey and keep on going. It/you will get better over time.
These questions, plus a 3-pillar digital content strategy helped me increase the LinkedIn ratings and move to between Top 4-6% in the consulting business category.
Every journey is unique, and I hope this, particularly reading about the not so amazing numbers in the first month(s), gives you hope and encouragement to start your content strategy and implementation journey. Good luck.
The challenge is:
You might not know where to start.
I struggled with this 6 months ago. ❌
Here are the simple questions that helped in my consultant/ founder journey: ✅
Large question: What is my why? ✅
(Helping people grow their careers and digital businesses)
Medium question: How can I approach sharing online with a different perspective and start simple? ✅
(I share not only successes but also what failed, so the learnings can help someone save valuable time)
Smaller questions: ✅
1. Where is most of my potential audience and what are their problems?
2. What are the things I am already doing or learning which can be valuable for others, too?
3. What top three topics are easy, yet impactful to start?
4. What does data say about 1 and 2?
To encourage you to start: ✅
- On LinkedIn, when I first started posting consistently, I had posts that had only 2-3 reactions. In the beginning some learning materials on my digital platform that had only 20-30 views. By time some content (short videos) also reached 30K+ views with no paid media advertising. Views are not my focus, but conversions, plus the short-term and long-term impact are.
- Also, there were times when some people, who have never engaged with what I share online, contacted me for potential projects or business collaborations.
Some trials will fail and it’s OK. Focus on the longer journey and keep on going. It/you will get better over time.