Welcome to a bonus episode of the Ecommerce Content 101 series!
The Ecommerce Content 101 podcast series explains why content is important for your ecommerce business and how to make it quickly and effectively.
We got great feedback on the series from you, our amazing readers and subscribers. Thank you! It helps us know what you need and what we can do for you.
From your feedback, we found that some business owners are stuck getting started because it鈥檚 hard for them to pick a topic for their content. That鈥檚 why we made one more episode to help inspire you to start.
If you missed the other episodes in the Ecommerce Content 101 series, catch up on them here:
- The Importance of Creating Content for a Business
- How to Manage Content Creation With Ease
- Overcoming the Fear of Creating Content
Don鈥檛 Overthink It
Getting started with anything is not about perfection. You just need to get into the
When you start doing something new, you won鈥檛 be incredibly confident at first. As you do it, you鈥檒l gain more competence and confidence. And the process becomes a cycle towards better, more informative content.
Through this process, you will learn more about what you like and what works, then do more of that. You can also adjust according to feedback from a variety of sources, including yourself, your customers, and people who reached out to you on social media.
Five Types of Content to Create for Your Business
Let鈥檚 discuss the kind of content you can start making right now to promote your business.
Document your business process. Start uploading videos about your daily routine and what you do for your business. Believe it or not, people want these
Don鈥檛 underestimate the industry events you go to. Document them and share content from them with your audience. People will watch to understand more about your industry, what happens between business owners, and for amusement.
Respond to other people鈥檚 content. Some people already target your audience, and you could add your own insights to their posts. Don鈥檛 underestimate the power of leveraging popular videos and adding commentary, giving feedback, or just offering your unique perspective.
The easiest way to make content is by reposting
Show content of people using your product. You could bring your product, widget, service, or whatever you create into the real world and ask people鈥檚 opinions about it. Take pictures, record people鈥檚 opinions, and get feedback on the spot. Think of it as a focus group that you can turn into content for your business.
As you can see, there are several ways you can produce content for your social media accounts. And these are just the beginning! Once you get in the groove of making content, you鈥檒l come up with your own ideas of what to create.
Now, go off and come up with your first
