is your brand a b movie?
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Nobody likes a bad movie. Face it: nobody enjoys going to the theater and spending $9 on a film that’s no good. There’s a reason why a certain subclass of movies are considered at the “B” level – basically, they’re just not up to the same level of snuff as the “A” players.
Now, consider this analogy alongside your social media. Are you having a hard Hme geIng others to share your material, or reTweet your Tweets? If you’re offering your followers B-‐level material, therein lies your problem.
Let’s look at some B-level content and see what we can do to get our content to A-level.
Shut up; We’ve Heard it Before Unique content isn’t just important in terms of not geIng penalized by Google. You also need to be conceptually unique enough to draw visitors to your site or get people to click the “share” buSon. Don’t just repeat what other experts in the field have to say – put your own unique research and learned opinion behind it and you’ll be making content that is not just unique in words, but unique in ideas.
Also, make sure that you understand that different social media outlets have different rules. TweeHng is not the same as Facebooking which is not the same as connecHng with colleagues on LinkedIn.
At Curtain Call: Don’t just be technically unique, be conceptually unique. And learn how to best use each social media sharing tool separately – you can’t just throw a post up on all three and call it a day for best results!
Don’t Look Like an Amateur It’s not preSy, but someHmes it’s worth it to call in help from the outside. Not all of us own professional-‐grade photography equipment, so that’s why we hire professionals that have it. SomeHmes it might be worth considering outsourcing your social media to a professional, or it might be worth bringing in a team of experts to help you create an editorial calendar for your blog.
When it comes to running businesses, we all have strengths. Learn to play to yours – don’t let the entrepreneurial insHnct to “do it all” put your content markeHng at risk.
At Curtain Call: Call in the big guns if necessary. No one person can do all things perfectly – if you’re having trouble geIng your content out there, it might be wise to bite the bullet and call in professionals to help.
The Sequel: Be Very Careful So, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 was a flop. The first one was a mulH-‐billion dollar success. What happened? The content of the first film that was so excellent was repurposed – but in a way that lost all (or most) of the humor and playfulness that made the first one so good.
Repurposing your content – for example, turning a blog post into a Slideshare, or recording a podcast – is a great way to make your content go farther. But you don’t want more content to override good content.
At Curtain Call: Be careful with your repurposing. Of course, nobody expects most content markeHng to be as unique as movie sequels, but make sure you make the effort not just to repurpose for quanHty, but for quality.