Stuck what to post about on social media?
Social Media Content tips for you:
When therapists mention that they’re stuggling with what to post to Social Media for their business. I give them this advice:
Create your Pillars of Content
First up have a think about the “Pillars of content” that you want to offer. This is usually 3-5 themes or topics that your ideal client will want to read about.
(so for example, that could be something like mental health, self-care, physical health. Or you could chose topics that are even more specific to your client – and to your brand.)
If you’re not sure what your audience would like to read about – Ask them!
Just pop a question out there to your email list, or ask your clients when you see them,
“what’s your biggest challenge when it comes to…(what’s your specialism or area of expertise? insert that here)”.
See if you can make a list of 5-10 different things your audience (or clients) struggle with. Then choose 3-5 of the most common ones as your pillars.
When you’ve chosen your pillars. Put them in a document with separate sections for each pillar. Then every so often (monthly, weekly or -if you’re like me and hate routine – whenever you get some inspiration), sit down and pop any ideas that have come up around that topic into your document.
That makes it easy to find something at a moment’s notice to write about. Or to batch create your content for the next month or so, all together in one sitting.
Choose an angle
There’s loads of different angles you could choose to deliver posts around these topics, but here’s a few good ones for you :
1. )Be The Expert
Share your knowledge and expertise around a common problem your clients have.eg:
- How-to video,
- Q&A
- Tips and hacks
- Seasonal holidays
- National day/week of…. (whatever)
- News and events
- Trending topics
- a problem
- a challenge
- a win
- a behind-the-scenes
- Helpful
- Inspiring,
- Motivational
- News from the industry
- Interview with a client
- Client testimonial
- Share a Quote
- Articles/blog posts/images/videos from other people
yes you are allowed to sell your therapies too! Just make sure you stick to the 80/20 rule where 80% of your content is pure value for your audience and only 20% is selling or self-promotion.
The final step, if you want to be totally organised and efficient (of course you do, don’t look at me like that!) is to create a Social Media Content Calendar.
There’s plenty you can download for free online, but it’s basically just a spreadsheet with a calendar on, where you add links, posts or ideas for each day of the week/month/year.
A TRELLO board is also really useful for this:
Hope that helps.
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This is very helpful. Thanks.