Tips for content creation

Is it hard to create content for my website?

This is a question a lot of people have when starting a blog, website, or even a marketing campaign. There are several benefits to each and there is a lot of content to cover depending on the niche or topic you have decided to cover. We will discuss a few things here such as;

• What to write about.
• Writing trust worthy content.
• Make it visual to aide in your content.
• Creating an Editorial Calander.

So what is content creation?

Content creation is any of the pictures, video, or words collaborated together to create helpful and trustworthy information for your readers. What this means is that you are providing a service, to help inform people under your particular niche, or area of expertise, to better themselves in the knowledge that you are providing for them. This is a key step in content creation. This allows your readers to engage with your content and helps them have a better understanding for what it is you are trying to inform them about. You need to make sure that your content will create buzz, and that they are truly interested in reading about your topic.

How do I know what to write about?Content creation can be confusing.

This depends on your niche. First, you should choose a topic that you either know, or are willing to do the research on for your website or blog.

• Make sure you are providing valuable information about the topic.
• Do more research about the topic you are writing about.
• Brainstorm Ideas you have about the topic.

Once you have these things in place, just start writing on a sheet of paper or type in a text or word setting. This technique is known as free writing. Use these steps when free writing to get a better idea of what you are going to write about.

• Get yourself in an area when you can not be distracted. This is key you can have an idea, and a distraction can pull you away. So you turn about five minutes of writing into about 30 minutes of extra work to get back on task.
• Time yourself for five or seven minutes about the topic and don’t stop writing until the timer stops. If you can not think of anything, write that down as well. This allows you to get some ideas on paper and give you a great starting point.
• Once you have done this, you should have a pretty good idea about what you are going to be writing about.

How do I know if my content is trustworthy?Make sure your content is full of life.

Ultimately, there are a few things to look at here.

• Does your content serve a purpose?
• Will your audience learn from your topic?
• Am I providing a service that will help people?

When you’re writing your content these are some key points you want to look at when writing. Make sure you give your readers purpose for reading your content. Teach them something, and provide them the service of learning from you. Do these things and you have the basics of building trustworthy content for your readers.

Making it visual to grab attention!

This is a big step in creating content on your blog or website. We are in a more visual society. Here are some things to make it more appealing for your readers and really grab their attention.

• Use bullet points, this allows them to skim through and hit the key points of your article.
• Use pictures, this helps you tell a story visually with what you are trying to teach.
• Use headlines to grab the readers attention but make them genuine. This allows you to catch the readers attention, with something real. I did get yours didn’t I?

These are just a few things to make it visual in your blog, to make it more appealing for your readers. Not everyone can just look through text and engage in the reading, so by adding these it makes your blog more readable. This is one of the most missed steps in content creation.

Should I schedule my content?

Simple answer, absolutely. You need to make sure you make an editorial calendar, and stick with to your plan. You should always be consistent with your blog posts, doing one every two or three days. This allows you to:

• Keep a schedule and stay consistent, obviously.
• Manage your time better and stay organized with what you are writing about.
• Allows you a little more time to get out there and share your content with your readers.

Having a schedule, first and foremost it allows a schedule to be in place. It makes it easier for your readers to follow you. Having a schedule for blog posts, social media, and even posting pictures, makes it easier to stay on task, and get the most out of what you are trying to achieve.

These are just a few things to look for when creating a blog or website content. There are many other things you can do to make your site more appealing. There are a number of books you can find on amazon from some really great content creators. Also wealthy affiliate has some great content creation lessons you can enjoy. If you want more information on how to get more out of your content, feel free to use the sign up form to the left, so you can get more information about content creation. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me what you think about the post!