Social media content ideas are those magic triggers that excite social media users to click through and take action. You could have your own list of things to post on social media but new content ideas are always welcome.
This post is exactly what you need to increase social media engagement with the best content ideas.
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So, what are some things to post on social media?
Even though every social media platform has it’s own glued audience but these social media content ideas can be used everywhere to capture attention and make users stick to your content.
Most online businesses, and blogs use facebook, Instagram and twitter marketing strategies to build an audience and attract potential customers.
But, here are few things to know before posting content on social media.
These are few no-brainer tactics to read your own target audience so that your message gets across easily and has a solid engaging impact.
You need an engaged audience, not just dull-dead followers.
- Have a deep understanding of your social media audience. Their demographics, and interests. These two key characteristics define your audience well and also, helps to draft your best social media content.
- Get familiar with different content formats and ideas to test out
- Learn to read social media analytics to draft the best message for your followers using different social media tools.
- Focus on creativity, and engaging content to pique the audience’s interest
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Schedule social media content in advance
By planning social media content in advance does not only ease your workload but also delivers content at the right time. Furthermore, it saves so much time being on every platform.
For example,
I use Tailwind to schedule Pinterest pins and tailwind tribes.
Similarly, if you are most active on Instagram then you can use Tailwind for Instagram too. It is being used to hide Instagram hashtags, plan Instagram content, and finding best hashtags using tailwind’s feature.
There are other tools like Hootsuite, Buffer and even, PromoRepublic to schedule social media content in advance.
If you want to create quotes and custom social media templates then take a look at PromoRepublic’s feature. It’s a wonderful tool with an option to create quotes and easily schedule to any platform you want.
Designing Social Media Graphics And Quotes
According to Hubspot, “When a Facebook post has images, it earns about 2.3x more engagement than it would if it had no images”
And, that’s the reason most marketers and bloggers are using visuals and videos in their social media content strategy.
“80% of marketing professionals are currently using visual assets in their social media marketing”
With the help of amazing online tools, creating pretty and attractive graphics is now super easy. There are pre-made templates available. You can simply edit the text and post them.
I personally use Canva pro to design graphics. And, it’s totally worth spending your money. With thousands of elements, gorgeous templates, unique stock images, and premium fonts, Canva is a favorite tool!
Here’s what canva looks like.
However, Invideo is a great option for creating quick videos.
Now, here are some creative social media post ideas to post.
100+ Best Social Media Content Ideas To Share
Let’s take a look at 100 best social media content ideas;
1- Tell stories
2- Share stories of consumers or people from real life
3- Post a motivational story
4- Share what have you achieved in your business/blog
5- Share a fellow blogger story
6- Talk about a product idea and why it sells like crazy
7- Post a video story or a video clip that shares a sequence of different clips
8- A bad story / Discuss a failure
9- Ask questions
10- This or that.
11- Take a poll
12- Live video
13- Invite someone on your live video and talk about something
14- Do you remember?
15- Fill in the blank template
16- Talk about mistakes. (the mistakes in your personal life, career growth, business growth, friends)
17- Go behind the scenes
18- Share a quote
19- A quote about failures
20- Host a AMA (ask me anything)
21- Ask for recommendations (books, tv series, restaurants, online portals etc)
22- Host a sale
23- Do a giveaway
24- Share a blog post
24- Share the first post you wrote
25- Share a comment you received on your blog
26- Share an infographic
27- Share a quiz image
28- Share a crossword image
29- Post a riddle
30- Post a testimonial from a client
31- Sneak Peak of a new product/blog post
32- Share a gift for your audience
33- Leave your favourite podcast list
34- 5 top online sites you visit the most
35- Leave a productivity tip
36- Drop your favorite emoji / Ask your followers about most used emojis
37- Post a meme. You can use these sites for finding memes to post.
38- Write about your worst online buying experience
39- Share any third party news/updates
40- Reshare an old post
41- Post a casestudy
42- Post a tuesday tip
43- Drop motivational monday quote
44- Post wednesday wisdom
45- Talk about weekends
46- Post a seasonal content
47- Drop your favourite holiday destination
48- Mention an expert
49- Share a 1 minute video
50- Post a youtube video link
51- Share your morning routine
52- Post your workspace picture
53- Share a health tip
54- Talk about ONE failure
55- Share your BIGGEST regret
56- Talk about someone who inspire you
57- What is your goals strategy?
58- Share a self care tip
59- Promote your product
60- Share ONE unique feature about your product
61- Share your freebie
62- Ask people to sign up for your email list and tell them WHY?
63- Share a favorite story
64- Share a tweet you like
65- Post a pin you like
66- Share some design tips
67- How do you treat your followers/customers? Like how are they special?
68- Give a limited time discount
69- Share 5 tools (5 products, 5 books, 5 youtube videos, 5 makeup essentials) you are obsessed with
70- Leave a time management tip
71- One piece of advice for new entrepreneurs
72- Give a shoutout
73- Promote other social media platforms
74- Share your contact info
75- Answer a question
76- Ask about your audience how they found you
77- Post a funny quote
78- Post a fun fact about yourself
79- Ask any funny thing
80- Post a charity cause
81- Promote an event
82- Do a comparison post
83- Share a 5 minute hack!
84- How have you evolved as a person? how your business has evolved?
85- ONE social media tip
86- Share stats and figures
87- BE A curator. Follow other influencers/bloggers/businesses and share their best content
88- Introduce yourself again
89- Get a feedback on something
90- ONE quick tip
91- Save the date. Post events and content related to specific date. National holiday. Festival.
92- A screenshot of your sales/best comments
93- Create a challenge in your niche
94- Celebrate 1000 followers and post a thankyou note
95- Shoutout to your top 5 fans
96- Post an animated GIF
97- Do a boomerang and post it
98- Share a HOW TO video
99- What you are doing right now? Share it!
100- Link your guest posts
101- Share a survey
102- Post a checklist/printable
103- Leave an irresistible statistics
104- Breaking news / Latest update
105- Encouragement
106- Tip of the day
106- A day in the life
107- Outfit of the day
108- If you could question post
That was amazing, right?
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Social Media Post Ideas For Engagement
I hope this social media content ideas list will be helpful to schedule some ideas for next month.
Simply, pin the image or even, bookmark this post.
Do you have other ideas for social media? Leave those in the comments.
This is a really great post, definitely bookmarking it to come back later when I need some inspiration on what to post!!
Hi, Arfa Thanks for sharing this amazing post keep up it
I pinned these ideas for later! Thanks for a great post. It’s hard to come up with good ideas for social media post day after day. This will be a great help!
I have only been blogging for the last 5 months and I struggle with coming up with social media content. This post is so helpful. Thank you!
I absolutely love this list! Great ideas, I am saving this as a reminder that I do having something to talk about. Thank you.
Wow, thanks for that. I’m a new blogger and I really need that.
This was a great read and gave me some inspiration for social media content ideas that I can do in the future. I agree with sharing something that is useful and resonates with your audience. It’s also important to do keyword research.
Happy to know that 🙂
That’s awesome!
This is a great post that is full of useful ideas. I often overthink social media. So, I’ll come back when I need ideas 🙂