Are you struggling to come up with new ideas for your social media? Have a look at the 50 social media content ideas. You don't need to use all of them just pick your favourite ones that fit into your business and your personality. Use them for a few weeks and look at your analytics. Drop the ones with no engagement and try different topics until you find what works for you and your target audience. Remember there are no one-size-fits-all in social media.
Behind the scenes. Show followers your business space and what you do day-to-day
Share a personal story it can be personalised to your business or your life
Host a giveaway. Maybe to help launch a new product
Share your business story. How did you get started?
Shoutout to clients or followers. People like to be acknowledged
Inspirational quotes
Ask followers/clients to feedback post ideas. What they would like to see?
Host a live chat on new/current products and services
New product sneak peek
Share your favourite apps that help you with your business day
Share errors/lessons learnt
Promote your newsletter to get more people to sign up
Share your daily routine
Create an ‘ask me anything’ post
Weekly top tip
Share testimonials from clients
Share industry news
Promote a flash sale or deal
Post interesting facts about your business/industry
Page take-over. Allow an employee, influencer or brand ambassador to run the page for 24 hours
Post a promotional video
Share like-minded social media profiles to follow; sharing is caring
Ask for feedback and things to improve on
Time-saving tips
Interview a likeminded industry expert
Share an inspiring story
Share a blog/podcast you recently listened to that you found interesting
How to…. Share how-to ‘make more time’, ‘engage more followers’
Be thankful to employees, customers, or followers
Celebrate the wins however big or small
Share something that has helped you recently in your business
Create a monthly theme.
Have fun with a ‘this-or-that’ poll. Get followers to pick a side; could lead to some interesting conversations
Tap into a trending topic; it doesn’t have to be business-related but could engage new followers
Create fill in the blank posts
Introduce your team; people love learning about who does what within the business
Ask followers to share the last nature photo or animal picture they have on their phone
Share social media fails
Team up with an influencer; get them to take over and share their experiences/knowledge
Nothing wrong with re-posting old content. Maybe just use a different picture
Do a live video about different products you sell/promote
Ask your followers how they are dealing with the ever-changing world of online business
‘Caption This’ pictures
Selfie day. Post a selfie of yourself and ask people to post selfies of themself
Competitions and giveaways
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