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Content That Engages Vs. Content That Sells
The surprising truth
It pays to obsess over function rather than form. Literally. And that applies to content as much as it does to design.
Many entrepreneurs will find themselves creating content to grow their business.
But it’s altogether too easy to get caught up in trying to become a YouTuber than in showing up and serving your audience. And the two approaches lead to vastly different results.
Just because content engages doesn’t mean it generates sales. The two are often mutually exclusive.
Just because content engages doesn’t mean it generates sales. The two are often mutually exclusive. (Click To Tweet)
It’s easy to look at an Instagram influencer with thousands of likes on every post and think to yourself, “wow, they are killing it — I must be doing something wrong.”
But the reality is that many of these so-called influencers make aggressively mediocre money.
Your feelings might get hurt when your content doesn’t get engaged, but if it leads to results that show up on your P&L statement, you might begin to feel a little differently about the situation.
SuperFastBusiness founder James Schramko has been making short social media videos that earn him hundreds of thousands of dollars for years (and his course on the same topic is a steal at $9).
These videos answer his target audience’s questions and adds value to them. As his audience gets a better sense of what’s available, they go to his website to check out thesolutions he’s got to offer.
If he were obsessed with becoming a YouTuber, he probably wouldn’t even come close to generating six-figures.
YouTube audiences come ready to watch. They want to sit on their couch, find something they can get stuck into, and even have high standards for production.
Which isn’t to say don’t use YouTube. But if you’re going to be doing what James did, you should consider distributing your videos across the main social networks too — Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
