Creative Social Media Post Ideas

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SOCIAL MEDIAWHAT TO POST?

Sometimes you need a little inspiration for your social mediastrategy. To keep your audience interested in your content, it'sa good idea to switch up the posts you are sharing. Use theseideas as inspiration for your own marketing strategy.

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SOCIAL MEDIACUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

Not only are customer testimonialsamazing to share, you can alsoturn them into graphics andshowcase them on Instagram,Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Quick Tip: Tag the employee, your customer orencourage them to tag themselves to increase yourreach and engagement.

SOCIAL MEDIAVIDEOS

Video testimonials, tutorials, productvideosCreate a longer video to include inyour blog and YouTube and edit intoa shorter video for Instagram andTwitter.


Quick Tip: Use the audio from your videos to create a podcast

SOCIAL MEDIASHOUTOUT/FEATURES

Share a valuable post from someoneor do a shout out to an industryleader, employee or customer.Create a list of people you follow andwhy they bring value.


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SOCIAL MEDIAUNIQUE USE OF YOUR PRODUCT

Share an interesting twist on yourproduct that people wouldn't expect.


Examples If you sell greeting cards, show them framed and hungas art.If you are a financial planner, show a photo of one ofyour customers actually using the money made fromtheir investments, such as a student going to Universityor someone retired on vacation.Do you sell tires and can't think of a single creativepost? Why not show how someone can make a tireswing for their child, or an obstacle course to train with.

SOCIAL MEDIABRANDED POSTCARD

Use special holidays to your advantageand brand an interesting postcard thataligns with that holiday. There isseriously a holiday for everything.


SOCIAL MEDIAASK FOR INPUT

One of the best ways to engage withyour community is to ask for input,suggestions and ideas.


Quick Tip: Create a branded postcard to use to addinterest to a standard text question post.

Creating a poll or sending a survey are other greatways to ask for feedback.

SOCIAL MEDIAFOLLOW UP POSTS

Use Google Analytics and find yourmost popular blog post, and then write afollow-up to it. You could also do thesame for popular social media posts,using your analytics or insights.


Quick Tip: For SEO purposes, you could also justadd onto an existing blog post and write at the topthat it was updated on that date.

SOCIAL MEDIACUSTOMER OF THE MONTH

You could implement this idea severalways, but highlighting a customer is anexcellent way to engage with yourcommunity. You could run it as acontest and giveaway a prize or servicefrom your business too.


SOCIAL MEDIASHARE VALUABLE RESOURCES

White paperNewsletterE-BookPodcastTraining moduleWebinar


SOCIAL MEDIACONTESTS

Who doesn't love a good giveaway?Hold a photo caption contest, or haveyour followers submit a story (or variousother contests) and give away prizes, orteam up with other businesses and do ahuge contest together.


SOCIAL MEDIACLEVER PRODUCT PLACEMENT

Incorporate your product into a situationthat it normally might not be in. Takethis clever Pepsi post as an example, itadds humour and appeals to theiraudience.


SOCIAL MEDIAGIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

Donate to a local cause and ask youraudience to help, or share a localfundraising event that you areparticipating in to encourage moreparticipants.


SOCIAL MEDIATRUE OR FALSE

Post a question and ask your audienceif they think it is the truth or a made-upstory.


Example

True or False: Our business has grown by 2000% in

the past 2 years.

The most popular dinner item in our restaurant was

created by accident the chef was actually preparing

a different dish.

SOCIAL MEDIAPROMOTE A RELATED BUSINESS

Help build awareness of a newbusiness, or show some love to abusiness you’ve used for years.

If you are a plumber, who do yourecommend for heating? Are you a localcopy centre? Who would yourecommend for photography?


SOCIAL MEDIAINFOGRAPHICS

Sometimes data can be boring butincorporate that information with somecool visuals, and create aninfographic to share and embed intoblog posts.


Quick Tip: Use PiktoChart, Canva or Venngage tocreate cool infographics. Read about the best toolsto create infographics.

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SOCIAL MEDIASNEAK PEAKS

New productsNew officeUpcoming events


NEWPodcast

Coming Soon!

SOCIAL MEDIAQ&A SESSION

Have a question and answer with yourcommunity so they can ask about yourcompany, products, or just get to knowyou.


Quick Tip: Use Facebook Live, Periscope, Blab,Snapchat or Anchor. Hold a Twitter chat, or createa post for people to add comments. You can alsouse YouTube to answer questions.

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SOCIAL MEDIACROSS-PROMOTE

Encourage your Facebook fans tocheck out your Instagram profile, orinclude your Twitter handle. As long asyou are providing value on your socialplatforms, this is a good idea to giveyour audience extra information.


SOCIAL MEDIAA DAY IN THE LIFE OF

Feature a new employee each weekand share what their day looks like.Could be a blog, photo collage orvideo.


SOCIAL MEDIAINSPIRING QUOTES

Create graphics with industry leaderquotes, or motivational messsages.


WHAT'S NEXT?LET'S CONNECT

Provide your customers with outstanding customer service usingsocial media, and use your profiles as a way of really connectingwith people.

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