Become a Content Creator! First 3 Steps to a Strong Content Foundation
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
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If you want to become a successful content creator, starting your journey with these 3 activities will set your future content-creator-self up for success.
These activities won’t take long but they will make a world of difference.
In this video, we’ll cover:
✍️ Writing Your Goals
Gain clarity and transform abstract ideas into concrete plans
📝 Defining Your Ideal Client Avatar (ICA)
Focus your content and messaging to resonate with your target audience
🏛️ Creating Your Content Pillars
Keep your content focused, valuable, and aligned with your brand and audience needs
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✍️ Activity #1: Write Your Goals
Writing down your goals provides clarity and helps you focus your efforts. Whether your goal is to share your passion for storytelling, achieve financial independence, or find a community, understanding your "why" is crucial. Here are some prompts to help you figure out your goals. Pause the video to write them down or take a screenshot for later!
📝 Activity #2: Define Your Ideal Client Avatar (ICA)
Your ICA represents the specific type of person you want to reach with your content. This step helps you create content that resonates deeply with your audience. We’ll go through some journaling prompts and a fun mad lib exercise to define your ICA. Check the description for the mad lib template you can copy and paste!
🏛️ Activity #3: Create Your Content Pillars
Content pillars are essential for keeping your content focused and ensuring consistent engagement and audience growth. Choose 3-5 main themes that align with your brand and come up with 3-5 topics within those themes. This will provide a roadmap for your content creation.
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✏️ ICA MAD LIB EXERCISE
Copy and paste this, then fill out with your own answers!
I HELP [insert your ideal client]
GO FROM [the struggle or challenge they face]
TO [what you help them achieve]
SO THAT THEY CAN [why do people do this or what does your content help them with].
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🖥️ AI PROMPT FOR SEO & KEYWORDS
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Act as a highly skilled social media marketing expert. Create a list of 15 SEO keywords that I can use to target audiences who are [insert your target audience's need]. Your expertise in selecting keywords that resonate with this specific audience will play a crucial role in maximizing the reach and impact of our social media-focused marketing efforts. Do not write hashtags and make sure to write them in one paragraph, without a number so that I can copy & paste easily.
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I’d love to know how this prompt works for you!
Let me know in the comments if I make a video about this process!
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WHAT'S NEXT 🤔🔎
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Thank you for watching, and see you next week with more updates!
Have you started your channel yet?! What's holding you back?
awesome channel! :) i am grateful for your guidance!
Thank you so much for saying that! I really appreciate it!
You are off to a great start, Claire. Always remember, "done is better than perfect" for us creators. (By the way, I loved your puppy's photo bomb at the end - LOL)
Done is better than perfect! Thank you for sharing that and I will keep that in mind! I'm glad you enjoyed that! I don't know why but I HAD to share it because it made me laugh 😹
Great info. I did all three steps and yep - I was planning way too much. It really helped me clean it up and get way more focused. Thanks, Claire!!!
Thank you for sharing that this helped! I can't tell you how much that means! It is a lot but it helped me narrow down and focus my content as well! So glad you got a little father with your content journey!
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington
I will do that!
Thanks for the prompts! Again this is an area I need to improve at all around, writing everything out and organizing. But a lot of the time I focus so much on trying to get the supports down and forget to actually release content!
There are so many steps and aspects of content creation to consider and I have definitely gotten caught in that phase as well! I hope the prompts help! 😊
#1. Make coffee. 2. Don't quit. 3. The ring light in your glasses is distracting. 4. Turn on the mic. (heard your "Make sure your recording" comment.) 5. Have fun with it like I'm doing here. Really, it's disappointing to record a perfect clip only to discover the mic was off. Yeah, I've done that. 6. Don't be too concerned you are going to make mistakes. You will, we all do. #7. Don't quit, (see #2) you can't be a UA-cam creator if you quit. Your next video may be the one that goes viral! It won't if you quit. Oh, oh, almost forgot. Make your thumbnail first. I'm a beekeeper, I make mistakes. One thing the bees have taught me is that while mistakes sometimes have a cost, usually, you can fix them with what you learned making the mistake. Your I.C.A is a good idea. Your almost to 200 subs Claire, keep it up.
Thank you so much for your time and feedback! Thats how we all get better! The ring light was so frusterating to see and I really dislike it as well! I thought I put it far enough to the side but now I know 🫤 I added this to my list for my "What I learned in the first month of creating videos" video I'm going to do next month. I love your tip's about not quiting AND having fun! That's really what it all comes down to! I recently heard from a friend: mistakes are just new oppertunities. I love hearing these different perspectives! Thank you so much for the support!
@@Contentclaire_ity Hi,
On other channels they gave the tip to incline a bit your glasses so it wouldn't show. I don't know if that can help in your case.
And thanks for the channel, it's amazing, I love it !