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Making Effective Content Schedules for Social Media Marketers

Making Effective Content Schedules for Social Media Marketers

"Content is king": Bill Gates used this statement to describe the value of internet marketing in a 1996 article, and it quickly became a popular catchphrase. Today, I'd want to challenge this conventional wisdom: "Social media content is king."

Customer engagement and corporate success need effective social media content. Failure to have a solid timetable for distributing this information may cost firms thousands of dollars. I've compiled a list of the finest practices I've discovered over the course of my work.


Why are content schedules required?

A content plan and timetable are at the core of a company's whole social media campaign. While most company executives recognize the need to develop content, others may not grasp why a content calendar is required.

Creating and sticking to a solid content calendar helps put your company on the right track to success. Failure to do so might cost you a significant amount of time and effort. It doesn't matter how great or humorous your articles are if you don't know when the best days of the week and times to release them are. They risk being removed when the platform's user base is minimal, and fewer eyes immediately translate into fewer views.

Finally, marketers want views because we want sales, and bad planning may lead to missed opportunities from this perspective. If you don't contact prospective consumers on social media at the correct moments, you'll lose them and their orders.

Everything depends on timing.

Before designing a content plan, it is vital to understand the optimum times to distribute material. When you first create a social media account, conduct research to determine which time slots will work best for you. For the first three months, monitor your involvement throughout various time slots and days of the week. Following that, do a thorough study of the findings to develop insights.

Following this procedure, our social media team determined that our most successful TikTok content schedule is every Thursday and weekend, 7 p.m. and up Philippine time. We were able to put up a plan to expand our visibility naturally once we understood when to publish our material.

It's preferable, in my opinion, to prepare and pick what material to distribute each day of a particular quarter during the preceding quarter. For example, my team defined what material will be sent in January 2023, beginning in October 2022, when we discussed ideas, selected subjects, and established Q1's social media schedule. We finished our content scripts and mockups in November and created the real articles and videos in December.

This gives you plenty of time to create all of the stuff you'll need to fill your schedule. It also frees up your team's time for other vital activities like community management, paid ad execution, and live sessions.

Continuous Enhancement

I advocate running many studies to compare findings for various types of material. Spend three months monitoring the results of unpaid, organic initiatives, followed by at least one month paying to promote postings or distribute advertising. Setting up studies to test the success of various subjects and kinds of postings, or different audiences targeted for advertisements, is also beneficial.

Each run will provide unique results, which may then be applied to the following run. Over time, you will have a better grasp of what works best for your companyowing run. Over time, you will have a better grasp of what works best for your company. Even if your prior campaign had positive results, I recommend that you continue your study since social media is continuously evolving. What worked before may only function sometimes the following time.

Consider creating two types of reports based on the findings. A seven-day assessment of the previous week will provide you with quick insights into which material is gaining momentum and has the greatest potential to become viral. After 30 days, the results will provide overall insights into which materials and scheduling practices fared well in the preceding month.

How to Choose the Best Order to Release Content

Categorizing your material might assist you in determining the sequence in which it should be released.

"Always on" content is content that has been proven successful and will continue to function regardless of when your team delivers it. Once released, it is almost certain to be favorably received by your target audience. I prefer to maintain a regular stream of "always on" material to keep our metrics strong, regardless of what other experiments we're doing.

"Filler content" is made up of experimental articles that should only be included in your feed on a regular basis. These are chances to try new things. However, because of how unpredictable their efficacy is, there should be a lot of trustworthy information on both sides.

The majority of "seasonal material" is about festivities and holidays. This category also includes company anniversaries and noteworthy birthdays. This material must be linked to certain days, so schedule it first when creating your calendar. After that, put the various types of material around it.

"Urgent" or "ASAP" material is the only category that cannot be scheduled. These postings capitalize on locally or globally hot topics. Because they are often time-sensitive, strive to disclose them as quickly as feasible—typically within the next 24 hours.

These postings may also occur when your organization reaches a key milestone but no one thinks to create material for it. When this occurs, prioritize getting the new post out as soon as possible and adjust the other planned material appropriately.

The Best Investment

In my experience, many company owners do not have the time to master the intricacies of building content calendars and social media campaigns. Hiring a professional to manage such obligations is the best investment they can make for their company.

Without a doubt, social media marketing on a consistent timetable may help you maximize your brand. 

Rachid Achaoui
By : Rachid Achaoui
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