{"id":1501,"date":"2020-09-01T21:44:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2021-02-25T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T09:35:45","slug":"social-media-content-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/nb\/social-media-content-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"120 social media content ideas \u2013 the ultimate cheat sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Desperate for some fresh ideas of what to post on your social media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have come to the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u201c<strong>Ultimate Cheat Sheet of 120 Ideas for Social Media Content<\/strong>\u201d is for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our exhaustive list will keep your creativity flourish for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never run out of social media content ideas again &#8211; at last for the upcoming four months!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"social-media-content-ideas\" data-id=\"5454\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/social-media-content-ideas\/stationary-office-desk-messy-concept\/\" class=\"wp-image-5454\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-400x274.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/content-written-notebook-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One time I asked a client, \u201c<em>what is your pain point when it comes to managing your social media?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought he would answer it was to produce quality content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>To come up with new ideas every single day<\/em>\u201d, he said. \u201c<em>Many times I find myself stuck in a rut and can\u2019t think of anything interesting to share with my customers. It\u2019s frustrating.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s true that brainstorming is one of the toughest parts of running any sort of social media campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketers are expected to take care of multiple social profiles and keep them up-to-date with fresh content for hungry followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming up with new ideas and creating high-quality content consistently is clearly no easy feat. As with many challenges, your best bet is to take one thing at a time. That\u2019s exactly why you need this extensive list to fuel your inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you get started, pay attention to what works best for your business and what your audience shows the most interest in. The more you know about customers, the easier it is to create the type of content they love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready? Here you go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Share the latest blog post from your website<br>2. Share a photo\/ video of your product<br>3. Share a photo\/ video of your company&#8217;s office<br>4. Share a photo\/ video to show your company\u2019s people &amp; culture<br>5. Share a piece of your company\u2019s history<br>6. Share a behind-the-scenes photo\/ video<br>7. Share your company\u2019s latest news and announcements<br>8. Share a customer review\/ testimonial<br>9. Interview a customer\/ client<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>10. Ask your audience for reviews or testimonials<br>11. Share an industry news<br>12. Share a quick tip\/ advice in your industry<br>13. Share a photo\/ video from an event\/ workshop\/ conference your company attended<br>14. Post a branded image<br>15. Promote an event your company is going to attend<br>16. Post an answer to a question frequently asked by your customers\/ clients<br>17. Share your own or curated infographic<br>18. \u201cAsk an expert\u201d &#8211; Invite an influencer\/ industry leader to a conversation<br>19. Share a link to your free resources (ebooks, white papers, infographics, or other downloadable content)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>20. Share a helpful resource from others<br>21. Share a podcast episode (Or start your own podcast!)<br>22. Share a new job listing\/ advertisement<br>23. Share an announcement of a new hire\/ new team member<br>24. &#8220;On This Day In History&#8221;<br>25. Share an event your company is hosting<br>26. Share an intriguing photo and ask your audience\/ fans to guess what it is<br>27. Share an inspiring\/ motivational\/ humorous quote<br>28. Share your company\u2019s achievements\/ awards<br>29. Share your company\u2019s milestone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>30. Share your company\u2019s birthday<br>31. Share your company&#8217;s financial earnings if you\u2019re a large publically traded company<br>32. Ask your customers what products or services would they like to see you offer<br>33. Ask for customer feedback about a new feature, project, event, or your post<br>34. Share a how-to\/ tutorial explaining how a feature or tool works<br>35. Share a review of your own product or a product that your company uses and believes your followers would find useful<br>36. Post a creative\/ unexpected use for your product<br>37. Ask your fans to upload photos of them using your products and tag your company<br>38. Share user-generated content<br>39. Reshare an old, high-performing blog post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>40. Repurpose an old resource in a new format (for example, convert a long blog post into an infographic)<br>41. Highlight a customer\/ project\/ case study<br>42. Share something fun like memes or GIFs (T.G.I.F)<br>43. Share an upcoming holiday<br>44. Share a seasonal fact\/ photo\/ video<br>45. Hold a quiz<br>46. Hold a contest<br>47. Hold a giveaway<br>48. Hold a \u201cflash sale\u201d<br>49. Hold a poll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>50. Hold a debate about a topic<br>51. Share a limited time offer on a product or service<br>52. Ask your fans for content ideas<br>53. Ask your fans\/ followers to answer a survey<br>54. Share a sneak peek\/ preview of a new product\/ feature\/ event<br>55. Fill-in-the-blank with topics varied from business\/product related to Industry related to holiday &amp; festive to random.<br>56. Share a shocking statistic or fascinating fact<br>57. Reshare a top-performing post<br>58. Promote a partner or a brand that supplements your business<br>59. Give a shout out to another local business or organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>60. Share an interesting industry research\/ finding<br>61. Summarize main points from a research\/ report<br>62. Share a favorite book<br>63. \u201cA day in the life\u201d of a designer\/ developer\/ director\/ CEO<br>64. \u201cTake a trip down memory lane\u201d and share about the early business days<br>65. Recommend to follow an industry leader on social media<br>66. \u201cCaption this\u201d and ask your fans to come up with creative captions for a photo<br>67. Share a Youtube video<br>68. Share a prediction about a current event and happening<br>69. Do a post series about a relevant topic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>70. Post a link to a fundraiser and encourage your followers to support a cause<br>71. Get your employees to create their own photo\/ blog post\/ video and share their thought<br>72. Introduce a particular employee\/ team member<br>73. \u201cEmployee of the month\u201d<br>74. Ask a simple, basic question about your business that your audience can answer quickly<br>75. Share a funny or emotional story relevant to your business<br>76. Share your own story or a story about the company<br>77. Share a creative commercial<br>78. Take a picture of your workspace\/ working table<br>79. Share news that is interesting and trending among the community (Slush? The opening of Finland\u2019s \u201cflagship\u201d library Oodi ?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>80. Host a live event\/ Story (Q&amp;A session, live discussion with fans, behind-the-scenes, sneak peek, etc.)<br>81. Ask your fans what they like and don\u2019t like about your online event<br>82. Share a post by an influencer, a thought leader that is relevant or relatable<br>83. \u201cThrowback Thursday\u201d<br>84. Share one time a customer teaches you something<br>85. Share your latest email\/ newsletter<br>86. Correct a common misconception that relates to your industry<br>87. Share the top myths surrounding your industry<br>88. Thank your customers for their support<br>89. Ask a multiple-choice question<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>90. Ask a close-ended or Yes\/No question<br>91. Ask a True\/ False question<br>92. Your \u201cMost Popular Fan\u201d<br>93. Share a photo of something that is funny, interesting, thought-provoking, sweet<br>94. Share trivia about your team members<br>95. Post a photo, ask fans to guess the location of a place you\u2019ve been to, or share a piece of trivia from it<br>96. Share a personal thing like where you\u2019re going during the day, or what you did yesterday<br>97. Share a list of Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts about your product or service<br>98. Share the vision and mission behind your business<br>99. Share groups\/ associations that your company is part of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>100. Share the visuals related to your business (ad banners, flyers, business cards)<br>101. Share a cartoon relevant to your business or industry<br>102. Share an excerpt from a book you\u2019re reading<br>103. Share links to your other social media profiles and ask your followers to join you there<br>104. Share about other business owners and do cross-promotion<br>105. Interview a business owner or a team member<br>106. Start a 30-day challenge<br>107. Run a monthly\/ weekly series (roundtable, podcast, AMA, etc.)<br>108. Conduct a social media takeover for 24 hours with business partners or industry influencers<br>109. Run a social-exclusive offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>110. Talk about success and how to achieve success<br>111. Talk about failure and what not to do to avoid failure<br>112. Share a handwriting\/ hand drawing\/ mind map<br>113. Share a checklist to achieve something<br>114. Share your sponsorship of an event<br>115. Share your thought about a paradox<br>116. Share your opinion about an existing problem in your community\/ society\/ country<br>117. Tell about your mistake, what you lost and what you learned<br>118. Share a new insight from a mundane, daily thing<br>119. Give a shoutout to your mentor\/ advisor who helps you in a difficult time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"social-media-content-ideas-2021\" data-id=\"5457\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/social-media-content-ideas\/social-media-concept-icon-on-keyboard\/\" class=\"wp-image-5457\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/social-media-icon-keyboard-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Social media concept icon on keyboard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it &#8211; the &#8220;2021 ultimate list of 120 social media content ideas&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have kept posting the same types of content over and over again, it\u2019s about time to change and give some of these ideas a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let your creativity flow! Your social feeds and those of your clients will never feel boring anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are there any other ideas you\u2019re using for your social media marketing that are absent from our list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know any other creative posts that brands are trying out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now that you have your content ideas for essentially the whole year, work on your digital marketing strategies with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/nb\/social-media-trends-2021\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">top 10 social media marketing trends in 2021<\/a>, or prepare your company for the new decade with <a href=\"https:\/\/sisudigital.fi\/nb\/business-trends-2021\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">the 5 biggest business trends in 2021.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sisu Digital<\/a> for more social media content ideas, digital marketing strategies, trending news, and insights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desperate for some fresh ideas of what to post on your social media? 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