Matthew Boland

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The 4 types of content

When thinking about the content you need to create for your business it is important to really ask yourself:

  • “What is this content going to be?”

  • “What is the purpose of this piece of content?”

  • “What do I want my customers to take away?”

To make it easy for you to decide what type of content you need to create, below is a Content Matrix.

This matrix will help you think about what type of content you want you need to create. When content planning, its always a usual tip to mix it up a bit.

  1. Entertain: Creating competitions or events, games, or creating viral videos or advertising that engages

  2. Educate: Creating ebooks, articles, how to guides, blogs, info graphics, webinars or learning videos

  3. Inspire: Creating stories on social media, creating art whether that be photography, graphics design or having customer testimonials or endorsements,

  4. Persuade: Sales pages on websites, technical reviews.