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How Do You Distribute Your Content?

I am consistently reminded about the importance of content marketing and distribution models for us as Indie Hackers.

@osakasaul got me thinking about this again with his response to this post.

Content marketing plays a vital role in the early stages of any bootstrapped company.

Neil Patel emphasis the importance of the long game in content marketing as follows:

"Remember, content marketing is a long-term strategy that focuses on building a strong relationship with your target audience. You do this by giving them high-quality content that is very relevant to them on a consistent basis."

So I have created a content marketing and distribution model that I am working towards.

Here it is:

Content Marketing Model

What do you think?

What does your content marketing and distribution model look like?

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    I think Harry Dry is the master of this, and he recently explained how he goes about it: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/0-19k-email-subs-how-i-promote-my-content-83a2be1707

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      Cheers Kevin.

      And enjoyed the diagram @gordon. Similar theme to mine. But some new ideas I'll look at implementing.

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        Thanks @harrydry. Always look forward to seeing your tips my man!

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      Thanks for this @Kevcon80. I saw this actually and @harrydry is doing a stellar job.

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      These are great examples @nscode. Thanks for sharing!

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    That looks a lot smarter and more organised than whatever I'm doing :P

    Basically this:
    Gather ideas -> Write stuff ->
    Expand said write stuff (Tweetstorm to Blog)
    or Shrink said write stuff (Blog to Tweetstorm)
    Focus on Twitter and IH

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      Thanks @witsuma. I don't know if it is 'smarter' or if it is too much also. I am not at the point where I am publishing according to this model just yet. Certainly a work in progress and something to work towards.

      You summed it up quite succinctly though so thank you ☺️ !

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        Ah the plans are useless model when real life happens. I bet you'll see more traction on some traction and can double down those. The content that each of those platform likes are not all similar.

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    Video ---> Podcast ----> Blog article (transcribed) ----> Twitter thread

    My tool automates this and soon much more: https://www.spreadtech.online/

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      Thanks for sharing this @LouTromans. Spreadtech looks great. I just signed up!

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        Thank you so much Gordon!

        Much appreciated - 2 questions...

        1. Can you link me to your content channels so I can best see how I can help you?

        2. How are you expecting Spread to help you most?

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          Thanks very much @LouTromans. Currently I am creating content here. It is mostly in the form of articles at the moment. I currently publish to my website and to Medium. I also manually make a twitter thread for each article now too.

          I think it would be great to automate (or at least semi-automate) some of this content distribution. As my content continues to evolve with video and audio, this will also become more important.

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            Agreed.

            But you have plenty of content already made from what I can see. Loads of that can be repackaged and repurposed into more content.

            When you start with video and audio reply to this comment and I'll see if I can help you out with repurposing it for you manually until Spread is finished! :)

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              Thanks very much @LouTromans. Much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing Spreadtech evolve!

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    I do a little of that. Making an infographic or making an audio version of a blog post: no. Haven't got time for the pain.

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      Haha thanks @osakasaul. Yes it is tough to be on top of it all. Building towards it is the key.

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    I don't have an ideal framework for distribution figured out yet. Here is my process so far:

    1. Make as good of graphics as I can. -- I feel like this is the key to everything. Poor graphics mean nobody will react.

    2. Twitter thread - key points from article with graphics. Link at the very bottom of the thread (thinking about removing entirely).

    3. Publish the article, include a link to twitter thread.

    4. I post here on IH

    5. Post on LinkedIN (Write a post)

    I have also tried posting to some Facebook groups, but have not seen any traction yet.

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    So far, IndieHackers works the best. Most of my subs are coming from here.

    LinkedIN has been fairly useless. I don't have any interactions or visits to my articles from LinkedIN.

    Twitte has also been mostly quiet. Hardly anyone likes or retweets. Barely any traffic from Twitter.

    Interestingly, "write a post" was doing better than writing an article in terms of views.

    Honestly, I am a bit bummed about the process so far but I am working on figuring it out. If anyone has insights, would love to hear!

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      Thanks for this insight @genemachine. It is definitely a learning process to see what works on certain platforms vs others. I also find that the shorter posts do better here on IH vs longer form articles.

      Keep up the experimentation. Consistency is definitely the key also. Thanks for sharing this insight!

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    Great stuff. You did it next level

    I have also written a blog on How to create 8 social media posts with 1 twitter thread

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      This is great. Thanks so much for sharing @tejas3732

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      It can be. Although its still possible to create lots of original and supporting content yourself in the beginning stages of a business or project... would you agree?

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          Ah yes for sure my man. Yes time is the biggest up front investment for sure. Great strategy at the beginning like you said!

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