How to Create Engaging Content

Step 1: Using Psychology in your Content Creation

Think fluency. Fluent content is easy to read and digest. To go a step further, think perceptual fluency, such as the ease of identifying characteristics e.g. colours. Remember, when it comes to fluency, simplicity is key. Aesthetically pleasing, fluent content is almost always simple. Think:

Easily readable fonts

Symmetry

Strong colour contrasts

If your content carries emotional charge, such as nostalgia, it won't connect with readers. This is emotional contagion.

Step 2: Using Psychology in your Outreach

The use of case studies in your press releases are an effective way to tap into the aforesaid emotional System 1. Its effectiveness revolves around an empathy-generating method called homophily. This is where the tendency is for people to have socially significant ties with others. To augment this, the case study can be specifically tailored to the journalist or site you are attempting to get content promotion on. You can go one step further through the use of tools such as PAMCO, whereby you discover the site’s target demographics and gender, allowing you to tailor your case study accordingly.

Step 3: Using Psychology in your Emails

Compare the following two email subject lines:

· 10 Ways to Save Money

· 10 Surprising Ways to Save Money

Notice that the simple injection of an emotional trigger word sparks your interest by tapping into System 1.

With content creation be careful and considered adoption of these three steps, the chances of your content being seen online can only be increased.

Best of luck!

Byter Team

www.byter.com