{"id":5135,"date":"2017-07-03T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:14:50","slug":"the-7-critical-factors-of-content-that-generates-engagement-and-1-that-rules-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/the-7-critical-factors-of-content-that-generates-engagement-and-1-that-rules-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 critical factors of content that generates engagement and 1 that rules them all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new1-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15040\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new1-2.png?resize=640%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new1-2.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new1-2.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, there are seven factors you can use to create content that generates engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this post, you are going to learn how to easily incorporate these seven factors into your content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One out of the seven factors is indispensable. It makes your content engaging, fascinating and enticing all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before we get to that, let&#8217;s take a look at what engaging content is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/contentmarketinginstitute.com\/2010\/09\/what-does-engaging-content-mean\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CB Whittemore<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Simple Marketing LLC defined engaging content as \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a content that grabs a reader\u2019s interest and attention, drawing him\/her into reading more \u2013 because the content is incredibly relevant, informative even entertaining \u2013 and causing him\/her to accord value to the content \u2013 ideally, enough value to take an action<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new2-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15041\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new2-2.png?resize=640%2C554&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new2-2.png?w=396&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new2-2.png?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are the 7 factors of an engaging content:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>1. A click-worthy headline<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know that headline accounts for up to <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/harpsocial.com\/2014\/04\/5-power-tips-for-writing-killer-blog-headlines-for-seo-and-people\/headlines-1-3\/\">50% of your blog post&#8217;s effectiveness<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first thing that attracts visitors to your content. It is the entry into your reader and potential customer&#8217;s world. Thus, if you create weak headlines, all other marketing strategies will be a waste of time and resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, to show how important headlines are, Copyblogger&#8217;s study revealed that <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyblogger.com\/magnetic-headlines\/\">80% of your visitors will read your headline &#8211; but only 20% will go on to finish<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where you need to put in your best to create effective headlines for your content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two companies that do this well online are <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\">Buzzfeed<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/\">Upworthy<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They use great headlines to generate millions of visitors monthly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how do you create a headline that generates clicks?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first thing you need to know about creating headlines that grab readers attention is that, it must be interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, for a reader to click on your headline, they must find it interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s use <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/marketingbullets.com\/bullet-23\/\">Gary Bencivenga<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s headline formula here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Interest = Benefit + curiosity<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two most important ingredients you need in your headline are <\/span><b>benefit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>curiosity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your headline must tell your audience what they will gain by reading the content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run for 2 days to lose 10 pounds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. You are telling the audience that if they run for 2 days, they will gain by losing 10 pounds out of their weights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding curiosity to the benefit makes your content unpredictable. The readers are unable to predict what you are going to say in your content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding these two ingredients to your headline makes it attention-grabbing, inviting and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, look at the headline of this article:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe 7 critical factors of content that generates engagement and 1 that rules them all\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefit is, you will know the seven factors of content that generates engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The curiosity part is the &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 that rules them all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. If you did not open the article because of the other 6 factors, you would want to know that &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 that rules them all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will not only help your audience to click the title but also wait to see the 1 factor that rules them all on the page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More examples of these type of headlines are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rankwatch.com\/marketing-strategies-grab-consumers-attention\/\">Surprising marketing strategies to grab consumers attention instantly<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.markgrowth.com\/the-little-known-secret-of-creating-content-that-will-have-customers-raving-about-your-business-for-e7f414040fd1\">The Little-Known Secret of Creating content that Will Have Customers Raving About Your business For Life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The drop dead simple secret to creating content your audience will absolutely love<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once your readers click to read your content, they will meet a captivating Introduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>2. A Captivating Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A captivating introduction convinces your readers to stay on your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, we will use Brian Dean of Backlinko&#8217;s <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/backlinko.com\/seo-copywriting\">APP formula<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of content introduction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The App formula means Agree, Promise and Preview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first thing you will do is to get the readers to agree with you on their pain points. For example in one of the articles he wrote, he started off by agreeing to his audience pain point, thus:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new3-1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new3-1.png?resize=640%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new3-1.png?w=633&amp;ssl=1 633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new3-1.png?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tells your audience that you empathize with their problem or pain points. You understand what they are going through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that they are in agreement with you, take them to the next level &#8211; <\/span><b>the promise<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the point where you tell your readers what they can achieve as shown below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to create a Squeeze Page That Converts at 21.7%(Case Study)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new4-1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15043\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new4-1.png?resize=640%2C663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new4-1.png?w=639&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new4-1.png?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can see that I followed the app formula in my introduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new5.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15044\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new5.png?resize=640%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new5.png?w=623&amp;ssl=1 623w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new5.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the app formula, you can also use the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/2016\/06\/01\/suck-your-readers-in-4-types-of-openings-for-sticky-content\/\">AIDA<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) copywriting formula for your introduction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you have an introduction that will keep readers on your website. It is time to talk like friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>3. Write for a single person<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is easy to communicate with your readers by writing as if you are talking to them <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/orbiteers\/finding-a-voice-for-your-website\">one-on-one<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new6.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new6.png?resize=640%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new6.png?w=629&amp;ssl=1 629w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new6.png?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your audience will have a personal connection with your content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are words you can use that shows you are speaking directly to a person in your content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such words include &#8220;<\/span><b>You<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; and &#8220;<\/span><b>because<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two are very powerful in the world of content marketing because it is all about your readers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It personalizes your content to them. They don&#8217;t care about you or your business, they are after what you have to offer, i.e. what they can benefit from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your content is written by you but not for you. It is for your audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When they start interacting with your content and getting hordes of value from it, they start trusting you. Then, you see them sharing your content on social media networks and linking to it. They start recommending your product or service to their connections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, look at this post on <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rankwatch.com\/boost-your-mobile-seo-2017\/\">Mobile SEO on RankWatch Blog<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> below :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new7.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new7.png?resize=640%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new7.png?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new7.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>4. Use images to increase your content perceived value<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An English Idiom says &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A picture is worth a thousand words<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. Images convey many words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know the reason why Pinterest, Instagram, and Snapchat are trending?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is because they focus on pictures. People respond mostly to visual information than texts. The fact is the human brain process visual information 60,000x faster than plain text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, according to a research by Zabisco, <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmarketinggroup.co.uk\/Blog\/why-every-seo-strategy-needs-infographics-1764.aspx\">40% of people will respond better to visual information than plain text<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, you see that you need visuals to make your content engaging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you go about incorporating visuals into your content to make it engaging?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add infographics, videos, Slideshare presentations, surveys, images etc. to your content to make it more engaging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Copyblogger published an infographic in 2012 titled &#8220;<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyblogger.com\/grammar-goofs\/\">15 Grammar Goofs<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new8.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15047\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new8.png?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new8.png?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new8.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As at today, the infographic generated 6,500k tweets, 2,000+ shares in LinkedIn, 60,700 likes on Facebook, 1,700 Google + shares and 193,700 Pinterest pins.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>5. Use storytelling<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An old Native American proverb reads: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell me the facts and I\u2019ll learn. Tell me the truth and I\u2019ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storytelling in content creation is very important. It helps your audience to connect with you one-on-one, hence creating engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories trigger your reader&#8217;s emotions, helping them to do what you want on your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony De Mello said, &#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the shortest distance between a human brain and the truth is a story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new9.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new9.png?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new9.png?w=501&amp;ssl=1 501w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new9.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you incorporate storytelling into your content?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three strategic storytelling methods you can use in your content: You can use your own story (of success and failures), your personality (experiences) and you can leverage on other people\u2019s success or failure stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Use your own story<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every one of us has stories to tell, from your failures to your successes in life and business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use your past experiences, case studies, fails and wins to tell stories. A great example is this one by <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seonick.net\/100000-visitors-per-month\/\">Nick of Seonick<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new10.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15049\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new10.png?resize=640%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new10.png?w=663&amp;ssl=1 663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new10.png?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article generated 794 comments, 554 likes on Facebook, 343 G+ shares, 23 Pinterest pins, 371 LinkedIn shares, 350 Stumbles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Use your personality<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As human beings, we are created to share and listen to stories. It is interesting, educating and inspiring!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes storytelling a natural tool to help grow your audience and generate engagement effortlessly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good example of a blogger that used this technique and generated massive engagement is Jon Morrow of Smart Blogger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wrote a post titled &#8220;<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-to-quit-your-job-move-to-paradise-and-get-paid-to-change-the-world\/\">How to quit your job, move to paradise and get paid to change the world<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; for Problogger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new11.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15050\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new11.png?resize=640%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new11.png?w=646&amp;ssl=1 646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new11.png?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a touching story of how he ran into an accident, quit his job and started blogging. It was a very moving story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The content generated more than 72,000 views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, he is one of the topmost bloggers and he makes more than $100,000 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>iii.<\/b> <b>Leverage other people&#8217;s stories<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don&#8217;t have stories &#8211; whether personal or business, you can still leverage storytelling to garner engagement for your content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can do this by simply leveraging on other people&#8217;s successes, failures or personal stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good example is this post from Incomediary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new12.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15051\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new12.png?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new12.png?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new12.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>6. Use emotions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans are emotional beings. They like to feel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their feelings (joy, fear, sadness, awe, etc) propels them to share with their family and friends on the social media networks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you leverage on popular emotions such as sadness, joy, fear, surprise etc., your audience will engage with your content by sharing and commenting on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A media company &#8211; Upworthy, that realized the importance of emotions, invest in it heavily and had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantcast.com\/upworthy.com#\/trafficCard\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>90 million page views in 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/okdork.com\/2014\/04\/21\/why-content-goes-viral-what-analyzing-100-millions-articles-taught-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>OKdork<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> carried out an analysis on 10,000 most shared articles online and discovered that the most popular emotion evoked are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new13.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15052\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new13.png?resize=640%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new13.png?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new13.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good example of a content that demonstrated the emotion \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surprise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d is this post &#8220;<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sethadamsmith.com\/2013\/11\/02\/marriage-isnt-for-you\/\">Marriage is not for you<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; written by Seth Adam Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new14.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new14.png?resize=640%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new14.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new14.png?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a surprise to read that marriage is not for you. But he explained his point in the content. It is a wonderful piece!.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The content generated 20,311 Pinterest pins, 638 LinkedIn shares, 26,168 stumbles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other emotions you can leverage are Joy, fear, anger, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most important factor that rules them all is&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>7. Create content that solves your audience pain points<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A content that will create engagement will solve a need, a desire, a problem or a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The secret to greatest engagement online is to create content that <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/451heat\/content-to-customers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>answers your audience questions<\/strong>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new15.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15054\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new15.png?resize=640%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new15.png?w=603&amp;ssl=1 603w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/new15.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heather Williams said &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolve your world around the customer and the more customers will revolve around you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your business exists because it solves a problem. Capitalize on that problem aspect and create content that solves it for your audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will engage, interact and share it with other people going through the same problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But wait:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you know your audience&#8217;s pain points?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can design online surveys, online feedback forms, and tools, interview existing customers, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are just starting out, you can decide to use keyword research tools, such as <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.answerthepublic.com\/\">answerthepublic<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get to know your potential customer&#8217;s pain points. It is a research tool that let you know the questions your potential customers are asking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the website and type in your keyword.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, I typed in content marketing and it brought up 77 questions. Some of the questions are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does content marketing help seo<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are content marketing channels<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where to start content marketing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which companies use content marketing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is doing content marketing well<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is content marketing b2b<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why content marketing is important<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When to use content marketing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can work with these keywords to create actionable, high-quality and engaging content to answer these questions for your audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There you have it &#8211; 7 factors you need to create content that generates engagement and the one that rules them all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The truth is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your prospects have questions and they need answers. If you can provide them with a very click-worthy headline,\u00a0 a captivating introduction, speak to them directly, use images, use storytelling, use emotions and provide answers to their questions, they will engage with your content.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will read and share it. It will also be easy for you to convert them into loyal readers and customers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there are seven factors you can use to create content that generates engagement.\u00a0 In this post, you are going to learn how to easily incorporate these seven factors into your content.\u00a0 One out of the seven factors is indispensable. It makes your content engaging, fascinating and enticing all the time. 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