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Glossary

Content pillar

A content pillar is one of the few recurring subjects an account posts about.

What does content pillar mean?

  1. Reading the question
  2. Writing it in plain words
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The part worth reading

What it does not tell you.

Most accounts have three to five whether or not anybody decided them, and the useful exercise is finding the ones you already have rather than inventing new ones. The number worth knowing is not how many posts each pillar gets but how each performs per post: it is common for the pillar you post least to be the one that reaches furthest, which is an argument for changing the mix rather than working harder on the pillar you like.

Worked example

A fitness account with three pillars might post training tutorials, meals and the coach's own week.

The usual mistake

Choosing pillars before looking at what already works. Your best posts usually show you the pillars you already have.

Now the harder question. What do yours say?

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