Should You Post the Same Content to All Social Networks?

This question is an intriguing question that I get quite often. The brief answer is: it depends on your goal! Let’s break it down like this:

We all know that time is one of our most precious assets in this digital age.

When you consider the time and effort you have to put into all these digital technologies and platforms, it is a lot.

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They are supposed to make communication easier and draw us closer together.

However, it is somewhat perplexing to think of updating your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat and so on accounts on a daily basis while doing other chores.

Not to mention adopting brand-new networks churned out daily. I recently heard of mastodon and Minds.com… wow!

If your goal for using social media is for fun, then there are no qualms about using your favourite social media management app to ‘blast’ the same content to all your social networks.

You’re merely doing it for fun, right?… Your satisfaction comes from seeing how many ‘likes’ your post gets and if it goes viral, right?…

Well, be aware that there’s an unfriend/unfollow button that people will use once they’ve had enough of your cat pics and memes!

However, if you’re using social media for work, to grow your personal/business brand, then it’s a whole different ballgame. You need to come up with a different plan.

All social media networks are unique. So when using social media for business, it’s best you share unique and trustworthy content to all your social media channels if you have the resources to do so.

Content that resonates on one platform may not do well on another. For instance, a post that performs well on Twitter may not do well on Facebook and vice-versa.

Are you trying to grow your brand on social media but also wondering how to simplify your social media activities?

The best way to “simplify your social media world” would be to get an app through which you can add/schedule your unique content to go out all day long.

You can get your content from your personal or business blog (you have one right?) or other industry-related blogs.

You can set up Google Alerts, or other RSS feeds to keep you abreast of the latest content that you can post.

Since each network has their characteristics, content posted to one social media channel is not suitable for another.

For example, it is okay to use hashtags on Twitter and Instagram.

However, using hashtags is not popular on LinkedIn. Also, a text of more than 280 characters is not welcome on Twitter but is OK on other networks.

You also need to take into consideration the user demographics of each social network that you use.

Your audience demographics on one social network is probably unique from your audience on another.

For example, through careful monitoring of my audience on social media, I realise that I have a unique audience on each network.

The percentage of individuals that follow me on more than one platform is negligible.

For me, this means that I can take a piece of content and ‘tweak’ it a bit to suit the needs of each social network.

Then, I can more or less get away with posting the ‘same’ content across my social networks.

Without running the risk of pissing off my followers since my audience is different from one to another.

However, this is what obtains for me!… You need to do your research to figure out what works best for you.

However, if you have the resources in-house to create/curate unique content to all your social networks, this would be ideal.

Doing so provides an incentive for the same set of people to follow you across many social networks.

So you’ll get to grow a native community across all your social networks.

Wrapping Up

However, if social media is not your thing and you don’t have the necessary skills, tools, and resources to handle it in-house, then you can outsource this to Mauco!

We’ve been handling daily social media activities for our clients, and we would be glad to help you. You’ve nothing to lose and everything to gain!

Hope this post has given a satisfactory answer to this question? If you need further clarification, get in touch. I’ll be glad to help.

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