When creating content for your online products, services, and marketing materials it can be easy to become stale, boring, and out of touch with your audience - to the point that they can no longer relate to you.
If you keep in mind first your audience and then your goals, you will be able to overcome these common problems.
Tell Your Story
Starting from your customer's perspective, tell your story with them in mind. You can speak to them from the voice of a customer yourself. After all, why did you create the products or services that you did? Did you do it because you needed them yourself? How did you discover the need for your product or service? Why you? Stay in the perspective of the customer during the story and they will relate to your offerings better.
Don't Be Pretentious
Instead of using jargon and "corporate" speak, talk to your audience members as if they're your equals and you'll become more human to them. It will also give you a chance to show your personality to them. While you do want to be a thought leader and a teacher, you don't want to appear as a know-it-all and boring.
Seek to Be Relevant
Stay up-to-date on your industry so that you can remain relevant. Don't stick to the old ways of doing things long after it's not being done any longer. Pay attention to what's new and you'll always stay on top of your niche and be relevant to your audience.
Use Plain Language
Speak to your audience as if you're talking to a good friend. Write how you talk. No need to use bigger words than you would normally use. If it helps, get some voice to text software and talk your blog posts and content. You can also try doing vlogs if it helps you avoid using language that is unnatural to you.
Focus on Your Audience
No matter what you are writing, blogging, vlogging, and doing, it's always supposed to be about your audience. They need to know what's in it for them, and to keep the focus on them over yourself. Instead of seeking to glamorize yourself and put yourself above them, put them on a pedestal and make it all about them at all times.
Make Each Word Count
Once you finish writing a piece of content, edit it down so that your writing is concise and to the point. Try writing shorter sentences instead of long-winded sentences. In addition, don't make paragraphs too long and keep each blog post to one narrow focus.
Include Appropriate Imagery
With any content, you can get your point across easier if you use images. Sometimes a concept is just easier to express with an image and other times the image just helps set the mood and tone for the entire post.