Engaging Your Social Media Audience with Interactive Content
The three key types of interactive posts on social media are questions, polls, and informational posts
Creating interactive content on social media is key to increasing the chances your audience will stay interested in what you have to say.
Interactive content depends on what your niche is. Because the type of niche you create content in will determine what kinds of interactive posts you use. However, there tend to be a few interactive content ideas that work across all content niches.
The key to it all is in the planning.
Your first thought needs to be why are you creating this content, followed by how is what you know going to help someone else?
You can plan your content more effectively when you can answer these two questions.
Questions
Asking a question as a social media post can prove to be super effective.
But what is even more effective is following up the question with an answer and then opening up the floor for others to answer it as well. Because when you provide people the opportunity to add to the conversation you are proposing, the chances of interaction skyrocket. Which is the goal in the first place.
At the beginning of my X audience-building journey, I began asking questions I wanted answers to in regard to publishing, writing, and such. And I was surprised how many other people had these questions as well. The end result was people helping other people and wanting more questions I had. (https://x.com/klhicks912)
As my knowledge expanded on the subjects I had questions on, I was able to ask the questions and provide my own answers to help others.
However, I would suggest making sure that you vary your posts so that this isn’t the only method that you stick to.
Polls
Polls can be used across social media platforms to provide your audience with options in order to see where their opinions fall.
Again what content your poll will contain will depend on your niche. For example, if you are a web developer, you may list a poll about what the best tools are. Or if you are an illustrator who wants to engage more with your audience, you may list a poll about the different art media your audience prefers to use.
Here are some examples:
https://x.com/CaroHarp/status/1640938263140528130
https://x.com/MrsYoonminie/status/1667320293017231362
https://x.com/TaylorWoodland5/status/1039877243756052481
As you can see, it all depends on your niche and the information you are looking for. And as your audience grows your polls with garner more votes.
Threads or Informational Posts
A wonderful way to teach your audience the information that you know is by actually teaching them.
On X and Threads, putting your information into an informational thread is a wonderful way to get your information across. But keep in mind that you will need to condense your information into bite-sized pieces. In doing so, you may need to work a few times to condense what you have to say and still make sure it’s effective.
However, on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, it requires modifying your information so that it can fit the users on those platforms.
Something to know about writing long-form informational content on a platform like Facebook is to keep your information broken up. I would suggest following the 1–3–1 sentence rule. (Writing one sentence, followed by three in the next chunk, followed by one.) By doing so, you make the information more digestible and easy to read for your audience.
Chances are with informational threads and posts, your audience will comment on or share what you have to say.
Trying to figure out ways to have your audience engage with your content can feel like a huge mountain to climb.
But once you figure out why you are writing in your niche and what you think have to teach others, it all becomes so much easier.
When deciding on the type of content you will be sharing with your audience, planning your content and making a schedule for it can prove to be the secret to your success.