Introduction
Hey, amazing folks welcome to the new article here we are to going to discuss one of the trendings and rapidly growing field Content Creation no matter which industry you belongs either technical or non-technical but content creation is for everyone. ✍🏻
Building a person is not limited only to influencers, marketers or agencies is for everyone who wants to create a number of opportunities. A strong social presence creates opportunities that you never imagined but waits as developers we need to build Personal Brand or Social Media Presence? so the answer is Big Yes and Small No. 🙌
Let's understand this in the next section⬇
Why Content Creation 👀
As per the above discussion, content creation is for everyone but as a developer, do we need that? so yes! but why? because Content Creation helps you to improve and learn ⬇
Communication Skills
Speaking Ability
Different Skills you learn
Recognition
Community Support
Income Source 💵
Opportunities
Networking
Taste of Entrepreneurship
These are the possible benefits you will going learn as a content creator and developers are the amazing people you will figure out how to grow on social once you started because social algorithms are pretty easy and straightforward forward you just need to be consistent with your work and patience.
As a developer, you have to figure out which things are suitable for you to get started with content creation which means, There are two sides to content creation either Blogging (Text Based) and the second one is Visual (Video Based). 📷
We already know video-based content is growing so rapidly like Youtube, Instagram, Tik Tok and etc. Text-based content is also an amazing way to share your knowledge and you can use platforms like Hashnode, dev Community, Medium, Ghost and etc. to create text-based content. Let's imagined you figure out which type of content you are going to make now try to understand how to make that content and grow as a developer.
How to Get Started with Content Creation As a Developer 🎯
As a developer, you need to pick some tools to learn like how to use video editing software tools like an open shot, shortcut, DaVinci Resolve and etc. With some Photo Editing skills and basic about color combinations that are it you are good to go towards your Content Creation Journey!
Always keep in mind content creation takes time to grow it's not like one day shot you did and it's started growing nothing like that, You need to be consistent and patient at the same time. You have to work on different things like editing, script writing and tools to learn, and so on.. but it is worth it at the end of the journey. ✈
There is also Dark side to Content Creation some people will copy your work or negative comments are there but don't worry about that stuff as you grow people will understand. One more thing needs to share with you all if you don't create content or don't want to get involved then nothing will happen you will get a job and you can also work on your idea but to stand out from the crowd you have something extra in your skill bucket and that's where content creation helps you. Now we discussed why content creation and its benefits now what are the beginner's setup for content creators and how it looks like? well you will get the idea below ⬇
Social Setup for Content Creators 👨🏻🏫
First things first don't pick random things pick only necessary things and platforms if you're going to create text-based content or blogging pick only one platform don't write on every platform.
One name for all socials rule it's easy for people to know the person if a person has the same username on every social platform. Pick only one unique name.
Profile picture should sound professional or looks great and matches with content you share so having well profile picture matters a lot.
Bio is more important limited words and needs to be kept short and more informative which describes your work if you are a writer then mention something like Tech Writer or Creative Writer sharing knowledge with writing articles or something like that. It helps people to understand your content better.
Community Engagement is also there, Try to find out active communities which support the type of content you creates, some communities are available on discord and some of them have a slack channel just search a little bit you will get the communities.
Research and Quality of the content is highly important only share those things which you are better with don't share random things to get numbers on your profile because this is not the right approach to do it!
Now try to understand the tools and strategy you need to create content and grow!
Tools You Need 📝
As a Technical Writer I suggest these tools ⬇
These are the basic tools you need also you will find more as you involve with content creation also if I missed something you can add please add to the comment section! 📃
As a Vide Based Content
Try to learn the basics of designing and color theory to design better thumbnails and explore different tools as a creator.
Content Strategy ⚙
Content Strategy means schedules you need content creation demands consistency and if you're thinking to create content daily and posting daily it may not work but scheduling and planning will work perfectly.📅
Create content a week before then schedule it and then post it! 💯 Following strategy is for example you can change it as per your plans. ⬇
Youtube 3x week
Blogs 2x Week
Instagram 2x week
Linkedin 2x Week
TikTok 2x Week
twitter 2x Week
X means the number of posts you're going to post but it depends on the type of content and social platforms you planned to share or create content on! ✌🏻
Wrap Up ✌🏻
Now it's time to say goodbye 👋🏻 but just want to share a little about myself, I am Ganesh from India junior developer and content creator normally I Document My Journey By Creating Content and Writing Code.
I am creating content for more than a year on DevCommunity, Linkedin, and Twitter and recently started Youtube but things I learned so far is to be consistent with work and patience are two things and got an offer from as a DevRel, Community Manager and Technical writer and currently working at Aviyel as a Community Manager!
if you learned or got something valuable out of it share your love ♥ in the feedback section and connect with me on social!