Expanding on a powerful idea:
3 ways to repurpose your own content–
A Thread
3 ways to repurpose your own content–
A Thread
This came up in a conversation with Arthur (@DevLinguistic) about a line in his thread on building habits that was too good to be hiding inside a thread.
Here's what to do when you find that gem.
Here's what to do when you find that gem.
1. Cover a wider and more general scope
- Break down and parse your original content to get a broader view.
- "How to write consistently" is specific.
- Break it down into two broader topics
- How to write consistently = How to write + How to be consistent.
- Break down and parse your original content to get a broader view.
- "How to write consistently" is specific.
- Break it down into two broader topics
- How to write consistently = How to write + How to be consistent.
Example.
Here are Arthur's lessons on building a habit.
Any habit. A broad view and a general approach.
Here are Arthur's lessons on building a habit.
Any habit. A broad view and a general approach.
https://twitter.com/DevLinguistic/status/1429804443361595395
2. Cover a deeper scope in a particular context
- Marry two general ideas to make a new, specific, and deeper pathway.
- "Building Habits" becomes "Building a Writing Habit"
- Do this any number of times to get more and more specific 👇
- Marry two general ideas to make a new, specific, and deeper pathway.
- "Building Habits" becomes "Building a Writing Habit"
- Do this any number of times to get more and more specific 👇
Example
"How to generate ideas" + "How to write consistently" becomes
= How to write when you're running out of ideas
or
= How to overcome writer's block
or
= 4 step exercise to produce ideas every day, etc
Here is what Arthur did:
"How to generate ideas" + "How to write consistently" becomes
= How to write when you're running out of ideas
or
= How to overcome writer's block
or
= 4 step exercise to produce ideas every day, etc
Here is what Arthur did:
https://twitter.com/DevLinguistic/status/1430561398921302019
3. Cover more random things by getting PERSONAL
- Clarity– Make the original piece more digestible
- Share your personal preferences (tried and tested ways), tools, etc
- For significantly older content, share your progress, or how your views have changed over time.
- Clarity– Make the original piece more digestible
- Share your personal preferences (tried and tested ways), tools, etc
- For significantly older content, share your progress, or how your views have changed over time.
Example
"Building habits" can be expanded to...
- thoughts on consistency
- problems and solutions
- lifehacks
- personal anecdotes
- lessons from Stoicism, and so on.
"Building habits" can be expanded to...
- thoughts on consistency
- problems and solutions
- lifehacks
- personal anecdotes
- lessons from Stoicism, and so on.
Bonus: Bring the original thread back to the limelight
- Use a new hook or a key point from the original thread as a teaser trailer to revive an older thread
- Use a new hook or a key point from the original thread as a teaser trailer to revive an older thread
To sum up,
1. Extrapolate to keep continuity
2. Interpolate to dig deeper
3. Get personal to cover assorted ideas
- Lastly, plug the original content with a CTA to keep things rolling. ✌
1. Extrapolate to keep continuity
2. Interpolate to dig deeper
3. Get personal to cover assorted ideas
- Lastly, plug the original content with a CTA to keep things rolling. ✌
Thank you for reading!
If you got the urge to flip through your older content,
RT the first tweet so more people can see it.👇🏻
If you got the urge to flip through your older content,
RT the first tweet so more people can see it.👇🏻
https://twitter.com/HeyDhriti/status/1430824448291131396?s=20
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