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Content Strategy Basics

In short

Posting random blogs and reels when you feel like it isn't content marketing. A content strategy decides who you're helping, with what topics, and how it leads to business.

Deciding what content to create, for whom, and why — tied explicitly to business goals and funnel stages, rather than publishing content just to stay 'active'.

The blob chef arranges a few signature dishes neatly on a long serving table.

Think of it like this

Planning a restaurant menu

A good restaurant doesn't cook whatever the chef fancies. It picks a cuisine, a few signature dishes and sides that go with them, all for a certain kind of diner. Content strategy is designing that menu for your audience.

Watch it happen

Content pillars for a personal finance app

Finance app

Saving money

First job money

Investing basics

Hostel budgets

Reading payslips

What is an SIP

Index funds 101

1/4Start from the brand and its audience: young earners and students.

The big ideas

What you need to know

Start with a goal

Pick what content should achieve: awareness, sign-ups, or fewer support tickets.

Know the reader

Use your personas to decide topics, depth and tone.

Pillars keep you focused

Three to five themes stop you from writing about everything and nothing.

Distribution is half the work

Plan where each piece will be shared, not just what to write.

Save yourself the pain

Common mistakes

Oops

Writing about whatever is trending, even if it's unrelated.

Do this instead

Ask: does this help our audience and connect to our product? If not, skip it.

Oops

Publishing and hoping people find it.

Do this instead

Plan search, email, social and community sharing for every piece.

Your mission

Design three content pillars

~25 min

Quick check

A gym brand wants content pillars. Which set fits best?

Go deeper

1Draft a simple content strategy: audience, goals, content pillars, and formats.
2Audit a brand's existing content and identify which funnel stage each piece targets.
3Learn to say no to content ideas that don't map to a clear strategic goal.