Snackable content is website content that is
designed to be easy for readers to consume and to share.
Companies with customer-facing
websites often need to publish a constant supply of fresh content to drive site
traffic and boost awareness of their brand. From a content marketing and brand
awareness perspective, Web content must be snackable. With the overwhelming
volume of information on the Web, if site visitors aren't intrigued enough by
the content to read it and -- perhaps even more importantly -- share it with
their social networks, then the content doesn't have much business value.
Snackable content should help support the brand by sharing information about
the industry or the company's story, not by pushing products. An important goal
of snackable content is to tempt the reader to consume more content.
Snackable content tries to capture
the attention of website visitors who are browsing and don't have the time or
patience to consume long, text-heavy artices. Although detractors of snackable
content maintain that it is dumbing down the Internet, proponents point out
that it just makes sense to have the content fit the delivery channel -- and
mobile is increasingly becoming the primary delivery channel. To make long-form
articles more snackable, they can be broken down into smaller components.
Responsive or adaptive website design can also help make content more
snackable, as flexible website design makes content easier to view on
smartphones and tablets.
Visual elements like infographics
and photos play an important role in snackable content. Attention-grabbing
headlines that use humor or ask questions are also useful, since they're a fast
way to draw readers in. Readers have become accustomed to sensationalist
headlines that aren't supported by high-quality content, however, so companies
need to constantly evaluate their approach to headline writing, avoid gimmicks
and make sure that the content backs up the headlines.
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