I used a tool called copy.ai to see what it thinks creators should do to be successful. The remainder of this post was written by AI—half of it is surprisingly good advice, while the rest ranges from mediocre to unintelligible to a seeming cry for help.

Watch my video for how I got AI to write this and detailed commentary for each section and its (questionable) advice!

How to be a Successful Content Creator

Introduction

As a content creator, your job is to take the world around you, capture it on camera and share it with the internet. You have to be observant, curious, and creative. You also need to be organized and focused while still staying true to yourself.

Pay attention to analytics and metrics

After you publish a piece of content, it’s important to monitor the analytics. This is especially true on social media platforms, where metrics such as likes, comments and shares can help you determine how well your content is performing.

• Think about what metrics are most important to your brand and its goals. For example, if you’re trying to build an engaged audience on social media, then likes are more meaningful than comments or shares since they indicate that people are actually reading the pieces of content in their feeds rather than simply scrolling past them.Look at different time intervals for each platform that you post to—if someone only clicks “like” when something appears in their feed within 24 hours but doesn’t ever engage with older posts (even those months old), this means there’s nothing wrong with the quality or relevance of your most recent work; instead it’s just because they don’t spend enough time on Facebook throughout their day to see everything that comes out from brands they follow!

Make a schedule or calendar for posting and promoting content

It’s all about the schedule. Your social media posting, your promotional patterns, and even the content you create should be on a calendar. Why? Because you can’t expect to always be successful without having a plan in place. You need to know what you’re going to do so that it gets done—and if you don’t have a plan, nothing will get done!That’s why it’s important to make sure that whatever calendars and schedules work for your lifestyle are in place before starting any new project or venture. For example: if someone has an office job where they aren’t able to post on Facebook while at work, then they might want their friends and loved ones who don’t work at an office with them as well as businesses who want more exposure from them (if those are their goals) would benefit from knowing when exactly during each day/week/month these people will be available for posting updates about themselves via social media platforms like Twitter or Instagram (or whatever platform).

What’s the point of your content?

The next step is to determine the point of your content. What does it accomplish? How does it help your audience, you, and the brands you work with?First and foremost, you want to consider the goals that you have set for yourself as a creator. What are they and how will this content help them come to fruition? Is there an end-goal in mind—a product launch, conference appearance, conference attendance rate increase—or do you just want to get more views on your channel or blog post so that people know who you are out there in the world?Secondarily (but just as importantly), think about how this specific piece of content will further those goals. Does it make someone laugh so hard that they’re compelled to share their laughter with others on social media? Does it explain something complex in simple terms so its readers can easily understand new concepts without having any background knowledge on them beforehand? And finally most importantly: does it affect anything outside of itself… like sales numbers or other metrics from which companies could see an ROI from working with creators like us?”

Maintain high creative quality, both in photos and captions.

In order to be a successful content creator, you must maintain high creative quality. This means that your photos are unique, engaging and relatable.To make sure your photos are unique:

• Take different angles of the same thing (if applicable) in order to mix up angles and perspectives. Don’t just take one photo from the same angle!Use filters on your image if you want it more stylized or colorful – but don’t go overboard with them because then everyone will know you used filters! Remember that filters exist so that people won’t think that every photo was taken through Instagram’s lens filter which makes everything look like a 1980s glamour shot where everything has been made dusty-pink for no reason at all except maybe cocaine use? Just kidding; I don’t think anyone uses this filter anymore… We’re moving past it now into today’s world where everything looks washed out because we don’t have enough electricity left over after paying our bills to power our televisions during prime time hours while simultaneously editing all those extra hours away making sure no one sees us online unless they’re looking specifically for us (and even then probably not).

Get to know your audience.

This step is the most important! Knowing your audience not only helps you create better content, but it also helps you to grow as an online content creator.Once you’ve decided on a topic for your channel, think about who might be interested in that topic. If you make videos about cooking, then think about who watches cooking videos and what their interests are. Do they like to travel? Are they interested in food or travel photography? Are they new cooks who want to learn how to make easy dishes?You can also use analytics from YouTube to get a better idea of who watches your content and what kind of people watch it (age range, gender). This will give you more insight into what kind of videos might appeal to them so that when it comes time for choosing topics for future videos or deciding which ones were successful and which ones weren’t, it’ll be easier because now instead of just guessing based on personal opinion – we have actual data!Another way people often get an understanding of their audience is by asking questions directly through comments sections on social media sites like Facebook Live posts where viewers can ask questions while watching live streams too.”

Stay organized.

As a content creator, you’re going to be a part of many different social media accounts. You should try to stay on top of those as much as possible and keep your emails organized so that you can respond quickly and effectively.There are many apps out there that help people stay organized by organizing everything in one place. They also give reminders when things need to be done!

Find collaborators who have similar goals and content.

Finding collaborators who have similar goals and content is vital for success. You need to find people who want to do the same things as you, but with an audience that’s different from yours.To do this, search for people on social media or in YouTube comments who are asking questions related to your niche. If they’re interested in what you offer—and if they have a large enough following—you’ll be able to provide value by answering their questions and providing information on your content pages.

If you stay organized and focused while still staying true to yourself, you can grow as a content creator.

To be a successful content creator, you want to stay true to yourself. You also want to be organized and focused.Here’s how:

• Stay true to yourselfBe organized and focusedFind collaborators who have similar goals and aesthetics (and stay in touch with them)Maintain high creative quality in your work and stick with your own style or niche

Conclusion

In the end, it’s all about staying true to yourself and knowing what you’re good at. You don’t need to do every single thing in your business perfectly all the time; just make sure you’re doing what makes sense for you and your audience. When creating content, use analytics to help guide how much time or money should go into each one. This will keep you from wasting resources on things that won’t work well for your audience or brand identity—and it’ll help you spend more time focusing on what really matters: telling great stories!

My Thoughts

There was around half decent advice, and the rest ranged from unintelligible to a seeming cry for help. Weirdly enough, the sections on “What’s the Point of your Content” and “Get to know your audience” actually had some great points!

For the Point section, it goes over setting a goal and how your content helps you achieve that goal. Many creators often don’t look past the content itself when making a goal—whether the goal is the impact you have on an audience, or something vain (but totally natural to want) like growing your following and earnings. Your content should serve that goal!

Similarly in the “Get to Know your audience” section, it briefly discusses (without using the word “niche”) the importance of finding a niche and appealing to a specific group of people. You’re not just a food vlogger, you also make international dishes, or show easy recipes, or something else that would appeal to the needs of a more specific audience. It also touches on using your analytics to get a data-driven understanding of your audience, which is yet again, something many creators neglect. Last, it also talks about simply asking your audience questions to get to know them, which is so obvious yet so under-done.

I might follow some of these good points!

However, most of this is poorly written and would require a lot of tweaking to make usable. That said, it’s a lot quicker to put thoughtful, original prompts into AI and then make tweaks than to write from scratch (depending on the amount of specific details are needed). AI writing tools won’t replace real copywriters and authors any time soon, but they may be an incredibly useful tool to help them out!