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How to Create Interesting and
Engaging Content for a Boring
IndustryIndustry
Viselance
.
Writing for boring products
or services suck! Accept it
We’ve all been there,
working for any industry,
producing content afterproducing content after
content.
But …
How do we manage to
create authoritative content?
Viselance
How boring is boring content?
.
 How boring are the
products?
Example of boring products,
generators, oil, nuts& bolts,
sick animals just to name a
few.
Viselance
Include unique and important data
From our experience, many readers are lazy
If you collect unique and useful content in easily digestible
content, you have the potential to boost your business.
Think about how data will help your audience.
Use data that will give others the power to support their
positions.positions.
Update the data every six months.
Viselance.com
Interview
industry experts
Interviews are easy for
producing great content for
boring subjects.
When interviewing people,
use efficient channels of
communication for everyone
such as phone.
Why is phone interview better
than email? Because people
hate writing but will not mind
having a 10-minute phone call.
Viselance.com
Use case studies
Case studies can be powerful when
writing for a boring industry.
Instead of writing dry facts, use the
facts to create an engaging story
Assume you are writing aboutAssume you are writing about
pepper. When you tell a great story
about how you cooked a awesome
meal, your audience will start to
imagine how it feels or smells.
A well-crafted story engages people
emotionally, while the facts provide
logical justification to support their
emotional decisions
Viselance
Use tangential headlines
Tangential headlines are topics that are related to the product or
service.
Use white boards, piece of paper and headline generators to come
up with potential topics
A little imagination should allow you to generate as many blog posts
that are relevant to the niche and engaging.that are relevant to the niche and engaging.
Viselance
Use a conversational tone
. When writing boring content, using a
conversational tone is the most
powerful trickpowerful trick
Impartiality is not going to take your
business to the next level.
Starting a conversation will make your
content engaging
Impartiality
Boring
industry
No sales/
links/
shares
Viselance.com
Writehelpfulcontent(helpfulcontentisnot
boring)
If you're worried you
don't have the writing
“Boring content isn’t
actually boring to the
ability to make a boring
topic interesting, focus
on making it
educational.
actually boring to the
people that need it”
Viselance
Usevisualcontent
usingdifferent
methods.
Instead of using words,
it is easier to make boring
content engaging usingcontent engaging using
visuals.
Use other visuals such
as GIF’s, video, images
etc
Viselance.com
Take Breaks
Is painting boring? Or It’s
writing about toilet brushes
boring? Well that is up to
you.you.
If you ever feel
disconnected with your
content, take a 30 minutes
break and come back when
you are fresh.
.
Thank you
Viselance.com

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How to create interesting and engaging content for a "boring" industry

  • 1. How to Create Interesting and Engaging Content for a Boring IndustryIndustry Viselance
  • 2. . Writing for boring products or services suck! Accept it We’ve all been there, working for any industry, producing content afterproducing content after content. But … How do we manage to create authoritative content? Viselance
  • 3. How boring is boring content? .  How boring are the products? Example of boring products, generators, oil, nuts& bolts, sick animals just to name a few. Viselance
  • 4. Include unique and important data From our experience, many readers are lazy If you collect unique and useful content in easily digestible content, you have the potential to boost your business. Think about how data will help your audience. Use data that will give others the power to support their positions.positions. Update the data every six months. Viselance.com
  • 5. Interview industry experts Interviews are easy for producing great content for boring subjects. When interviewing people, use efficient channels of communication for everyone such as phone. Why is phone interview better than email? Because people hate writing but will not mind having a 10-minute phone call. Viselance.com
  • 6. Use case studies Case studies can be powerful when writing for a boring industry. Instead of writing dry facts, use the facts to create an engaging story Assume you are writing aboutAssume you are writing about pepper. When you tell a great story about how you cooked a awesome meal, your audience will start to imagine how it feels or smells. A well-crafted story engages people emotionally, while the facts provide logical justification to support their emotional decisions Viselance
  • 7. Use tangential headlines Tangential headlines are topics that are related to the product or service. Use white boards, piece of paper and headline generators to come up with potential topics A little imagination should allow you to generate as many blog posts that are relevant to the niche and engaging.that are relevant to the niche and engaging. Viselance
  • 8. Use a conversational tone . When writing boring content, using a conversational tone is the most powerful trickpowerful trick Impartiality is not going to take your business to the next level. Starting a conversation will make your content engaging Impartiality Boring industry No sales/ links/ shares Viselance.com
  • 9. Writehelpfulcontent(helpfulcontentisnot boring) If you're worried you don't have the writing “Boring content isn’t actually boring to the ability to make a boring topic interesting, focus on making it educational. actually boring to the people that need it” Viselance
  • 10. Usevisualcontent usingdifferent methods. Instead of using words, it is easier to make boring content engaging usingcontent engaging using visuals. Use other visuals such as GIF’s, video, images etc Viselance.com
  • 11. Take Breaks Is painting boring? Or It’s writing about toilet brushes boring? Well that is up to you.you. If you ever feel disconnected with your content, take a 30 minutes break and come back when you are fresh.