Is recycling the new repurposing?

Recycling Symbol, plus text reading I Support Recycling I wrote This Last year

Remember when repurposing was *the* buzzword in your business networks?

According to most advice, you were supposed to:

1. Write a blog post

And then:

– record a podcast about the same topic
– create a carousel for Linkedin
– produce 5 or 10 social images

It’s exhausting just thinking about it.

Recycling is easier. Here’s how to do it.

On your website, you’ll probably have a blog (for fancy-pants types, a ‘journal’). Google no longer penalises for duplicating content, so take advantage of it.

Assuming you regularly post to Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook or Tik Tok, you have content you’ve already written.

Hopefully you also have a way to see the results of those posts (reach, impressions, clicks and so forth). Nothing fancy, it can simply be an old-school spreadsheet.

When you have a spare half-hour, do this:

– Look through the spreadsheet
– Pick a post
– Tweak it as necessary eg. SEO, keywords
– Chuck it up on your website

This keeps content on your website changing regularly (extra points from Google). Plus, less looking at a blank page, trying to find inspiration for your next post.

Win-win!

Recent posts

When Brand By Name made branding irons

Way back in 2010, Brand By Name made branding irons. In Oregon USA, a (different) Brand By Name sold personalised irons for your favourite barbecued meal.

Halapeno Vodka from Stoli, standard Stoli bottle, Tabasco sauce bottle, mockup of a collaboration between Tabasco and Stoli

The 10% Myth

Have you ever heard ‘Change a logo by 10% and then you can legally use it’? We take a look at 2 examples involving Taylor Swift and Tabasco and explain why this is a myth.

Christmas Card Preparation Flow Chart

It’s that time of year when we start looking forward to the end of the working year, changes in the seasons, and celebrations over the New year…

Follow on Instagram

Connect on LinkedIn

Sign up to our newsletter

Subscribe!

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter — Brand News — filled with Design tips, Creativity hacks, Brand news and Design-related goodness.