What is digital content? 50 examples to start...

What is digital content?

I'd say content is anything that can be 'published'.

Yup, anything.

So, next time you're creating a content plan, it might be worth thinking about each of the following examples and where they fit.

We'll start with the more obvious ones and get a little more specific as we go along...

50 examples of digital content

1. A tweet (in any iteration) - text only, text and link, reply, retweet etc
2. A Twitter list - these say something about you when made public
3. A facebook status update - text only, text and link etc
4. A facebook like (yep, that is content and a contribution to the eco-system)
5. A photo / image
6. A video
7. A blog post
8. A collection of links 
9. An audio file
10. A graphic / chart
11. A question / a series of questions
12. An answer to a question - directly or indirectly posed
13. Numbers / stats / facts - any form of data
14. An interview
15. A profile - person, company, group etc
16. A report - on an event, decision, development
17. A survey / poll
18. Tips / hints / how to guides
19. Guest material
20. Opinions / views
21. Lists (like this one!)
22. Solutions to a problem
23. A presentation i.e slideshare
24. Resources i.e tools to help you get something done
25. Personal experiences / insights
26. Case studies / real life examples
27. Reviews / ratings
28. Tests / experiments
29. A location update i.e. A foursquare check-in
30. A comment, anywhere
31. A fictional story
32. A live chat / webinar
33. Historical content / future predictions
34. An advertisement
35. Event preview
36. A diary
37. White papers
38. An ebook
39. Rankings / index
40. Testimonials
41. Games
42. Widget / gadget / plug-in / Facebook application
43. A screencast (screenr.com is a great tool for this)
44. Bookmarks i.e. delicious
45. Facts / trivia
46. Biographies
47. Screensaver / wallpaper
48. A download
49. A Wikipedia entry
50. An invitation

There's a pretty simple point to this post.

When thinking about content, you probably produce more of it than you think.

Adam

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