{"id":5309,"date":"2024-11-26T20:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T04:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcentsmagazine.com\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T04:54:30","slug":"the-value-of-non-sales-social-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcentsmagazine.com\/?p=5309","title":{"rendered":"The Value of \u201cNon-Sales\u201d Social Content"},"content":{"rendered":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs your shop\u2019s social content \u2013 a continuous stream of product posts and sale announcements? Are you wondering why your engagement rate is so low? Hearing crickets?\r\n\r\nAre you wondering why your social content isn\u2019t driving people to your website? Here\u2019s the thing \u2013 none of us like to be \u201csold\u201d all the time. I can\u2019t ever remember hearing someone say \u2013-I love all the product ads in my social feeds. Nope. No one says that \u2013 ever.\r\n\r\nSo why, as retailers, are we doing <div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webcentsmagazine.com\/?page_id=1968\" style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#e92a29; font-weight:bold;\">Subscribe or log in<\/a> to read the rest of this article. Subscription includes access to the website and <strong> all articles<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Is your shop\u2019s social content \u2013 a continuous stream of product posts and sale announcements? Are you wondering why your engagement rate is so low? Hearing crickets? Are you wondering why your social content isn\u2019t driving people to your website? 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