Content Burnout or Weak Strategy? Practical Content Tips for Creative Entrepreneurs
If content feels like a second full-time job, the problem may be the plan, not the posting.
By Conner Tighe
Where content burnout starts
Julie Lokun opened a recent episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast with a confession plenty of business owners will recognize. "Somewhere along the way, being an entrepreneur turned into being a full-time content factory," she said. "Are we actually building businesses anymore, or are we just feeding the social media beast?"
Her co-host, Dominick Domasky, sits on the other side of that debate. He loves content, and he was quick to point out that Julie, between her podcasts, newsletters, and blogs, might out-post most people she knows. Where they ended up is useful for anyone feeling worn down: content burnout usually comes from posting without a plan.
What to do with 30 minutes a day
Julie put the practical question to Dom: if you only have half an hour a day for content, where should it go? He started with the calendar. "You can't just go on Monday morning and say, time to put out some content," he said.
Dom plans each week around a simple acronym: promote, inspire, engage, and sometimes sell. The sell shows up rarely, and on purpose. Julie added that when you consistently help people, "other people are selling for you, and that's when you know all of this is working."
Quit measuring yourself against Gary Vee. Gary Vaynerchuk's businesses publish around 900 posts a day, with a camera crew in tow. "You don't have the money. You don't have the time. You don't have the skill," Dom said. Document what you're already doing instead. Mailing out books or heading into a client meeting is content if you take ten seconds to share it.
Stretch every long piece. If you host a podcast or guest on someone else's, cut it into 30- to 60-second reels, pull a blog post out of it, and reshare whatever got engagement before. One recording can carry you for weeks.
Let people see your life, but stay on message. Julie has found that her personal posts on LinkedIn outperform her polished business ones. Dom's test is whether a post fits the brand people know you for. "The world wants to see that Julie doesn't have two heads," he said. Match the moment to the platform, too. A weekend motorcycle ride fits Instagram better than LinkedIn. And ask your family first. Two of Julie's four kids had her take their photos down within seconds.
Treat each post as a door knock. "If you think this piece of content is gonna get you a sale, you are wrong," Dom said. "It is a touch point." The client comes after enough knocks.
Free distribution, for now
Dom closed with a story from his early 20s, when he was working at his dad's landscaping business. He pitched a billboard in town, and his dad asked whether he could, just once, come up with an idea "that makes me money and doesn't cost me money."
Twenty-some years later, Dom has his answer. "Social is a free distribution model. As long as they're allowing you to put free content out there, keep doing it."
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