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  1. Identify 3-5 core themes that align with your brand and audience Each one should reflect a key brand message or customer interest. Your pillars should be broad enough to support a variety of content, but specific enough to keep your strategy focused. For example, “Product Education” might cover tutorials, demos, and FAQs.

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  2. Tag and track performance by pillar Tag each social media post by its content pillar and measure how it performs. Furthermore, examine which pillars actually serve your goals. If you want product awareness, are people clicking through to learn more? If you want conversions, are those posts driving measurable sales or sign-ups?

    In LinkedIn content performance

  3. Tag and track performance by pillar Which content themes are getting the most engagement, clicks, or shares? Which ones are underperforming? Furthermore, examine which pillars actually serve your goals. If you want product awareness, are people clicking through to learn more? If you want conversions, are those posts driving measurable sales or sign-ups?

    In LinkedIn content performance

  4. This data helps you fine-tune your content strategy and reallocate resources toward what’s working. Over time, you’ll get a clearer picture of which pillars are driving real business value. Go beyond channel-level reporting. Tag each post by its content pillar and track how it performs. Tracking social metrics like engagement rate (likes, comments, shares, saves), reach, and impressions is important, but don’t forget to track the KPIs that matter to your business goals. These depend on your goals but might include some of the following:

    In LinkedIn content performance

  5. But every piece fits into a few clear themes. There’s brand humor, learning motivation, and user culture. That’s not by accident. Their content fits into organized categories that are relevant to their user base. There’s no doubt that’s a big part of it, but never underestimate the power of building a repeatable framework that helps your team move fast without losing the plot. We call this structure social media content pillars, and they’re an important part of building a social presence that serves your goals.

    In LinkedIn content pillars