What is a Quick Tip?
A quick tip is one useful move, stated plainly — the type people save and come back to.
“Without Magic Marketer, I probably wouldn’t be posting to social media at all.”
“It’s impressive how easy it is to post to social media.”
“It’s easy, simple and I have social content going out everywhere.”
4 trends
Angles inside this type
Saves
What this type earns
Often
It can fill a quiet day
One move
If it needs a list, it is a listicle
The trends
Four angles inside this type
The braces are where your role, industry and specifics go. Trends move with the feed — this list is what is landing now, not a permanent set.
What it is
One move, then out of the way
A quick tip is a single useful thing. No preamble, no list, no origin story unless the story is the tip.
It is the type you already give as an aside. The job is capturing that aside so it can sit in the feed on a quiet day.
Use it when
- You can say the whole thing in two sentences
- Someone could use it this afternoon
- You want a post that does not need a debate
- The rest of the week is heavier and you need a palate cleanser
Use something else when
- You have several related moves — that is a listicle
- The tip is really a correction — that is a myth-bust
- The tip is how you actually work — that can be behind-the-scenes
- You cannot back it with something you have done
In every format
The same idea, four ways
One tip — as a quote card, a tight text post, a ten-second clip, or a two-slide carousel.
Previews are placeholders — live drafts are built from your own material and brand kit.
What good looks like
The anatomy of a tip people actually save
Lead with the move
Not “I have a tip for you.” The first line is the tip.
Name the situation
Who it is for, in a clause. A tip for everyone is a tip for no one.
Stop before the TED talk
If you need the why, give it in one sentence. The list belongs elsewhere.
Make it true this week
Evergreen is fine. Made-up hacks are not. If you have not used it, do not post it.
Where it comes from
The aside you already gave
Quick tips live in the “oh, and one more thing” at the end of a call.
CLIENT CALL
The extra minute after you had already solved it
VOICE NOTE
A reminder you sent yourself in the car
A LINK
A trick you saw and can make specific to your work
ONE TYPED LINE
The tip on its own — it writes the setup around it
FAQs
Quick tips, answered
Two sentences if it is a text post; one line if it is a quote card; under twenty seconds if it is a clip. If it needs slides, check it is not a listicle.
Post the aside you already gave on a call.
One useful thing, stated plainly, in your voice. Ready to save.