Interactive content is considered the holy grail of content marketing these days. Every other metric is bases on engagement, and it’s not uncommon to hear CMOs demanding ‘Kickass interactivity’ in their website.
Soon we would hear something like the following.
Lets get rid of all the text, and videos are old, lets do something kickass- like VR operated content accessible without internet
However, interactive content development is not simple, or more importantly cheap. Here are common challenges you should be ready for before sailing down that boat.
- Demands more attention from user – You require more engagement from your users in order for them to get content from you.
- Risk of technical errors and glitches – As interactivity increases, technical challenges also increase in proportion. Content may not remain accessible across all ecosystem.
- Much longer time to market – It’s much more difficult to create and deploy interactive content than plain text or videos. It’s thus also time-consuming.
- Inflated development costs – There’s an added cost factor for interactivity, and not all companies may be able to bare it.
Having said that, if you have the patience, and money interactivity pays off. Always.
Harshad Karmalkar 