This is the big deal
with documenting your content marketing strategy: «Content marketers who have a documented strategy are eight times more likely (60 % vs. 7 %) to rate themselves as being effective content marketers vs. those who have no strategy, written or otherwise.»
Translation: It's time to create
a documented content marketing strategy.
Documenting your content marketing strategy is an excellent place to begin.
If you do content marketing, I'd be willing to bet you don't have
a documented content marketing strategy.
In the Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends — North America report released by Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs, it was found that only 35 percent of B2B marketers state they have
a documented content marketing strategy.
According to CMI and MarketingProfs, 66 % of the most effective marketers have
a documented content marketing strategy.
They've often «done more» of everything — experimented with more types of content marketing, become among the first to
document their content marketing strategy and use social media platforms to distribute content, etc. — thus, we consider tech marketers «early adopters.»
Our research shows the most effective content marketers have something in common:
a documented content marketing strategy.
The most effective content marketers have something in common:
a documented content marketing strategy.
Furthermore, once you have
a documented content marketing strategy, its insights can make all your tactical decisions easier to plan and manage.
If you are new to content marketing — or to Content Marketing Institute — you may want to start your strategic journey by viewing our comprehensive Essentials of
a Documented Content Marketing Strategy e-book, our Q&A guide on the topic, or our complete archive of strategy - related insights.
Why having
a documented content marketing strategy is more essential to success than ever before
Check out a wealth of content marketing resources in the Content Marketing Institute e-book library, from The Essentials of
a Documented Content Marketing Strategy to Digital Governance: A Primer for Content Marketers.
Have
you documented your content marketing strategy?
While 89 % of B2B marketers have embraced content marketing, only 37 % have
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As we've seen in the responses in our annual research, those with
a documented content marketing strategy:
On the same token, you can also conclude that approximately half with
a documented content marketing strategy still struggle to be effective and to make an impact.
A documented content marketing strategy guarantees everybody on the content team understands:
This percentage increases to 81 % if the team has
a documented content marketing strategy (which is one of the key factors that differentiates effective content marketers from their less effective peers).
Creating
a documented content marketing strategy is just one step (you can get the basics with our 16 - page guide).
At the same time, those marketers having
a documented content marketing strategy increased from 37 % to 46 %, and more than half of Australian marketers surveyed (55 %) said their organizations have clarity on what an effective or successful content marketing program looks like.
And when asked if they've
documented a content marketing strategy, sadly, this group is forced to admit they have not.
Check out a wealth of content marketing resources in the Content Marketing Institute e-book library, from The Essentials of
a Documented Content Marketing Strategy to Digital Governance: A Primer for Content Marketers.