The most popular
type of content marketing tactics used by B2B marketers includes blogging or writing articles, white papers, and case studies.
Traditional online content - such as blog posts and news articles - will always have value, but it's becoming clear that the
future of content marketing lies in video.
Even if the
world of content marketing is heading in a more video / audio direction, being able to articulate your thoughts or an idea well will always be important.
As the
practice of content marketing continues to evolve and expand, so has the list of possible initiatives that a marketer can undertake as part of this discipline.
The
goal of these content marketing programs is to help companies build their presence online and awareness among consumers, often with content that doesn't directly promote the company itself.
Public relations firms have been doing this for years, but using this strategy as part
of your content marketing efforts presents a huge opportunity for restaurants.
A variety of ways exist to measure the performance
of a content marketing plan, but you ultimately need to measure against the goal set for your marketing objective.
If you're struggling to keep up with your content obligations and not sure the various
pieces of your content marketing strategy are really working together, check this out and keep it handy.
In fact, customer testimonials have the highest reported effectiveness rating for all types
of content marketing with a rating of 89 %.
During that presentation, the panel discussed the
importance of content marketing for law firms and how a sound content strategy can enable law firms to achieve their business development goals.
The trend of budgets potentially shrinking is a sign — to me at least — that we're about to go a bit downhill in terms of people's perceived
value of content marketing.
With a growing discussion and a solid increase in the
use of content marketing across all disciplines we are asking ourselves what's next for content marketing?
Measuring performance — A variety of ways exist to measure the
performance of a content marketing plan, but you ultimately need to measure against the goal set for your marketing objective.
Search engine optimization is an important
element of content marketing, and we will tackle that in a separate blog post because it is so comprehensive that it deserves its own space.
I can't stress enough how critical it is to measure the
results of your content marketing activities so you can continually learn what your audience likes and use that information to continually improve.
Hopefully, these examples have encouraged you to look for ways you can write a book as a series
of content marketing blog posts during 2013.
But if brands want to take advantage
of content marketing trends and leverage their efforts to their fullest extent, they'll need to look at everything content can help them achieve.