You have to write your next book, build relationships with influencers and readers, be active on social media and also
focus on content marketing.
With an increased emphasis
on content marketing in 2016, I think we'll see companies spending more — but are they spending it in the wrong areas?
And, in addition to the
emphasis on content marketing, we'll show you how you can get a killer content marketing strategy so you website will generate more quality motivated seller leads!
Here, we discuss our
thoughts on content marketing and content strategy, and share the tips and tactics we've learned in our years in the marketing trenches.
As fashion becomes more
reliant on content marketing, startups focused on sophisticated analytics, 3D printing and other emerging technologies come to the industry's forefront.
In fact, the return you
see on content marketing should increase exponentially as you invest more and more effort into it.
In an earlier post for this
site on content marketing, I talked about how powerful content marketing can be in getting your book into the hands of its ideal readers.
If you are looking for more specifics on buyer personas, there have already been a couple of posts
on the Content Marketing Institute that dug into the specifics: Keith Wiegold had a post about thinking about more than demographics and yesterday Chris Moritz provides some good links to get more info.
But, with fake news posts stealing the spotlight thanks to the popularity of their ridiculous headlines and outlandish content, proposed changes to Facebook's news feed make it seem as though the social media giant is trying to make things harder, especially for small businesses who
rely on content marketing.
Measurement continues to be a hot topic among content marketers, so this year we asked how successful they are at tracking
ROI on their content marketing programs.
Fifty - five percent of B2B small - business marketers say they will spend more
on their content marketing over the next 12 months, including 53 % of that group who say they are least effective at content marketing.
According to the first Magic Quadrant
report on Content Marketing Platforms (subscription required) from research firm Gartner, the term will be dead within three years — because all content will be marketed as a way of attracting attention - limited audiences.
It also helps to explain, to some degree, why in surveys
on content marketing effectiveness, none has pushed past thirty - nine percent (39 %) of marketers believing content marketing was effective.
Data storytelling will only become more prevalent, so it's in your best interest to become as data - literate as possible, stay up to date
on content marketing best practices, and learn to become a true storyteller.
Marketers want to spend
more on content marketing, but they're still struggling with producing engaging content (60 %) and measuring performance (57 %).
Though there's definitely overlap between content marketing and SEO (I'd even argue that they're two sides of the same coin), I consider the Content Marketing Institute to be the ultimate
authority on content marketing the way that Moz is the ultimate authority on SEO.
A content marketing consultancy, much like Honigman Media (shameless plug), focuses
solely on content marketing and another area or two, offering specific expertise to apply to your company's workflow, as opposed to the agency model that often provides services in many different areas to be your one - stop shop for marketing.
Those who are more committed tend to spend more of their total marketing
budget on content marketing, place more value on creativity and craft in content creation, and have better processes for content production.
While these posts will be best suited to beginners — who often struggle to connect the dots as they sift through the enormous amount of information
available on content marketing — more seasoned content marketers may benefit from using them as checklists for covering the necessary bases.
As the site grew, Sears was able to
bring on content marketing specialists to develop specialized content for different fitness segments.
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Coaching on Content Marketing: Focused on teaching you the fundamentals of storytelling as a discipline or a specific aspect of content marketing like content syndication, blogging, measuring the success of content and more.
This is why, when I was trying to settle on a term to refer to our approach to client work 3 or 4 years ago, I
settled on Content Marketing over Inbound Marketing.
Sixty - two percent of small businesses reported spending less than $ 100 per
month on content marketing and almost half (45 %) said content has lowered their advertising costs.
It is not surprising that, despite mega-content marketing conferences, introductions of new technologies, and agencies claiming one process is better than another, the
needle on content marketing effectiveness has not climbed.