What's the biggest mistake
I see content marketers make?
Not exact matches
There's still a pretty big disconnect —
content marketing isn't being leveraged nearly enough.57 % of B2B
marketers are still using print and other offline promotions to market their products and services, despite the fact that only 31 %
see it as effective.
The stats I'm
seeing paint an interesting picture of how
marketers are focusing on top - level funnel
content, with a great deal of emphasis on social and blogs.
The result of this policy can be
seen by the fact that 58 percent of
marketers who are using video said they were looking for «short - form
content».
While interactive
content has been heavily discussed over the past 18 months, 2017 is the year that
marketers will really start to
see massive returns on their investment.
There's nothing that delights a
marketer's heart like
seeing a piece of social - media
content go viral.
But, apart from
marketers who've mission critical proficiency and experience in SEO, PPC, social media or
content, we are
seeing the rise of a new breed of
marketers - The «Jack - of - All»
marketers.
Plenty of
marketers would love to
see their
content go viral and reach new audiences.
From this quick search, you can
see that
content marketers care very much about knowing
content marketing industry trends.
A word to the wise, though: for apps like Barneys» that require customers to relinquish some personal information, you absolutely have to to strike a careful balance with the type of
content being shared: too many overtly promotional notifications, and consumers will be quick to opt out; too few, and the
marketer won't
see the benefit of implementing those beacons in the first place.
Brian Honigman is a
content marketing consultant and the CEO of Honigman Media, a consultancy focused on helping
marketers and entrepreneurs
see results with
content marketing and social media.
As I explored in my opening keynote talk at
Content Marketing World — and in this follow - up blog post — one of the biggest differences we see between marketers who are top performers and those who aren't is level of commitment: 91 % of top performers are extremely or very committed to content marketing, compared to 63 % of the overall sample and 35 % of the bottom performers (those who characterized their overall content marketing approach as minimally or not at all succe
Content Marketing World — and in this follow - up blog post — one of the biggest differences we
see between
marketers who are top performers and those who aren't is level of commitment: 91 % of top performers are extremely or very committed to
content marketing, compared to 63 % of the overall sample and 35 % of the bottom performers (those who characterized their overall content marketing approach as minimally or not at all succe
content marketing, compared to 63 % of the overall sample and 35 % of the bottom performers (those who characterized their overall
content marketing approach as minimally or not at all succe
content marketing approach as minimally or not at all successful).
If you're among the technology
marketers who are not getting ample time to produce results,
see these resources: Looking for
Content Strategy Buy - In?
Robert offers this insight to explain why more
marketers say they focus on creating the right
content for the right person at the right time, yet fewer report crafting
content specifically for the buyer's journey: «It could be a semantical difference to some degree, but rather than the «old - school» development of
content for the buyer's journey, we're
seeing a focus on dynamically serving up
content in the audience's time — no matter what stage they happen to be in.
We
see this year - over-year drop in focus on crafting
content for the buyer's journey for technology
marketers, too, especially among top performers and those who say they're the least successful:
Even though their effectiveness rating is higher than those we've
seen in North America and Australia, UK
marketers rated themselves less effective at
content marketing versus last year (48 % vs. this year's 42 %).
The key trend that I'm
seeing that will actually help
content marketers move the needle will be a move to direct access to subscribed audiences — and the data they provide — as a means of building value for the practice of marketing.
Do you think we are going to
see a big shift towards SEOs primarily becoming
content marketers seeking referral traffic with links (and Google rankings) coming in as a secondary goal?
Read Part 1 of Building the Perfect
Content Marketing Playlist to
see which other tactics are being prioritized by your peers (and why), and get additional insights and tips to help you keep pace with industry - leading
marketers.
From picking the right channels and platforms to segmenting
content to the right audiences, you'll
see which tactics are helping
content marketers succeed and gather practical tips so you can ramp up your efforts, as well.
Each year we ask
content marketers how effective they consider their organizations to be, and this year we
saw a dip in Australia.
This is a big game changer for
content marketers... good
content is obsolete if it is not
seen.
(
See last year's 17 + Books to Give Your Favorite
Content Marketer this Season and a SlideShare compilation of more than 75 additional books in the Essential #BestBooks Reading List for
Content Marketers).
I've tended to view
content marketing as the core driver of inbound marketing (
see my football field infographic in How to Build Your Inbound Marketing GamePlan — http://www.pr2020.com/page/how-to-build-your-inbound-marketing-gameplan), but the more important takeaway is that when
marketers are building strategic plans, they have to consider genreration of leads (acquisition) and the building of loyalty (retention).
Marketers who are embracing visual
content are
seeing huge returns in terms of more website visits, leads, and bookings.
If you compare actual
content marketers and SEO pros (rather than open positions), you
see that same convergence of skills.
Content Marketers that can
see beyond the gross claims about SEO as well as the «SEO is dead» diatribe, will realize the necessity of continuous performance improvement from ongoing optimization.
In addition, it allows
marketers to push
content far beyond their websites, placing it in a variety of web outlets where their target audience is more apt to
see it.
Perhaps not as drastic as the Dow falling by 8 %, but to
see the percentage of
marketers who believe their
content marketing was effective drop to 30 % from 38 % in one year is a revelation.
«One of the biggest mistake that I
see bloggers and even
content marketers make is that they don't use the full potential of social media.
It is also interesting to
see traditional agencies struggle to become
content marketers.
Also,
content strategists and
marketers will need to
see how what they produce contributes to the totality of the buyer experience as well as how it rewards buyers with Intelligent Engagement.
When you
see successful
content marketers, you may ask yourself: «What are they doing differently?»
No wonder that 41 percent of
marketers confirm that inbound produces measurable ROI and 82 percent of
marketers who blog
see positive ROI for inbound,
content - driven marketing.
2015 has been an excellent year for
content marketing books, as you'll see when you visit my yearly round - up of 17 + Books to Give Your Favorite Content Marketer this
content marketing books, as you'll
see when you visit my yearly round - up of 17 + Books to Give Your Favorite
Content Marketer this
Content Marketer this Season.
If you haven't
seen the new version of BookWorks, please check us out for more great
content like this and join our community of indie authors, editors, coaches, designers,
marketers, bloggers and other self - publishing pros.
According to Nielsen, «
Marketers that distributed their branded
content in partnership with a publisher
saw a higher brand lift — 50 % higher, on average — than those who published
content on their own.
As a web
marketer, I
see the value in both (1) casting a wide net of
content to draw audiences, and (2) identifying and expanding the most successful methods.
Marketers today are
seeing a challenge getting their video
content discovered.