Jazz Jones has a clear focus on her goals, objectives and her target audience. She knows who she’s attempting to influence and she’s done thorough research into their AIOs (activities, interests and opinions). Now, she’s ready for the next important step in creating a content strategy. (more…)
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6 Steps and 6 Days to an Effective Content Strategy: Day 4
Monday, July 18th, 20166 Steps and 6 Days to an Effective Content Strategy: Day 3
Friday, July 15th, 2016Jazz Jones is now well underway in the development of her content marketing strategy. She has clear goals and objectives in mind, she’s identified her specific target audience and she’s ready to move on to Step 3. (more…)
6 Steps and 6 Days to an Effective Content Strategy: Day 2
Thursday, July 14th, 2016Jazz Jones is hoping to build business for her leadership development coaching for healthcare professionals. She’s clarified her goals and objectives and is ready for Step 2: (more…)
6 Steps and 6 Days to an Effective Content Strategy: Day 1
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016In our last blog post we met Jazz Jones, a physician and former healthcare administrator who is hoping to raise awareness and generate new coaching business through content marketing. Her first step: (more…)
6 Steps and 6 Days to an Effective Content Strategy
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016There is no shortage of content marketing experts these days, and there’s no shortage of ideas on the best ways for companies to leverage their content to achieve desired results. The problem is that these ideas are often without context–not grounded in real-world examples that can help would-be content marketers get their arms around what content strategy is all about.
Here, through a fictional example of a company that’s interested in gaining clients and driving business through content marketing, we apply the advice of content marketing experts to demonstrate how it can be used in concrete ways. (more…)
Let’s Get Visual: A Look at Some Popular Visual Social Tools
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016The old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” has been around for decades and for good reason—visual images get attention. Studies indicate that adding visual images to online communications boosts the odds that audiences will both notice and engage with that content. For instance, according to HubSpot, an inbound marketing software platform company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts: (more…)
Content Marketing: A Deep Dive Into the Definition
Thursday, June 30th, 2016Content marketing is, as the words suggest, using content to market yourself, your company, your products or your services. The key distinction between “content” and “content marketing” is the purpose behind the content. Content marketing is done with the ultimate goal of generating a positive marketing impact for an individual or organization.
It’s important to note, though, that while marketing is at the basis of these activities, effective content marketing does not take a heavy sales approach. On the contrary, content marketing is more subtle than a sales appeal—and far more valuable to its recipients. That was true when John Deere launched “The Furrow,” and it is still true today, 120 years later. (more…)
Driving Valuable Backlinks Through Exceptional Contributed Content
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016As a strategic marketing company, we have promoted the importance of marketing for any business loudly and often. At the same time, we understand that small businesses are often operating on razor-thin margins (if they’re even in the black at all) and may not have substantial cash reserves on hand to fund an aggressive marketing campaign. Fortunately, a large war chest is by no means a necessity in successful marketing. (more…)