The greatest challenge in content marketing lies in creating compelling content.
Now just any old article, Tweet, or Facebook update, mind you, but stuff that your readers would want to read, share, and click on.
The greatest challenge in content marketing lies in creating compelling content.
Now just any old article, Tweet, or Facebook update, mind you, but stuff that your readers would want to read, share, and click on.
As a content marketing strategist, I write a lot of content. And sometimes, I hit a wall.
When that happens, I do not scream, shout or sulk. Instead, I do what comes naturally to me. I may take a walk, catch 40 winks, or grab a coffee.
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When was the last time you did something truly creative? How did it feel?
Whichever profession you are in, you will experience days of creative famine. These are the horrifying days when you feel stuck in a rut, unable to cough out anything faintly imaginative or intriguing.
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Likewise, a well-crafted Business to Business (B2B) blog or website with great content is futile if you do not get any visitors.
Are you capturing their attention? (designed by Freepik)
Attention is the most important resource in the digital age.
It can also be the hardest to attract in a cluttered and information overloaded world filled with news, ads and content – both online and offline.
Content marketing isn’t sugar and spice and everything nice.
Like any other digital marketing strategy, you’ll need to be mindful of the caveats of using content to generate awareness, attract leads, trigger sales, and nurture advocacy.
Personal branding is often misunderstood by many.
Some consider personal branding an egoistic exercise in self-aggrandizement. Others feel that personal branding is just social media snake oil – an elixir which so-called “experts” and “gurus” try to foist on the naive.
What I’m going to share with you may blow your mind. Especially if you’re a consumer psychology geek like me.
Before I begin, let me share that I’m a huge fan of Digital Marketer and their Perpetual Traffic podcast. Each week, I’ll tune in and listen to their awesome podcast and learn something new about Facebook advertising or other dimensions of paid traffic.
Do you know that adopters of content marketing experience six times as many conversion as non adopters?
Or that content marketing not only costs 62% less than outbound marketing, but brings in more than three times as many leads?
Imagine that you’re a client of a digital marketing agency (or any marketing agency for that matter).
Something screws up during your campaign. The visuals look awful. The copy is off-brand. The response is lacklustre.