Content marketing is indisputably hot. Budgets are up. Business awareness is
up. Demand for information and services is up. Look no further than the
Google Trends charts below, comparing search interest for social media
marketing and content marketing.
Right now, content marketing is where social media marketing was in 2010—at
the beginning of a long, powerful ascent. So, the question is not whether or
not you should include content marketing as part of your marketing strategy,
but rather, how you should build and execute a successful content marketing
plan. If you read our last post that covered the challenges associated with
insourcing your content marketing, you know that 44% of companies elected to
outsource their content marketing programs in 2012. It might be the right
choice for you.
Companies decide to outsource their content marketing programs for a varie... (more)
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability
to build the world’s first modern marketer. Better than he was before.
Better, stronger, faster … able to write, edit, analyze, create, code,
distribute, and ideate better than ever before.
Over the last two decades, old marketing has become new marketing. Push
marketing has given way to pull marketing. Buyer beware turned into seller
beware. Advertising approaches are being replaced by content approaches.
It should come as no surprise, then, that marketers have changed –
dramatically.
Organizations st... (more)
I don’t spend a lot of time using Twitter, but when I do, I am searching
for content that will either educate, entertain, or maybe even inspire me. My
situation mimics that of most business decision makers – I have limited
time to explore, and I want to be productive during that time.
Low quality content, often stemming from a high volume publishing approach,
ruins that experience.
You know what else it does? It kills your brand. (Unless your brand doesn’t
want to associate itself with quality, in which case you have bigger problems
to deal with.)
According to the 2013 Content ... (more)
Putting together a content marketing plan is no walk in the park. While there
is no such thing as a standard content marketing plan, our particular process
typically involves hours of discovery and research, a 40 – 70 page written
document, a 20 – 30 slide presentation, and then delivery and discussion.
This is a 20 – 30 day process for most.
So what should you do if you are forced to simplify and expedite that
planning process to meet some type of deadline? Or what if you are
experiencing planner’s block, or having trouble getting started with your
content marketing planning pr... (more)
Once again, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and Marketing Profs have
outdone themselves with the 2013 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets
and Trends – North America report. Chock full of information on content
marketing budgets, tactics, measurement, and challenges, this is by far the
most comprehensive research study on B2B content marketing.
When I read the report, my reactions were shaped by the content marketing
programs we execute on behalf of dozens of companies, and knowledge of the
marketing challenges they (and we) face on a daily basis. I can’t speak on
beh... (more)
Mike Sweeney and Right Source Marketing help organizations build their marketing strategy, organize the structure to accommodate that strategy, and deliver the specific services to execute that strategy. We do this through a unique model that provides senior level strategic consulting as well as specific services that cover every area of an organization’s marketing plan.
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