Content Marketing is quite simply any marketing communication that involves sharing and publishing content to acquire new customers. It involves a dedicated resource to produce fresh and engaging information that is original and relevant to your customers and website visitors. It’s really all about storytelling and distributing that information.
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Here’s our top 10 content marketing tips.
1. News – update your website with regular news items, new wins, latest developments.
2. Video – these create a buzz and are great to embed: YouTube and Vimeo.
3. White papers – statistics, research recently published – add your insight to these findings.
4. Ebooks – if you read these, review them and share to benefit others.
5. Infographics – and diagrams are useful tools to help understand complex information simply.
6. Case studies – create these about your own customers and share your business successes.
7. How tos – the classic top tips and lists that are simplified and easy to use.
8. Q&As – anticipate what your customers want to find out more about and publish before they ask.
9. Slideshare presentations – create these in short snappy slides and publish to a wider audience.
10. Social Media – share your content on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, StumbleUpon, Reddit and other social sharing websites
By spending time finding and enhancing content – and sharing it on social networks – you’ll build value in your brand. This, quite simply, increases reasons to re-visit, refer and interact. Share your content marketing comments in the section below or on Twitter.
