Content Marketing

Content marketers shouldn’t fear Google Analytics. It’s true it provides a lot of data, which can be overwhelming. But it has some amazing nuggets of wisdom for content teams to leverage. To help you navigate Google Analytics for content marketing, we’ve put together this handy guide you’ll want to bookmark. Quick Takeaways Content marketers should embrace data to improve the performance of content. Focusing on four key areas—traffic, navigation, organic…

Brands face multiple obstacles when organizing the content function. They must grapple with content proliferation; inconsistent and uncoordinated content creation; the lack of strategic direction in the content insights process; and the difficulty for consumers, customers and prospects to find content that is relevant and timely. Great content takes a lot of hard work and time to create. At the various inbound marketing and SEO summits every month, marketers get…

There are many parts to the puzzle of content marketing. Of course, it’s vital to research your audience and create high quality, relevant content. But it’s also important not to forget about your content reach. Your job is not done once you’ve created and published a piece of content. You need to promote that content to ensure it reaches as many pairs of eyes as possible.It’s estimated that around 60 to…

If you want to dip your toes in content marketing but don’t have the time or expertise to create your own content, outsourcing your content creation is an easy and effective way to reap the benefits without all the work. In fact, content marketing can be greatly profitable: CMI reports that over 70% of brands now hire someone to manage their content creation and distribution to make sure it's professionally…

I hear it all the time: there’s so much noise out there. How could we ever break through? And yet there are some amazing examples of businesses that are achieving massive growth in new website visitors through consistent editorial content and strategic thought leadership. Quality news, information, and stories will always attract an audience. Even in today’s competitive landscape. Read on to hear how one business is seeing massive growth,…

Content marketing is a contact sport. Just like any coach, you’re in charge of preparing for the game and carrying out those plans. Such is the life of a content marketer, where you must balance content marketing strategy vs. execution. You can’t “win” at content marketing without a solid strategy. Nor can you do so without the ability to execute on it consistently. Let’s look at how both of these functions are…

Within the past 5-10 years, B2B marketing has undergone extensive amounts of change. Marketers have switched their focus from sales and cold calling to digital content marketing strategies and search engine optimization tactics to attract new customers to our business. Digital content is now the driving force of every B2B strategy and it is important for your business to stay ahead of the marketing curve in 2021. Here are a…

Ideas! Ideas! We need more ideas. If you have been tasked with planning out your company’s content calendar for the entire year. You need to make sure it includes the themes defined in your content marketing strategy, as well as a variety of different types of content. This can be daunting, even for a seasoned content marketing professional. Before you stress yourself out, we’re here to walk you through a…

How well do you know your audience? Audience research is a critical part of developing any marketing strategy but it’s not always given the time and attention it really needs. According to a survey of 1,600 marketers, a shocking 65% never or rarely conduct audience research. But why is audience research so important? The same study showed that those that do research their audience are over 3x more likely to achieve their marketing…

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. And we have found that most small to midsize organizations can do all that and more by focusing on content marketing. So what amount do you need.…