{"id":54199,"date":"2018-03-30t17:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-30t21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=54199"},"modified":"2018-04-02t10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02t14:25:35","slug":"content-marketing-types-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/03\/30\/content-marketing-types-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"content marketing types and tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>once you’ve created it, maximize it across multiple formats.<\/strong><\/p>\n by sandi leyva<\/i> you might have heard the term \u201ccontent marketing.\u201d in professional services selling there is almost always an educational component to the entire selling cycle.<\/p>\n more small firm growth strategies:<\/b> write your way to expert status<\/a> | awards can boost your reputation<\/a> | technical aspects of video and youtube<\/a> | social media basics for accounting firms<\/a> | how to maximize online profile sites<\/a> | build your community reputation<\/a> | build reputation through credentials, testimonials<\/a> for example, buyers may not know they need sales tax consulting. they may not know they\u2019re missing out on tax deductions, and they may not know that cloud accounting is better than what they have now. the goal of content marketing\u00a0is to educate and build trust, with the hope of making sales when it\u2019s right for the buyer.<\/p>\n content marketing comprises a variety of formats:<\/p>\n because of budget, you\u2019ll need to \u201cpick a lane.\u201d do you feel more comfortable writing or presenting? choose your format based on your natural talents so the learning curve is shorter. then stick with it.<\/p>\n if you decide to do a video, do one every week. if you decide to blog, do it every tuesday. consistency is key.<\/p>\n reverse engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n the first step in creating a content marketing\u00a0plan or campaign is to decide what you want to sell. you\u2019ll want to focus on one service or one niche to start with. let\u2019s say you are choosing outsourced controller services. you\u2019ve defined your persona or prospect as a small business with sales from $500,000 to $3 million selling services.<\/p>\n what pain points do those business owners have? they may include inefficiency from a mishmash of systems, sales tax issues, certainly cash flow issues, and lack of knowledgeable accounting advice because their budget probably allows for bookkeepers and not controller or cfo-level hiring.<\/p>\n you can now determine your topic for developing content. you might be able to write a report called \u201cthree major profit risks for small service businesses.\u201d or you might want to do a deep dive into \u201ccash flow 101.\u201d<\/p>\n start with the \u201cpain\u201d and write about it. don\u2019t provide the solutions, but clearly identify the problem and what it\u2019s costing the prospect. at the end of the report, you can let them know that the solution is outsourced controller services, and why your company is different.<\/p>\n the content educates and describes your solution at the same time, and that\u2019s the goal of content marketing.<\/p>\n repurposing<\/strong><\/p>\n once you\u2019ve written your report, you\u2019ve done the hard work. the same framework can be put into multiple formats for maximum exposure. the report can easily be turned into a podcast that you can read or explain with little modification. you can conduct a webinar, post it to youtube, hold a seminar, present it at conferences, post it to your blog and so on.<\/p>\n repurposing your content into many different formats will save you a lot of time.<\/p>\n resources<\/strong><\/p>\n if your company is large enough, you may want to build a team of content providers. if not, these are the skills you\u2019ll need to find or cover to build your content.<\/p>\n writer \u2013 you can write your own content or hire a writer to create it for you.<\/p>\n designer \u2013 you\u2019ll want to put your content in a professional format using design elements on your cover page, header, footer, titles, text formatting, illustrations and other elements. you may also need graphics software for this \u2013 we use adobe creative cloud.<\/p>\n seo \u2013 it\u2019s essential to optimize your content using keywords inside your content as well as through tagging when you post it. a good seo resource will be able to maximize this important aspect of your content.<\/p>\n social \u2013 you\u2019ll need someone with social media experience to help you publish your content and share it with the world.<\/p>\n content coordinator \u2013 if you don\u2019t have time to manage all these pieces, you\u2019ll want a project coordinator who can guide the development of your piece and review, assess and ensure a strong implementation.<\/p>\n content marketing is often used as a lead generator. when prospects are required to sign up \u2013 give their email, name and sometimes more \u2013 for a webinar, blog or white paper, then we call that gated content. often, once you\u2019ve provided your info, you\u2019ll start receiving emails or phone calls from the sales team.<\/p>\n you can do this with your own content by setting up an opt-in box on your website and automatically delivering the content once they are subscribed. the follow-up activity of calling or emailing the lead can happen within a day or two of signing up. from there you can set appointments or remove them from your list.<\/p>\n if you want a larger number of leads than you are getting organically, you can place online ads via google or facebook\u00a0or others and send traffic to your opt-in page. when you invest at this level, you\u2019ll definitely want to have a sales team and script or at least a follow-up process for prospects.<\/p>\n lead generation can occur in several ways:<\/p>\n i call this \u201cmarketing the marketing,\u201d which sounds a little like busy work, but it is done for the purpose of building trust in your expertise and knowledge.<\/p>\n it\u2019s a good idea to have a content plan that integrates with your marketing plan. decide when you need each content piece and set a timeline so that your content will be ready. here are some examples to get you started:<\/p>\n when you can cover a topic that\u2019s relevant and timely, you are more likely to get more people to read it.<\/p>\n review questions<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. the goal(s) of content marketing is to:<\/p>\n 2. the five skills you need on your content marketing team include:<\/p>\n 3. determine the topic you want to cover by:<\/p>\n solutions and suggested responses<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. the goal(s) of content marketing is to:<\/p>\n 2. the five skills you need on your content marketing team include:<\/p>\n 3. determine the topic you want to cover by:<\/p>\n
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\ncontent marketing allows us to educate our buyers so that they are clear on the gap between how they are doing something currently and how they could be doing it with our services. it\u2019s the educational component that helps the buyer be more informed when choosing our (or others\u2019) services.<\/p>\ntypes of content<\/h3>\n
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