Data visualization can be used to double the content's value at the top and bottom of your funnel. This type of interactive content is easily repurposed across many marketing channels. Your content will be more valuable if you include industry experts in a Q&A or invite them to your webinar. Your presentation deck should have a name to help establish a consistent brand identity that is memorable for your audience.
Content
In addition to the content you create for your blog, you can create videos that answer your mid-funnel leads' questions. Videos can be made from any content, even long-form blog posts. Videos can be used as lead magnets and top-funnel advertising. You could also make a short video explaining the product or service and then link it to your blog or guest posting.
Platforms
Top of funnel marketing includes content creation and distribution, content strategy, promotional events, and personalized marketing efforts. The best funnel marketing includes anything that introduces prospects to a brand and displays empathy. Lexus' Beyond Utility campaign, which featured more than 1000 videos, emphasized the fusion between utility and luxury. Using this approach, Lexus was able to show consumers that being useful and chic need not be mutually exclusive.
Metrics
Your Top of the Funnel campaign's goal is to increase traffic to your site. Your lower, middle and upper funnel marketing efforts will be included in your overall traffic report. You can track which sources brought visitors to your website by using the Urchin Tracking Code code in URL links, blogs, and emails. Depending on which medium you use, you can track how many people visited your site from each source.
Buyer personas
Gathering data about customers, prospects or third-party networks is the first step towards creating buyer personas. Look through your customer list and identify the names and contact information for each. Next, identify the characteristics shared by each persona. This could include age, profession, family, hobbies and interests. Once you have this information, create a buyer persona.
SEO
One of the most important aspects of SEO for top of funnel marketing is to move visitors to the next phase of the buying process - awareness. Awareness is when a customer realizes they have an issue and begins searching for a solution. However, they might not know where to look or what to purchase. SEO can help. It allows you and your visitors to create a positive brand environment while not feeling spammy or ad-ware.
FAQ
Why Content Marketing?
HubSpot says that the average person spends more than two hours a day on content consumption. This is a lot of content consumption!
What does Content Marketing look like?
When someone visits your site, they're looking for something specific. They will be happy if they find what you need. They'll go elsewhere if they don't find what they need. Content marketing helps you provide useful and valuable information that answers questions and solves problems. You can use this content across all platforms (social media, email, etc.) so people will always have access to it.
What are the different content strategies?
Content strategy is an umbrella term used to describe all aspects of how you create, manage, distribute, measure, and optimize content for digital channels. It encompasses more than what you post on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. It also includes what content you select to highlight on your blog, website, and other online properties.
Content strategy is crucial because it determines where your focus should be, what content types to use, and how you communicate with your audience.
Understanding how content fits in with the overall business goals and objectives is key to helping you reach them.
What are the 7 Steps of Content Marketing?
The seven-step process to content marketing is:
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Identify the problem
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Learn what is working right now
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Make new ideas
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These strategies can be developed
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These are the best!
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Get the best results
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Keep going until you find the right solution.
This strategy has proven to be effective for both small and large businesses.
How do I create engaging content?
The best way to create great content is to write about something that interests you. If you want to be successful at writing, you need to find topics you are passionate about. This involves understanding your personality and sharing that knowledge with others. Writing for yourself is one thing, but when you start writing for other people, you'll notice how much easier it becomes to produce quality content.
What is the ROI of a Content Marketing Strategy for me?
Businesses that implement a Content Marketing Strategy are likely to see an average ROI between 5x and 10x more than those who don't.
A Content Marketing Strategy is designed to generate leads and sales.
It also provides valuable insight into your business. These insights help you make smarter business decisions. For example, they can help you identify new opportunities and improve customer service.
If you are curious about how much money you can make with a Content Marketing Strategy, I have the answer:
It is possible to easily double your overall income.
Statistics
- To further show the importance of this, 89% of people have stopped doing business with a company because of a poor experience. (neilpatel.com)
- Companies that use content marketing see approximately 30% higher growth rates than businesses not using it. (mailchimp.com)
- According to our research, 65% of companies with very successful content marketing in 2021 ran content audits at least twice a year. (semrush.com)
- Progress indicators (0–100%) allow each team member to see how attainable each goal is and understand what remains to be accomplished. (semrush.com)
- Measure your goals with a progress indicator of 0-100%. Make your goals collaborative and transparent (semrush.com)
- According to research compiled by Coschedule: Companies that publish 16+ blog posts a month get as much as 3.5x as much traffic as those that publish 0-4 posts a month. (criteo.com)
- An example of an overarching goal could be: "In 2022, we want to achieve a 20% increase in revenue created by organic content and generate 15,000 MQLs with a budget of $30,000." (semrush.com)
- We found that 40% of businesses don't have a documented strategy yet. (semrush.com)
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How To
What is a content marketing plan?
A content marketing plan (CMP), is a document that helps you to define your goals, objectives and strategies for building and executing an online presence. It's a blueprint for reaching your goals through content distribution and creation.
The CMP is often broken down into three main areas.
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Your overall strategy. What do you want?
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Your content strategy. How will you find the right people for writing, curating, and distributing your content.
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Your strategy's execution tactics - What channels will you use for sharing your content? Which types of content can you create?
These four components make up an effective CMP:
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Goal Setting - Define your target audience and set measurable KPIs for measuring success.
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Audience Research: Understand your ideal customers to know where you should look.
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Strategy - Have a clear vision about where you want to go. Break it down into smaller pieces.
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Execution: Set realistic expectations regarding when you will see results.