So, Does Your Business Need a Content Marketing Strategy?
If you read our recent blog post, What Is Content Marketing & Why Should A Business Owner Care? then you’re probably asking yourself whether you need a content marketing strategy. Well, the short answer is yes.
Because content is everything that we read, hear, or look at every single day, having a strategy in place to determine how that content is introduced and who it is presented to is a valuable resource.
What Exactly Does It Accomplish?
Outlining a documented content marketing strategy helps you nail down:
1. Who you are as a brand, and as people.
2. What you’re trying to say to your audience, or what your brand story is.
3. How to say what you’re trying to say to produce the most impact.
4. Who is actually listening to what you have to say.
Having these things figured out will help drive your brand marketing efforts in the right direction: UP. While having a verbal strategy or unspoken agreement of a content marketing strategy is a great start, it does not compare to having a documented strategy in place for your brand.
The Benefits of Having a Content Marketing Strategy
While the exact ROI is harder to pin down for content marketing, the benefits of a well-formed, documented content marketing strategy are boundless. Since it is essentially a passive skill, it acts as a sort of magnet that pulls your audience in and can help produce the following:
• Increased brand awareness within your niche market.
• Instil brand loyalty and trust in your audience.
• Produce a genuine community of brand advocates and fans.
• Create stronger retention and referral numbers.
• Increased sales.
While those are just the tip of the iceberg, they can only be achieved by documenting your content marketing strategy and following it to the letter. This means distributing copies of it to everyone within the content curation, creation and distribution workflow. It also means sharing it with everyone else that could have a hand in reaching your audience, whether through emails or face-to-face.
We firmly believe in the power of knowing who you are and who you want to reach, and we can help shed some light on that process for you. We offer tailored content marketing strategies and implementation for all types of businesses. Request a consultation today!