Why Content Marketing?

The Buyer is today’s expert! According to a CMI funded research, 90% of  all buyers will make purchasing decisions before reaching out to a brand (or Sales Person).  81% of all shoppers will search online before visiting any physical store. Invariably, potential buyers are already searching the web for something unique, your content is the answer to this hunt!
So, what is content marketing and why is it essential?
“It is a marketing strategy that seeks to promote your brand by creating high-quality and valuable content to inform, educate and delight an audience”
What are the types of Content marketing?
Marketing is a science now! Major brands like P&G , Pepsi, Coca-Cola are using content marketing techniques to build their brand image and increase their profitability. I’ll explain this science by highlighting types of Content (this is not an exhaustive list).
Organic Content
Paid media can’t turn a bad advertisement into creative content! According to Content Marketing Institute a majority (over 93%) of  B2B Marketers are using different content marketing techniques to increase their revenue. Organic content is one of the weapons in the content marketing tool kit, in fact it is a top driver for web traffic (trending).
So, what is an organic content?
“Organic content marketing strategy  involves a process of creating an authentic audience/followers for a brand  Naturally rather than artificially”

*Artificially gained audiences are  directly linked to paid marketing tools like linkedin-ads or other paid ads.
There is an ongoing discussion on types of organic content, but there is a consensus that organic content includes blog posts, articles on websites, E-newsletters and social media posts. A recently published CMI research reported that 79% of  all marketers in its database identified blogging as their most effective SEO enabling strategy. Meanwhile, 58% of the same group suggested that articles published on their website is key to providing solutions to their customers at the right moment.

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