Traditionally, sellers have been looking for buyers and so the focus has always been on push based marketing efforts. These include things like mass mailing campaigns, participating in trade-shows, advertising and the type. Besides being very expensive, this traditional approach is losing its sting. In the age of Content Marketing, the important question to ask is How do you use Content Marketing to Build Thought Leadership ?
Companies worldwide are investing in strategic marketing content to actively influence the customer buying process and create a thought leadership position. Marketing your services via the content you create gives you the opportunity to help prospects rather than over-sell to them.
To get your content marketing strategy right, you need to focus on a few basics
Content can manifest itself in many forms. Ideally it should be in a form that is easy to consume by your target audience. At the very basic level, it is web page content, landing pages, CTA definitions. At a strategic level, organizations are increasingly using tools like white papers, e-books, blogs, webinars, to engage with target customers and manage lead generation .
I hope this post was able to give you some ideas about how you can go about using Content Marketing to Build Thought Leadership. It is something a lot of marketers are doing around the world. So make sure that you get it right.
Best regards, Atul Dhakappa
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