F Ck Content Marketing Focus On Content Experience To Drive Demand Revenue Relationships

F#ck Content Marketing isn't a book forcontent marketers.Instead, it's for everyone in the organization who needs better context and direction for how to drive demand, revenue, and relationships with content. Truly effective companies (and marketers) create content experiences, drawing the customer into an immersive infinite scroll that mirrors the consumer experience of Netflix, Spotify, and other billion-dollar brands.Randy Frisch will push you to rethink how you approach content for complex buyer journeys. The current mindset is all about volume-the more content created, the better. But the reality is that almost 70 percent of content created within an organization is never used, and there's little point investing in content marketing if you're not leveraging the assets you create.In this book, Frisch unpacks the Content Experience Framework, arming your organization to deliver personalized experiences that leverage your content to engage your audiences at scale-as well as identify and ramp up the key players in your organization who need to own this process.

WINNER: American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2020 - Marketing and Advertising category WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Business: Small Business and Entrepreneurship category WINNER: BookAuthority Best New Book to Read in 2020 - Social Media Marketing category FINALIST: Business Book Awards 2020 - International Business Book category Social networks are the new norm and traditional marketing is failing in today's digital, always-on culture. Businesses across the world are having to face up to how they remain relevant in the choppy waters of the digital ocean. In an era where a YouTube star gets more daily impressions than Nike, Coca-Cola and Walmart combined, traditional marketing as we know it is dead. The End of Marketing revolutionizes the way brands, agencies and marketers should approach marketing. From how Donald Trump won the American presidency using social media and why Kim Kardashian is one of the world's biggest online brands, through to the impact of bots and automation, this book will teach you about new features and emerging platforms that will engage customers and employees. Discover bold content ideas, hear from some of the world's largest brands and content creators and find out how to build smarter paid-strategies, guaranteed to help you dominate your markets. The End of Marketing explains that no matter how easy it is to reach potential customers, the key relationship between brand and consumer still needs the human touch. Learn how to put 'social' back into social media and claim brand relevancy in a world where algorithms dominate, organic reach is dwindling and consumers don't want to be sold to, they want to be engaged.

In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context. We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For the first time in history, ordinary people around the world have the ability to create, distribute, and consume content instantly, from anywhere, using connected devices. The massive increase in media "noise" created by these consumers and devices creates an entirely new situation that makes conventional marketing models obsolete. And yet countless companies and marketing organizations continue to rely on traditional models, assuming that their "campaigns" will sway customers. They couldn't be more wrong. In this provocative and practical book, Salesforce marketing maven Mathew Sweezey boldly outlines this new "infinite media" environment and poses a profound question: In a transformed world where customers shape their own experience, what is the key to breaking through and motivating them to buy? It is context--the close linkage between an individual's immediate desires and the experiences a brand creates to fulfill them. Drawing on new research and new insights into current consumer psychology, Sweezey defines the five key elements of context. Customer experiences must be: Available: Helping people achieve the value they seek in the moment Permissioned: Giving people what they've asked for, on their terms Personal: Going beyond how personal it is to how personally you can deliver it Authentic: Combining voice, empathy, and brand congruence simultaneously Purposeful: Creating a deeper connection to the brand, beyond the product Sweezey uses vivid examples to highlight a new marketing model used by high-performing brands big and small. The final part of the book shifts to execution, providing a new rule book for context-based marketing. The Context Marketing Revolution will change forever how you think about the purpose and practice of marketing.

The small business guru behind Duct Tape Marketing shares his most valuable lesson: how to get your customers to do your best marketing for you. The power of glitzy advertising and elaborate marketing campaigns is on the wane; word- of-mouth referrals are what drive business today. People trust the recommendation of a friend, family member, colleague, or even stranger with similar tastes over anything thrust at them by a faceless company. Most business owners believe that whether customers refer them is entirely out of their hands. But science shows that people can't help recommending products and services to their friends-it's an instinct wired deep in the brain. And smart businesses can tap into that hardwired desire. Marketing expert John Jantsch offers practical techniques for harnessing the power of referrals to ensure a steady flow of new customers. Keep those customers happy, and they will refer your business to even more customers. Some of Jantsch's strategies include: -Talk with your customers, not at them. Thanks to social networking sites, companies of any size have the opportunity to engage with their customers on their home turf as never before-but the key is listening. -The sales team is the most important part of your marketing team. Salespeople are the company's main link to customers, who are the main source of referrals. Getting them on board with your referral strategy is critical. -Educate your customers. Referrals are only helpful if they're given to the right people. Educate your customers about whom they should be talking to. The secret to generating referrals lies in understanding the "Customer Referral Cycle"-the way customers refer others to your company who, in turn, generate even more referrals. Businesses can ensure a healthy referral cycle by moving customers and prospects along the path of Know, Like, Trust, Try, Buy, Repeat, and Refer. If everyone in an organization keeps this sequence in mind, Jantsch argues, your business will generate referrals like a well-oiled machine. This practical, smart, and original guide is essential reading for any company looking to grow without a fat marketing budget.

MASTER LOCAL SEO AND REACH THE RIGHT CUSTOMERS EVERY TIME With Google, Yahoo!, and Bing returning local businesses as results on more than a billion daily searches, Google Adwords expert Perry Marshall and lead generation expert Talor Zamir introduce you to the basic framework behind a successful local SEO campaign. From defining local search--often confused with paid search and search engine marketing--to local listing and reviews to social outreach and effective content development, this guide delivers the tools to build an entire local marketing campaign. You'll learn how to: Capture high-quality leads from Google AdWords and Bing in 48 hours Master the components of a high-converting campaign and get the most bang for your buck Harness mobile search advertising and Facebook ads for maximum results

Content Marketing Revolution boldly guides you through five proven steps that will help your business to attract more customers, close more sales and excite brand loyalty. Whether you're a marketing manager, an entrepreneur or an S&P Index CEO, this book provides a step-by-step guide to planning, executing and monitoring a killer content marketing strategy. Gone are the days when traditional marketing messages had critical power on buying decisions. Instead, customers now want to make empowered decisions based on useful information, valuable engagements and brand affinity. This book will help you to quickly adapt to the demise of traditional marketing and position your brand as a market leader in the 'content age'. Content marketing expert, Dane Brookes, shares his secrets and battle tactics, along with everything you need to know to seize control of your market by giving your customers exactly what they want, before they even realise it. Entertainingly written, this book is packed with practical tips, proven strategies, and case studies that demonstrate how some of the most successful brands in the world like Red Bull, Four Seasons and Open University are nurturing customers with highly-relevant content. The book also includes contributions from leading content experts, including Olivier award-winning writer, Mark Davies Markham and Philips' Digital Editor in Chief, Matt Warnock (Foreword). It's time to declare war on your competitors and revolutionise your place in the market. Expert reviews: "Dane Brookes inspiringly guides you through the five key steps to success. This book is a must for marketers of all levels." - Mark Langshaw, Journalist at Digital Spy "Dane Brookes is amongst the new breed of true content marketers. By following his advice in this book, you'll be able to devise a solid content strategy, with insights into how you can test, measure and improve." - Matt Warnock, Digital Editor in Chief at Philips "Content Marketing Revolution is the new bible for business owners. If you want to dominate your market, this is your starting point." - Debora Fougere, Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning TV Producer "If you're looking to build a marketing strategy that actually works, this book contains the instructions." - Jo Banks, Author & Business Consultant

A game-changing framework for staying top of mind with your audience―from the No. 1 company dominating content marketing What do many successful businesses and leaders have in common? They’re the first names that come to mind when people think about their particular industries. How do you achieve this level of trust that influences people to think of you in the right way at the right time? By developing habits and strategies that focus on engaging your audience, creating meaningful relationships, and delivering value consistently, day in and day out. It’s the winning approach John Hall used to build Influence & Co. into one of “America’s Most Promising Companies,” according to Forbes. In this step-by-step guide, he shows you how to use content to keep your brand front and center in the minds of decision makers who matter. He reveals: • how consumer needs and expectations have changed and what this shift means for you • how to build a helpful, authentic, and consistent brand that serves others just as well as it serves you • proven methods for using digital content to enrich your target audience’s lives in ways that build real, lasting trust Whether you’re a marketing leader engaging an audience of potential customers, a business leader looking to humanize your company brand, or an industry up-and-comer seeking to build influence, maintaining a prominent spot in your audience’s minds will increase the likelihood that the moment they need to make a choice, you’ll be the first one they call. There’s no better way to drive opportunities that result in increased revenue and growth. Business is never “just” business. It’s always about relationships. It’s always about a human connection. When you’re viewed as a valuable, trustworthy partner, the opportunities are endless. Position yourself for success by establishing and developing content-driven relationships that keep you and your brand Top of Mind.

Get your bottom-line results where you want them by putting your marketing campaigns and initiatives to powerful new use Marketing is all about understanding and serving your customers’ needs—but how do you know that your events, campaigns, and communication initiatives are working at top effectiveness? And how can you determine whether your marketing investments are reaping real rewards? ROI (Return on Investment) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of all types of investments, and in this powerful guide, the team at the ROI Institute offer you a proven method for understanding your own marketing benchmarks as never before. Drawing on real data collected from real cases of real companies in a variety of industries, ROI in Marketing uses a data-driven process to help you measure: Input, including types of projects, audience reach, number of customers, costs, and more Reactions of target groups to products, services, and messages Actions, including how to process and monetize what the target group thinks, believes, and knows Business impact of actions taken by the target group and their influence on sales, new accounts, and profits ROI, monetary benefits of marketing programs compared to costs Intangibles, such as image, reputation, corporate social responsibility, and more Packed with actionable, results-driven processes, ROI in Marketing offers a powerful blueprint for transforming how you interact with your customers to get clear bottom-line results.