Managing Content Marketing The Real World Guide For Creating Passionate Subscribers To Your Brand

Perhaps no function in the business organization has been as fundamentally revolutionized as marketing. The social and mobile Web has completely changed the speed, efficiency, and ease with which consumers can engage with each other and has had a tremendous impact on brands. This new engagement of the consumer with keen awareness of their relationships and emerging social networks now correlates to every single aspect of our business. So, yes, marketing has changed. The question is what are we going to do about it?Content and Subscription: The New Marketing OpportunityAs growth of the social and mobile Web changes the methods of communication, the old lines of hierarchical relationships between business and consumer blur substantially. As consumers publish and share their opinions (both good and bad) with increasing ease, they can become more persuasive than even the company's voice itself. Every one of these groups becomes a powerful ally or enemy depending on what we do. All of them will be constantly in flux developing levels of trust and requiring varying levels of transparency to filter content and determine buying decisions. They will expand and collapse with great velocity, and it will all happen with or without our participation.Content marketing has been around for hundreds of years. But the application of a specific strategic process around content marketing is still new. The amount of budget that is allotted for new content creation is going to become a significant part of your "new media" budget. And subject matter experts in the organization are going to have new responsibilities. It's a transformative new process and it won't happen overnight. But it can, and should, happen. Get Content Get Customers showed us the light but there's been no book to show us the way. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says a "crisis" is simply an "opportunity riding the dangerous wind." As marketers we now have the opportunity to develop new processes with our marketing strategy, power them with content, and ultimately keep that wind at our back.Successful programs will focus on creating a thoughtful strategy and process to foster this content marketing. This book is a detailed "how-to" to build that successful content marketing process.

*Community Choice Winner of the 2014 Small Business Book Awards* Unthink what you've learned about sales and marketing communication. If you want to engage potential customers and help your business stand out from the crowd, you need to do things differently. From websites, white papers and blogs to tweets, newsletters and video, content is king in the digital world, now more than ever before. Get it right and you have a huge opportunity to connect with clients and customers in ways they appreciate and trust - they'll soon be knocking at your door wanting to do business with you. Valuable Content Marketing shows you how to create and share the type of information that clients, customers and search engines really want - on your website, using social media, and through more traditional methods. Whether you're starting a business or looking to grow, this book shows you how to get better results from your marketing efforts.

Annotation A collection of product marketing wisdom and insights from 42 experts from around the world exposes readers to the experience and knowledge of a group of the world's leading product marketing experts with a range of perspectives in both consumer and business markets.

Social media has become a key tool that businesses must utilize in all areas of their practices to build relationships with their customer base and promote their products. This technology is no longer optional as those who do not take advantage of the many benefits it offers continue to struggle with outdated practices. In order for businesses to flourish, further study on the advantages social media provides in the areas of marketing and developing consumer relationships is required. The Research Anthology on Social Media Advertising and Building Consumer Relationships considers best practices and strategies of utilizing social media successfully throughout various business fields to promote products, build relationships, and maintain relevancy. This book also discusses common pitfalls and challenges companies face as they attempt to create a name for themselves in the online world. Covering topics such as marketing, human aspects of business, and branding, this major reference work is crucial for managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

«El marketing tradicional no está funcionando». Con esta contundencia y precisión describe el gran maestro del marketing moderno, Philip Kottler, la situación a la que nos enfrentamos quienes, profesional o académicamente, nos ocupamos de esta disciplina. El marketing tradicional, desarrollado sobre todo a partir de los años sesenta, hoy aparece como un anciano irreconocible. Estamos en un nuevo contexto que exige nuevas comunicaciones de marketing centradas en la creación y distribución de unos contenidos tan relevantes para el consumidor que sea él mismo quien decida acceder libremente a ellos. Algunas marcas han elegido la producción de entretenimiento como vehículo de transmisión de sus mensajes de marca, aplicando los conocimientos de la industria del entretenimiento a la creación de unos contenidos propios, al servicio de los valores de la marca, capaces de despertar deseos y emociones por sí mismos. Estas marcas, han optado por el branded entertainment: contenido de entretenimiento, creado y producido por una marca, lo suficientemente interesante y atractivo como para que su público lo elija frente a otros productos de entretenimiento. En este libro, se profundiza en el conocimiento del branded entertainment; una herramienta de comunicación comercial que debe alcanzar un adecuado equilibrio entre la identificación de la marca y la capacidad del contenido creado para proporcionar una experiencia positiva para el consumidor. A través de sus páginas se van desgranando las características del branded entertainment y, mediante los ejemplos, se ponen de relieve las posibilidades de esta técnica capaz de llegar al consumidor como nunca antes se había logrado. Ha llegado el momento de decir adiós a la interrupción de contenidos elegidos para el consumidor, forzándole a ver publicidad que no desea, y de dar la bienvenida al branded entertainment, contenidos relevantes para el consumidor, que él mismo elige, distribuidos por una marca. ÍNDICE (Casi) todo está cambiando.- El marketing postmoderno.- La comunicación en el marketing postmoderno: los mensajes híbridos.- Branded content.- Content marketing.- Branded entertainment.- Situación actual del branded content en España.- Publicidad nativa.- El selfie de Ellen DeGenere.

If you have a website, a blog, or even a Facebook or Twitter presence, you are a publisher. Think like one: build a digital content strategy that embraces words, images and multimedia to systematically enhance consumer engagement and conversion rates. Lieb guides you through planning what you'll say online, how and where you'll say it, how often you'll communicate, and how you'll measure your effectiveness. She offers practical guidance for "listening" to conversations about your brand, products, and services, responding more effectively, and effectively informing those conversations. You'll learn how to use your digital content strategy to shape marketing, branding, PR, SEO, customer and media relations, blog content, social media initiatives, and your website. (bron: www.managementboek.nl).

***CIM (CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING) BOOK OF THE MONTH MAY 2016*** Content marketing just got easier Content marketing is one of today's growing marketing trends following fast on the heels of social media. It is marketing through creating and sharing content that potential customers find relevant, useful and valuable in order to attract, engage, convert and retain them. It's a strategy that requires careful thought, clear objectives and goals, and a deep understanding of your audience. It requires you to reach out to them with well-planned and well-produced content - in all forms and formats, offline as well as online. In this book we take a joined-up look at content marketing, the key principles that underpin it, and what it takes to put it into practice in a consistent and fully formed way. And we provide a practical framework for planning it and executing it successfully - whatever the size of your business or your marketing team. Adopting a content marketing approach is certainly not a short term, quick win tactic. But the chances are it could make a big difference to the effectiveness of your marketing. - Sunday: Adopt a content marketing mindset - Monday: Understand the different types of content - Tuesday: Develop your content marketing strategy - Wednesday: Get started with content planning - Thursday: Create compelling content - Friday: Get ready to share - Saturday: Learn how to measure success

Do you know how to turn the attention your content receives into profit? With a meaningful content marketing strategy, you can. An organization's content communicates everything to consumers. Content marketing is one of the most important pieces of the marketing plan, but many businesses do not take approach it strategically. As Chief Strategy Advisor for the Content Marketing Institute and CEO and Chief Strategy Officer for The Content Advisory, Robert Rose helps transform brands by honing their content marketing. In this book, he walks readers through his scalable, strategic approach. Content Marketing Strategy explains what top brands are doing to streamline their content and how marketing strategists can scale their methods to create business success. The chapters cover stacking a team, working with marketing and branding professionals on a consistent tone and message, setting meaningful goals for the content strategy, implementing it, and measuring the resulting outcomes. Filled with compelling examples from leaders in content marketing, including Salesforce, Cleveland Clinics, Amazon, and Arrow Electronics, the book offers a new model that will transform and optimize your content marketing.