Content Marketing Ans- A strategic marketing and business process focused on creating and distributing
valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience and ultimately to
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Content Marketing Ans- A strategic marketing and business process focused on creating and distributing
valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience and ultimately to
drive profitable customer action.
The art of communicating with your prospects and customers without having to sell to them.
1st Sign of Content Marketing Ans- 4200 B.C.
Content Ans- the message your content marketing strategy delivers
Inbound Methodology Ans- Attract
Convert
Close
Delight
Attract (Inbound Methodology) Ans- blog, keywords, social publishing
Strangers >> Visitors
Convert (Inbound Methodology) Ans- forms, CTA, landing pages
Visitors >> Leads
Close (Inbound Methodology) Ans- CRM, email, workflows
Leads >> Customers
Delight (Inbound Methodology) Ans- Surveys, smart content, social monitoring
Customers >> Promoters
Similarities between content marketing and inbound marketing Ans- Focus on:
Empowering potential customers
Building a lasting relationship with your audience
creating valuable content that both entertains and educates
Success relies on BOTH.
Diffs between content marketing and inbound marketing Ans- inbound should be a superset- inclusive of you
content assets but not limited to them.
Steps to create a successful content marketing plan Ans- The power of story telling
Generating content ideas
Planning a long term content strategy
Building a content creation framework
Becoming an effective writer
Extending the value of content through repurposing
How to effectively promote your content
Analyzing and measuring content
Developing a growth marketing mentality
Create content more easily Ans- by identifying your content marketing plan (long term)
Business Storytelling Ans- creating alignment between your business and your prospects and your customers
can be used in any form of media
its about standing out, not blending in
Business Story differ from regular story AnsGoal of Business Storytelling Ans- to make a human connection. its about resonating with people, people that
need your help of guidance.
Helps create contrast between options.
Business Story Ans- will help your prospects make sense of decisions they're about to make. Whether
deciding on a needed product or service or making a purchase.
is why you're doing what you're doing and telling it in a way that appeals to your audience
NOT a Business Story Ans- not just your history
not cliche
not what everyone else is saying
Emotion Ans- gets remembered over logic. stories are how audiences rememeber
The Golden Circle Ans- begins with starting about why
why-innermost circle
how- middle circle
what- outermost circle
Why (golden circle) Ans- why are you doing what you're doing?
How (golden circle) Ans- how will this help your audience?
What (golden circle) Ans- What are you offering?
Why the order of telling the story matters Ans- It appeals to different areas of the brain. When you talk about
why and how you're communicating with feelings and dealign with human behavior and story telling is all
about making that connection.
Always express they why to make a connection with customers
Foundational Story Telling Elements Ans- Characters
Conflict
Resolution
Characters Ans- Introduce the people involved- your readers/audience
want them to see themselves as characters in your story and will be more likely to experience you g/s
the connection between you, the storyteller, and the audience
you must value and understand your audience and always be listening and respond to their wants and needs
Make sure your focusing on the right characters Ans- start with your buyer persona
Buyer Persona Ans- This semi-fictional representation of your ideal buyer can help guide you to
understanding the goals and challenges that your character will face
Storytelling points of view Ans- first person
second person
third person
no right or wrong option
first person Ans- when the character is yourself- I
builds authority
more confessional
Use first person when there is a known person- author behind the content
second person Ans- make it personal- you (your audience)
must really understand the buyer persona
tell the story in a way that shows empathy (find painpoints/goals)
Third Person Ans- He said/ She said language
case studies about your customers are good examples
can be fictional or nonfictional
Consistency Ans- is key when it comes to content and storytelling. Pick a point of view and stick to it.
Conflict Ans- is the lesson in how the character transforms throu
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