There are a lot of people creating content -- really, really good content. With increasing competition, how can content marketers ensure that they are getting in front of the right people?
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...and it’s still not enough
Source: 2014 B2B Content Marketing Trends—North America,, Content Marketing Institute
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Most companies plan to do more
Source: 2014 B2B Content Marketing Trends—North America,, Content Marketing Institute
58%
of marketers plan to
increase the amount of content
they’re producing over the
next 12 months
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Reality
I’m
exhausted.
Is there any
chance Bob
will have
those TPS
reports to me
on time to hit
the deadline?
How do
other
companies
manage
TPS
reports?
I can’t wait to catch
up on Game of
Thrones tonight
Are we
out of
coffee?
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Step 1: pick your channel
High Intent:
Searching for your product
Organic Search
Retargeting
Paid Search
Display Ads
Mobile Ads
Social
Low Intent:
Not searching for your product
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Step 2: prepare your follow-up
High Intent:
Searching for your product
Organic Search
Retargeting
Paid Search
1 Landing page: free trial offer
2 Sales call/email
3 Convert to paying customer
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Step 2: prepare your follow-up
1 Landing page: content
offer
2 Nurturing emails
3 Sales call/email
4 Convert to paying customer
Display Ads
Mobile Ads
Social
Low Intent:
Not searching for your product
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Step 3: determine your budget
$1500
Customer Acquisition Goal
(1/3 LTV/ new customer)
2%Average Conversion Rate
50Leads/ sale
$30Cost/ Lead Goal
=
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Step 4: set up your campaign
Simple naming
conventions
Lowercase
Link lead to
campaign
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Step 4: set up your campaign
http://go.rjmetrics.com/calculating-roi-using-
clv?utm_campaign=twitter+roi-
keywords&utm_source=twitter&utm_med
ium=cpc&utm_content=whitepaper
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Future considerations
1. What’s the lifetime value of customers acquired through
these channels?
2. What pieces of content are turning paid leads into
paying customers?
3. Is my paid audience promoting my brand?