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Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. In contrast to traditional marketing methods that aim to increase sales or awareness through interruption techniques, content marketing subscribes to the notion that delivering high-quality, relevant and valuable information to prospects and customers drives profitable consumer action. Content marketing has benefits in terms of retaining reader attention and improving brand loyalty better than traditional marketing techniques.
The idea of sharing content as a means of persuading decision-making has driven content marketers to make their once-proprietary informational assets available to selected audiences. Alternatively, many content marketers choose to create new information and share it via any and all media. Content marketing products frequently take the form of custom magazines, print or online newsletters, digital content, websites or microsites, white papers, webcasts/webinars, podcasts, video portals or series, in-person roadshows, roundtables, interactive online, email, events. The purpose of this information is not to spout the virtues of the marketer’s own products or services, but to inform target customers and prospects about key industry issues, sometimes involving the marketer’s products. The motivation behind content marketing is the belief that educating the customer results in the brand’s recognition as a thought leader and industry expert.
Marketers may use content marketing as a means of achieving a variety of business goals, such as thought leadership, lead generation, increasing direct sales, improving retention and more.
Content marketing is the underlying philosophy driving techniques such as custom media, custom publishing, database marketing, brand marketing, branded entertainment and branded content.
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Nice, concise definition for content marketing – I particularly like your positioning it as the underlying philosophy behind custom publishing, branded entertainment, et al. Funny how two years ago, there was no concurrence on what to even call it, yet we all knew it was a broader idea that parented disciplines that were already named! Nicely done, gents.
Keith Wiegold
Nutlug Content Marketing
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Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?
It exists like this, a client seeks for a keyword on Google. You have published an article which targets this phrase and get rendered it to a internet site which Google likes. The customer gets your article on page one, reads it, clicks on your internet site link, and visits your website. All going best, you will have several affiliate link click-throughs, and some sales in there! That’s the beauty of affiliate marketing.
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