Category Content Marketing

Unlearn what you’ve learned about content marketing.

By in Content Marketing, Marketing

by SEBASTIAN CUERVO AND RONNIE HIGGINS for 42 Slash If you want to succeed in the new era of content marketing, the first step is to accept a painful truth: the playbook everyone has been using for more than a decade is inadequate for addressing the needs of today.  Sure, some of the tried-and-true strategies and tactics that gave rise to content marketing’s dominance over the last few years will remain. SEO and email are far from dead, too. But the game has changed tremendously.  What’s changed:  The tyranny of platform algorithms:  We are at a different moment of the internet…

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How To Think In Funnels (And Achieve The Best Possible Outcomes)

By in Business Management, Content Marketing, Marketing, Sales Tag , , , ,

by Frontera Blog Thinking in funnels is a mental model that breaks down your goals into different stages. So you can improve the conversion at each stage to achieve the best possible outcomes. We’ll start with a marketing story from the 1890s to understand how it was born. And finish with how to think in funnels. Let’s go. In 1898, Elias Elmo Lewis created a formula that changed marketing forever. He had an advertising agency. And he wrote newspaper ads for his clients — which was the main channel to reach potential customers before radio and TV. Like any advertiser, Lewis wanted to sell…

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SaaS Content Marketing: Why You Should Focus on Bottom of the Funnel First to Drive Signups

By in Content Marketing, Marketing, SaaS Tag

By Benji Hyam for Grow & Convert If you talk to content marketers at SaaS companies (both in-house and other agencies), almost everyone will tell you that you need to focus on top of the funnel content first. Why? Because most marketers assume everyone starts at the top of the funnel and slowly makes their way down the funnel via nurturing and more content. The logic typically sounds like this: “Well first, the customer needs awareness: They need to know about the problem. Then, they need to consider different options: Look for solutions. Then they’ll convert: Sign up to try your solution.” Yes, in theory, every single customer for any product goes…

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5 Types of Content to Spice up Your B2B Marketing

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By Julie van der Weele for FOLEON Are you looking for innovative ways to spice up your B2B content marketing strategy? You’re in the right place. Creating content that stands out from the crowd is no mean feat these days. Marketers and brands need to develop and deliver a content marketing strategy that gets their ideal customers' attention and encourages them to keep listening, watching, and waiting for the next content-related treat.  The team at Foleon is always super excited to share our content inspirations, and we especially enjoy it when we can show how they are aligned to a…

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