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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Get creative.

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The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing

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Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. Wikipedia defines “ Content Marketing ” as: The creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. Some creative marketers call these lists suspects.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

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Allow your content to be shared. Recognize that traditional interruption techniques have limited effect by providing relevant distractions to your prospects daily grind. Amplify good news. Consider carefully whether to respond to negative comments. Start blogging Make “social” part of your marketing DNA. Make every campaign social.

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Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

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Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? Follow these 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads.

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Integrating Social Media and Search

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In the past I spoke about The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing and described the importance of understanding and analyzing keywords. These insights will guide the content you need to create for an effective campaign. As with organic search, social monitoring can assist with keywords, messaging and content direction.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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Lead scoring is a key component so that once a lead meets a quality threshold, it is sent to sales with all the relevant history such as marketing tactics responded to, content viewed, solution interest, budget or timeframe. kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. Bottom line is that marketing needs to be flexible.

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

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Content: in building strong customer relationships, you have to provide valuable information that meets your customer needs. In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. And something that is often overlooked: simply sharing the valuable content of others. The reason is context.