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Content Creation 101: Tips for Working With Reluctant Subject Matter Experts

Contently

They’re busy — and content isn’t on their list of KPIs. Bandwidth constraints aren’t the only challenge you may face when working with SMEs. Sometimes the SME recognizes the value of content but doesn’t want to work with you on it. Both are experts in music.

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How to find your next, best customers with ABM

Martech

There are three levels to a successful ICP: The first is in broad strokes: firmographics (vertical, revenue, number of employees, location, etc.). SME or subject matter expert, a key advisor to the decision-making process). We may intuit that the SME in a targeted company needs detailed information. Get MarTech! In your inbox.

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Working with Freelance Writers: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Content Standard

“If you are a large company, let us know what your verticals are. “If I’m writing for IT decision-makers or business leaders, I’ve got those audiences down and I feel like I know them. Quickly debrief an SME before the interview to make sure they understand the purpose of the call. Key Takeaways.

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Content Marketing at Scale: Aligning 8 Critical Stakeholder Groups

Content Standard

Some stakeholders to consider include: Business leaders and executive management. Internal subject matter experts (SMEs). Business Leaders and Executive Management Executive support has the potential to be transformative to your content marketing, but it takes the right approach. Social, email, and PR teams.

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Leveraging Subject Matter Experts in Your Content Marketing Strategy

Content Standard

Building an SME Program. Building out this type of program can be a challenge as you are asking for these experts’ time, and many of them are often busy with other business-driven commitments. An example of one company with a well-developed SME program is Hortonworks, a leading provider of open source data solutions.

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How to build a killer content team

Biznology

Sometimes, an internal SME can act as part of the writing team. This strategy only works with the SME is engaged in the process, willing to write and can hit deadlines. Many SMEs can’t dedicate the time needed for constant production. Process – create a sustainable content flow. They publish too frequently. Do that more often.

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How Epsilon Created a Bedrock of Content for the Industry’s Most Advanced Data-Driven Marketing

nDash

How do you create content effectively when your business sells a complex set of products and services to a wide range of verticals? In this kind of business, content marketing can’t just be a side project. Today, there are 5 content marketers working to execute a strategy that’s broken into two dimensions—vertical and product.