Most people want quick wins and so the Facebook advertising tactics to amplify their brand and get attention are invested in. So every day I committed to spending 2 hours cold calling targeted businesses. We grew the business to $2 million in sales in just 2 years. Now it’s known as content marketing. Some content marketing facts According to Hubspot here are some cold hard numbers about content marketing. This blog has attracted over 25 million visitors to date and all on the back of years of content marketing that works. I started to realize that I hadn’t invested enough time and attention to making sure the traffic converts with Germanic engineering efficiency. An SEO fact The hard fact “SEO produces 300% more traffic for content sites than social media“. But there is a problem with SEO It takes time and it’s effort can take many months and even years to show results. Building a successful business in a digital world needs you to play a long game.
They think that Facebook is the only marketing channel, Snapchat is brand attention nirvana and spending money on influencers with 10,000 followers on Instagram is a good investment.
Most people want quick wins and so the Facebook advertising tactics to amplify their brand and get attention are invested in. Nothing wrong with that.
But if that is all your investing in it is short sighted and stupid.
What is often forgotten is the long game.
Many marketing managers are trying to keep their CEO’s happy and not telling them what they need to know.
1. Content is everything
The boss sat me down and told me something I didn’t want to hear.
It was one of those conversations.
It meant doing something every day I hated. Being rejected. But he wanted my commitment to the task.
It was key to business growth.
So every day I committed to spending 2 hours cold calling targeted businesses. Our potential customers.
The first goal was the appointment. Every day I strapped myself in and made those calls. I hated it.
But it worked. Business thrived.
A few years later I started my own business and the same discipline was applied.
We grew the business to $2 million in sales in just 2 years.
But that was then
And now it’s the future. And cold calling isn’t working so well. Caller ID and other tech is
And I was wanting to start a new business.
Then I discovered a book with the title ” The New Rules of Marketing and PR”
It was a revelation
It introduced the concept of creating content and publishing it online. Of attracting leads and sales through blog posts, videos and podcasts.
The term then was inbound marketing. Now it’s known as content marketing.
So I started a digital publishing experiment that followed his advice.
Then it happened
The world….. and customers showed up.
Thank you David Meerman-Scott.
So that’s the story, but what are the facts about content marketing?
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