5 most common content marketing mistakes
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5 Most Common Content
Marketing Mistakes
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Ryan J. Rutledge
Rutledge Branding Initiative Writer
Dreamer
Content Marketing Specialist
Craft Beer Lover
@ryanjrutledge
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But First...
What is content
marketing?
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Basically...
Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.
-Content Marketing Institute
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Now, let’s get down to business.
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Mistake 5: Failure to Establish Target
Audience
While “Knowing Your Customer” is part of every
marketing campaign, social
media requires you to take it one
step further.
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You’ve got to expand your marketing persona to include social media platforms your customers would use.
How do they use social media when they’re shopping? Is it just for input or is it broader in terms of influence and additional information?
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Mistake 4: Failure to Listen
Understanding the customer's
emotional status and how you
can provide a good service that
creates an emotional connection is
critical.
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Different cultures have different mindsets.
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Plan accordingly,
and just listen.
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Mistake 3: Failure to Leverage Content You must use every piece of
content in multiple ways to get
the highest return on investment
from each piece of content.
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It’s Like The
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Mistake 2: Failure to keep with it
It takes time to build a real
relationship with your audience
and develop a loyal following.
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Some companies start
a blog, newsletter or
other tactic and expect
to see immediate
results...
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But it’s usually like this.
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Mistake 1: Failure to Measure Results
You must establish metrics that
are associated with your business
objectives.
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Capitalize!
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Ryan J. Rutledge
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