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"Less than 10% of those surveyed were definitely sure how to implement content marketing." Sound familiar? If it does, you're clearly not alone. Content marketing -- and keeping up with it -- can be confusing, even to those who understand its importance. Many of us have heard the phrase "content is king." But what, exactly, does that look like here and now, in such a rapidly changing landscape? We grabbed that opening statistic from the helpful, intriguing infographic below, compiled by Zazzle, based on the results of its 2017 State of Content Marketing Survey of marketers in the UK. But instead of simply looking at the latest trends, it sought to examine the pain points and decision-making process of today's content marketer. And if you're in the business of making life easier for that audience -- well, we suggest having a look. Do you think the same trends hold true in your neck of the woods? Read on, and see where your current strategy and priorities align with the data illustrated here....
There are lots of things you need to do to have a successful blog. Not only do your posts need to be well-written, helpful, and relevant to your target audience, but you've also got to make sure you're promoting them correctly so they get in front of people who could become your fans -- and maybe even your customers.
Luckily, you have many creative options when it comes to promoting your blog content. In the infographic below from ReferralCandy, we hear from over 40 marketing experts about their favorite blog promotion tactics -- everything from relationship building to email segmentation to social media. Check it out....
Maintaining a steady stream of content that's unique and interesting to your target audience is a challenge. But with a big dose of creativity (and a little help from content idea generators), you can create content that's not only valuable to your market, but also stands out from the sea of information.
44 Fantastic Types of Content
There are tons of options out there for content you can create. Forty four content types are outlined below, so look through the list and see which ones would make a perfect fit in your marketing plan....
If you're a sales or marketing leader, you've probably already wrapped up strategy planning for 2015. (Or you might still be in the thick of it if time hasn't been on your side. No judgment -- I've been there.) But a new infographic from Implisit which reveals the most and least effective channels for customer conversion might prompt you to crack the newly approved plans open once more and make a few revisions.
For instance, if you intend on finding customers through events and purchased lead lists in the new year, you might want to think again, as these channels had the lowest lead to conversion rate of 14 options. On the opposite end of the spectrum were Facebook and Twitter, company website, and referrals, the last of which blew all other channels out of the water with 3.63% of leads converting to customers. These same avenues were also far more likely to result in closed-won vs. closed-lost deals....
Have you ever wondered when you should be sharing your content on the social web?
Your visitors and followers prefer using social media sites during specific hours. So if you start sharing your content when your users are on these social sites, you’ll not only gain more shares, but you’ll also notice an increase in traffic.
So, when should you be sharing your content? Well, just follow the times in the infographic below....
ALanding Pages for Content Marketing
Infographics are playing a larger role in visual storytelling efforts. When they are thoughtfully designed, they provide attention-grabbing visuals that also help the reader better comprehend and remember the message. This added value to the reader often encourages further engagement and sharing.
Based on my experience creating infographics that are used in PR Newswire’s press releases, blog posts and presentations, here are some best practices for designing infographics that drive results....
Sometimes it’s easier to just follow the dotted line as you’re looking to ensure your digital marketing is balanced and complete. This infographic compliments of Two Legit aims to do just that, walking you through your web presence, mobile, ecommerce, outbound, inbound, content and social media marketing initiatives.
One element lost in this infographic is the ability for all of the strategies to work with one another. For instance, utilizing your content marketing to power newsletters that are optimized for mobile devices.
That’s not defined in this infographic but it’s an absolute necessity if you’d like to fully leverage email and ensure your emails are read properly. I’ve written before that the modern digital media consultant is more of a conductor, balancing the volumes of each strategy to make some sweet, sweet music!
More often than not, we find that the key to marketing well isn’t doing everything… it’s balancing a combination of strategies, amplifying the impact by having them work together, and understanding how much of each strategy to initiate in order to maximize results. That said – this is still a great checklist to go down and ensure you’re not missing anything! This infographic also provides some statistics behind the digital marketing trends....
Never underestimate of the power of a woman, especially when combined with social media. From the number of active users on a social network to the frequency of their interaction with other users and brands, women are a powerful force in the social media realm. Curious how much power women hold on social media?
Take a look at the infographic below from Finances Online for some possibly surprising statistics. While it is well-known that women dominate Pinterest, they also outnumber men on four of the other top six social networks: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. However, men continue to account for the majority of LinkedIn’s users. In addition, 30% of women use social media multiple times a day, while only 26% men report using social media sites several times a day...
Content marketing can help grow your business in many different ways. We all know that because it has been repeated about a million times on the marketing blogosphere in the last 5 years.
But really, I’m always impressed with these two most common scenarios when it comes to companies adopting (or not) content marketing: Many companies jump on the wagon to just go through the motions of writing posts, without really knowing why, or having clear goals. Or companies that fail to see the benefits of a content-rich website rather than a virtual static brochure.
And this is why I loved this infographic from Neil Patel (QuickSprout), because it focuses on one clear benefit: Content marketing can help improve your search engine rankings. So I wanted to share it with you....
Because 2013 is winding down, we can start to look forward to the trends that will drive 2014.
Kudos to WebDAM for leading the look-aheads with its new infographic that looks toward next year. Here are a few prognosticative highlights: - 78 percent of CMOs think custom content is the future of marketing
- Social marketing budgets will double over the next five years
- A third of traffic from Google’s organic search results go to the first item listed
Check out the full infographic...
Content curation is a great way to supplement your original blog content. Shrink the Internet and Add ValueA curator is an information chemist.
He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule – Robert Scoble
Being a Content Marketer, I’m sure you’ve noticed the sheer amount of new content being produced on the Internet – social, blogs, videos, podcasts, hangouts, etc. The amount of new content created is mind boggling.
Your audience, more than likely, is challenged for spare time, and would prefer not to wade through the sea of Internet content to find what they want. You can help make their life easier by providing relevant, high quality, meaningful content in an easily accessible location.Shrink the Internet for them!...
Let’s not lie. Timing is huge.
Some people have wondered if it really matters at what time social media posts are made. Just think about it – If you post an incredible piece of content, but no one’s there to read it, how much has it accomplished? Post at the wrong time and accomplish nothing. Post at the right time and you could grow your online presence by leaps and bounds. It’s especially important if you’re doing social media marketing. The following infographic displays the best times to post on social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+,LinkedIn, Pinterest, and blogs...
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How many benefits of social marketing can you think of?
Social media can be used in so many ways – to develop your brand, increase SEO rankings, distribute content, acquire leads, and more. While many blogs talk about these benefits, there are very few that attempt to outline the “big picture” of social media or a comprehensive list of its benefits.
I decided to take a stab at it and ended up with 75 benefits of social media marketing. Below is an infographic with a compiled list of benefits. Check it out and see which benefits your brand is potentially missing on social media....
In an age where millions of people document their lives online, it begs the question: what are the psychological reasons behind Twitter? Read more about the psychology of social media here.
There’s no question of a doubt that social media has become more visual over the past few years with over 63 percent of social media updates now incorporating images. This means that if you don’t have great images for your social updates you will not stand out from the hundreds of status updates streaming past your audience every day.
But simply having great images is not enough.Unfortunately your photos and images display differently across the different social media channels so you need to make sure that your photos are optimized for each one. This can often lead to a lot of searching online to find out the correct dimensions for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.
Wouldn’t it be useful if all this information was in one place? Thankfully the team at Setupablogtoday have done that in this easy to follow cheat sheet.
Whether you are an experienced Social Media Marketer or a novice this handy reference guide lists the dimensions for the images which the major social networks want you to use, as well as a few handy tips for selecting the perfect image for your profiles....
We live in an age of Big: Big Computers, Big Data, and Big Lies.
Faced with an unprecedented torrent of information, data scientists have turned to the visual arts to make sense of big data. The result of this unlikely marriage—often called "data visualizations" or "infographics"—has repeatedly provided us with new and insightful perspectives on the world around us.
However, time and time again we have seen that data visualizations can easily be manipulated to lie. By misrepresenting, altering, or faking the data they visualize, data scientists can twist public opinion to their benefit and even profit at our expense.
We have a natural tendency to trust images more than text. As a result, we’re easily fooled by data visualizations. But fortunately, there are three easy steps we can follow to save ourselves from getting duped in the data deluge....
We all know a picture speaks thousand words and for that reason infographics are being more popular due to its amazing information displayed in the form of images. It has the capability to capture everyone’s eye and tell them a story with engaging content and images. It’s an all in one package with text, images and creative design that come all along. It holds a great marketing potential that has the ability to attract customers. Many people click on infographics as it is more appealing and hence your web traffic is increased which is beneficial aspect for SEO.
Here we have the collection of 10 interesting infographics about social media. Let’s have a look at them below.
How long should my tweet be? Or my blogpost? Or my headline?
I ask this question a lot. It seems that others do, too. Our first take on coming up with the ideal length of all online content proved quite useful for a lot of people.
I’d love to see if I can help make it even more useful.
Along with all the best tips on optimal lengths for tweets, blogposts, headlines, and more, I’ve added a few additional lengths to the list—the ones that came up most often in the comments of the last post, like SlideShare length, Pinterest length, and more.
And to make it just as easy as possible to consume all this information quickly and easily, we partnered with our friends at SumAll to place the data and insights into a fun infographic. Check it all out below.
What people are sharing and how they’re sharing it is changing fast. A new infographic from Go-Gulf, a web design team based in Dubai, has gathered the latest data, which is now available in this newly released (July 2014) social media infographic. Here are the highlights…
Via Lauren Moss, Jeff Domansky
Here’s the thing: the internet never sleeps.
Which means data never sleeps, and the internet sure likes to use up a lot of it. How much? In any given minute, 277,000 tweets are published on Twitter, 216,000 photos are sent to Instagram and 8,333 videos are shared on Vine.
And we’re just getting started. Over that same 60 second period, 347,222 photos are sent on WhatsApp, 416,667 swipes are made on Tinder and 3,472 images are pinned on Pinterest.
And if you think that’s impressive, Google receives 4 millions search queries, Facebook users share 2.46 million pieces of content and 204 million email messages are sent each and every minute of the day.
This visual from DOMO looks at how much data is generated every minute across the net....
2013 was a year of exploration for brands on social media. From testing Vines to launching Instagram ads, many companies were dabbling in social media efforts across the Web just to see how customers would react. Now, in 2014, brands are geting serious. They’re using the wealth of data as well as the human connection that social media can provide to develop deeper relationships with customers.
Here are seven ways brands are using social media to increase customer loyalty this year....
Why Social Media & Search Marketing go hand in hand. Taking the example of the Flower & Gifts Industry.
...We believe that Social Media and Search Marketing go hand in hand because Social conversations can lead keyword strategy in a certain direction, and Search keywords can influence Social content strategy. By combining your Search & Social Marketing efforts, you can make sure to provide your audience with the right content, based on what they search for the most and what engages them on Social Media. Today we will take a look at the Flowers & Gifts Industry as an example of Social Media & Search Marketing alignment...
The effectiveness of an infographic as a marketing material depends in large part on the presentation or layout. The visual appeal plus the way information is displayed can go a long way to securing a sale.
Infographics present statistical data in a more palatable manner. Basically, it delivers information as a story, in a way that’s easier to understand. That’s why data shown in these graphics are more easily retained by viewers than if they read it in a paragraph.
With that in mind, marketers can take advantage of this potential and present their products in such a way that it will remain in the minds of the consumers. One of the best ways to do that is to tell a tale....
...All three agreed that to succeed in the evolving digital landscape, marketers must create content that is easy to find and consume and compelling enough for the consumer to share with a larger audience.
We at Skyword like to refer to this approach as the Three S Model for Content Success: Searchable, Snackable and Sharable.
Searchable content captures the passion and pain points of the consumer and is optimized with trending keywords, boosting the content’s search ranking.
Snackable content is made for the on-the-go consumer who needs answers to questions in a moment’s notice. When done right, snackable content leaves the consumer hungry and eager to come back for more.
Shareable content serves as the root of discussion across social channels. This content is compelling enough for readers to share with their network of friends and followers...
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HubSpot uncovers the current state of content marketing, its outlook, and how it's measured.