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This is the final episode of season one so I thought I would end on a high note by introducing a subject that we will return to many times;
Content Marketing
According to Wikipedia the definition is as follows;
Content marketing is any marketing that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire and retain customers. This information can be presented in a variety of formats, including news, video, white papers, e-books, infographics, case studies, how-to guides, question and answer articles, photos, etc
You can read the full definition here
As I see it there are broadly three types of online content
- Written
- Blogs
- White papers
- E-books
- Visual
- Video
- Infographics
- Images
- Audio
- Podcasts
- MP3 downloads
I believe there are four reasons for content
- Demonstrate your expertise
- Build trust and relationships
- Increase visibility
- To provide value and genuine help for your audience.
Content doesn’t all have to be created by you, sharing other people’s content is a perfectly valuable form of content marketing but to be most effective you should do both.
Creation – 30% Shared – 70%
Content marketing is the foundation on which you build your following on LinkedIn and is at the heart of most social selling activities.
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Please get in touch if you have any questions, I will still be dealing with emails sent to mark@winbusinessin.com.
We will be back with a few new features and plenty more LinkedIn content in the near future.
In the meantime…..I’m off somewhere sunny!
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