The 7 Flavors of Content Marketing: What’s Yours?

Here are the seven flavors of content marketers, ranked in order of those most likely to succeed. Which flavor are you? 1. BRAND BUILDER. If your flavor is brand builder, kudos. Some 84 percent of marketers say brand awareness is their most important content marketing goal. Capture readers with entertaining, educational pieces of content that incorporate brand messaging, and they will perceive your brand as trustworthy, credible, and likeable. 2. THOUGHT LEADER. Similar to the brand builder flavor, but with a few defining ingredients, the thought leader knows that there is little that can match content marketing’s effectiveness in terms of making owners, principals, or executives appear as the people who set the agenda for the industry. 3. LEAD NURTURER. You are the envy of fellow marketers. You have more leads than you know what to do with — and not enough competent sales people to stay on top of them. Enter content marketing. Get your CRM lead data cleaned up, fire up your marketing automation tool, and start dropping smart content in your prospects’ laps.

Spotlight

ScottAdv

ScottAdv is a full-service foodservice agency specializing in brand and creative strategy for leading national and international food, beverage and food equipment manufacturers. Areas of expertise include macro go-to-market positioning, branding, new product launches, and brand repositioning as well as sales alignment and activation strategies. We also specialize in channel marketing, national account penetration, segmentation and client thought leadership. We do so across virtually all touchpoints from print to digital, packaging to apps...

OTHER WHITEPAPERS
news image

Unlocking MKTG’s Great Multiplier: Getting Started with Full-Funnel B2B Ad Campaign

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

Marketers spend anywhere from 5% to 20% of annual gross revenue on advertising spend, so what does it take to get the most out of that spend? In this guide, we walk through how to use advertising for the full funnel, from awareness to customer retention. You will learn: How to work smart, not hard: optimize your ads for a full funnel experience using the tools you already have and leveraging ABM in the process Ways to experiment with your ads to find the right mix for your audience A stage-by-stage full funnel blueprint to create ads that resonate with your audience each step of the way, including the goal, approach, and CTAs.

Read More
news image

2022 State Of ABM: Account-Based Strategies Continue Experiential Evolution

whitePaper | June 5, 2022

The continuous evolution of ABM best practices presents a unique challenge for B2B marketers. While ABM is beyond its infancy — according to ITSMA, almost 50% of all ABM programs are in the "expanding" or "embedded" stage — marketing teams are still learning how to ease growing pains.

Read More
news image

Using measurement to optimize ABM impact

whitePaper | July 14, 2021

Built on evidence-based research from some of our partners, including ITSMA, we present insightful analysis and practical steps you can implement in your organization to take any ABM program to the next level through better measurement. Built for ABM-ers, our guide outlines the best approaches to implement an ABM measurement framework and communicate your ABM strategy and results from the C-suite down. Inside we'll cover: The necessary framework for ABM measurement - "The Three R's" How to apply the The Three R's to different ABM programs How to measure effectively across Organizational Alignment, Data & Analytics and Systems & Tools How to develop an ABM measurement dashboard How to scale ABM through better measurement

Read More
news image

The Essential Guide to the Buying Experience of the Future

whitePaper | August 23, 2022

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Two-thirds or 67% of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions - and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold your sellers to a high standard. That means the buying experiences of the past - in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels - no longer deliver. So forget your old sales playbook. Your best value proposition is an impactful buying experience that guides people to the best possible decision.

Read More
news image

The Hidden Costs of Doing Nothing: Why B2B Enterprises Need an ABM Platform

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) is built upon the premise that not all accounts are created equal, meaning that some accounts should be prioritized and targeted based on their revenue-generating potential. In fact, a Forrester 2022 Total Economic Impact™ Study found that customers adopting ABM and using a platform purpose-built to provide an account-first context for all data and engagement efforts had a return-on-investment of 367 percent in three years and a payback period of less than six months.

Read More
news image

The State of Digital Maturity in Europe

whitePaper | March 14, 2023

For B2B marketers, making the rapid shift to digital required a total reset of strategy and tactics over the past few years. Now, as we’re under pressure to get more results with less resources, it’s time to assess whether your digital marketing is ready for scale. To understand how your digital marketing maturity compares to your peers, download the report, “The State of Digital Maturity in Europe: The Tools, Techniques and Strategies Marketers Need to Drive Results,” that will walk you through the state of digital maturity in Europe, how top-performing companies are finding success and practical tips for you to immediately elevate your own digital marketing strategy.

Read More

Spotlight

ScottAdv

ScottAdv is a full-service foodservice agency specializing in brand and creative strategy for leading national and international food, beverage and food equipment manufacturers. Areas of expertise include macro go-to-market positioning, branding, new product launches, and brand repositioning as well as sales alignment and activation strategies. We also specialize in channel marketing, national account penetration, segmentation and client thought leadership. We do so across virtually all touchpoints from print to digital, packaging to apps...

Events