{"id":18781,"date":"2017-12-05T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-content-marketing-what-is-content-marketing-part-2-the-tactics\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:50:09","slug":"what-is-content-marketing-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/content\/what-is-content-marketing-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is content marketing? Part 2: The tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before we delve deeper into the world of content marketing, if you haven\u2019t already taken a look at\u00a0part 1<\/a>\u00a0of our epic Content Marketing trilogy, then you may want to switch over and read that before getting too stuck into this article). If you\u2019ve already digested part one, then let\u2019s carry on!<\/p>\n In this post, we\u2019ll be looking at the different types of creative content you can use to help tell your brand\u2019s story. Whether you\u2019re a B2B or a B2C business, there are lots of options out there and the trick is making sure you choose the ones that you think will resonate best with your target audience.<\/p>\n In our last post, we touched on the No Brainer BOSE model and the importance of an integrated strategy. Now that we\u2019ve hopefully got you thinking about multiple channels, it\u2019s time to start thinking about which tactics are best for you.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a list of commonly used content marketing tactics to get you started:<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s up to you to decide from the list above which tactics are appropriate for your business, audience and product or service, but these 20 are a great starting point. The challenge is deciding which ones are best for your brand, but that\u2019s where target personas come in to play\u2026<\/p>\n You should already have a good picture in your mind of what your target customer looks like, but\u00a0creating target personas<\/a>\u00a0of all your \u2018typical\u2019 customers is an exercise well worth doing to really pin down the finer details. There\u2019s a great guide to this from HubSpot that you can find\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Between three and five is the ideal number of personas and completing this step should help you identify which tactics may work best. It\u2019s definitely a good idea to coordinate some research into your customers through a questionnaire or maybe a focus group to see what forms of content they like to consume too. Also take a look at what your competitors are doing and see if there\u2019s any insight you can gain from their efforts \u2013 good and bad!<\/p>\n The guys behind\u00a0Hubspot<\/a>\u00a0also released some data a little while back (see below), which asked the general public what content types they\u2019d like to see more of, and this may also prove useful when prioritising which tactics to put your time and energy into. They also asked participants about how they consume their content, which again is extremely useful to have in mind when thinking through new ideas. Ensure you also do your research on what each specific demographic is asking or searching for in Google to find your site or others like it. You can do this by looking at your current Google Analytics data as well as the related search function on Google itself, and there are some great free tools out there such as\u00a0Answer The Public<\/a>\u00a0that can help.<\/p>\n Before you begin the fun part of coming up with lots of new ideas, we recommend building a digital content calendar so that as things arise you can drop them in to some kind of order (we\u2019ve got a fantastic Excel template that we use internally \u2013 drop us an\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019ll send you one for free!).<\/p>\n Add in any promotions you know are coming up, seasonal peaks, relevant celebration days, events, tradeshows etc so that you don\u2019t forget anything important in your industry.<\/p>\n When it comes to mapping ideas, we find it easier to work physically with post it notes. Start to map out all of the things that are happening in your business over the next few months, such as new product launches, new appointments, investments etc and then think about how you could apply those stories to the various tactics you\u2019ve decided are right for you.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re struggling for ideas there are loads of great resources online, in particular the\u00a0Hubspot<\/a>\u00a0\u2018how to\u2019 section, this post from\u00a0Search Engine Watch<\/a>\u00a0and this<\/a>\u00a0from the Content Marketing Institute that will point you towards some great tools to help you.<\/p>\n Using the BOSE model we referred to in Part 1 of this blog, you can then use the ideas you\u2019ve thought of and apply them to the relevant Bought, Owned, Shared or Earned sections. The vast majority of content marketing tactics sit in the Owned space, but are there opportunities to secure earned coverage on something that you previously thought was just a blog? Or are there opportunities to develop an infographic for your website from something you thought was just a customer survey? Consider the merits of everything and you\u2019ll be well on your way to creating an integrated content marketing strategy.<\/p>\n In the finale to our series, join us to explore ways to analyse whether the right people are seeing your content as well as gain an insight on how to continuously improve your content marketing efforts.<\/p>\n As always, we\u2019re happy to chat through ideas and answer any questions you might have, so if this article has inspired you, please feel free to drop us an email here<\/a>\u00a0and let us know!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s fair to say that PR isn\u2019t easy to define. In fact, Google Trends data shows that \u2018What is PR\u2019 is one of the most frequently searched terms on the topic of public relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-social"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Crafting your target personas<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGetting your content ideas mapped out<\/h2>\n
Get ready for Part 3!<\/h2>\n