The current situation is unprecedented and with lots of challenges, but there is something you need to remember: you have a business, and while you should be in social isolation your content shouldn’t be. From a content marketing perspective, there are lots of things you can still do that will hold you in good stead when life goes back to normal and other things you shouldn’t do at any cost.
What is content marketing and does your business need it?
Over the last few years content marketing has taken hold of the marketing industry, while pundits have made it seem so complicated that it has lost touch with its actual strength. In this blog post I demystify what has turned into an industry buzzword and explain if you, as a small business owner, need to get content marketing off the ground.
Kick off the new decade with content that matters
What a better time to assess your content and think of ways to improve it than the beginning of a new year, and even a decade? Instead of setting too ambitious yet unrealistic goals for 2020, which will most likely get cluttered in your to-do list, you should break them down into small manageable steps, starting with how to create content that really matters to your target audience.
Stop posting irrelevant content: define your buyer personas first
Do you know who your prospects and customers are? Do you understand what they need or want? If you don’t, why do you keep creating tons of content which is irrelevant to them? After all, it is a total waste of time and resources to generate content for someone you don’t know or understand.