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Feb 27, 2014
Distribute your content to more channels. Distribute to ezine owners and web masters in your niche.
Turn your content into a pdf, and distribute to document sharing sites. Turn into a power-point and distribute to sites like Slideshare, etc... If you have enough content you can turn it into an ebook and distribute to ebook sites or Amazon's kindle site.
There's so much you can do. You have to develop a strategy and work it.
Jan 17, 2014
Through the way that you write, the words that you use and the way that you put words together.
Jan 13, 2014
All great answers. With Hummingbird (the new algorithm) I would construct the content to give a straight answer to the question(s) that you want and CAN answer accurately. I think if a person finishes reading your content they should feel as if they learned something new, had a light bulb switch on in their head, had an "ah ha" moment, or feel a little more educated or wise. This develops trust in you and your expertise. And BTW, make sure the information reads well. I'm sick and tired of reading posts and such obviously written by someone not very familiar with English.
Jan 9, 2014
I think newsworthy and efficiency are two keywords to remember here. I like making sure the content I create is considered "newsworthy" to ensure its value to the audience. If something is newsworthy it will be timely, which will capture the audience's attention as well as make it worthwhile to take a look at. Find a way to make your content relevant to current culture. In addition, keep it efficient. Select content carefully and specifically in order to execute exactly what your goal is and what the audience needs to see. No one likes to waste their time on either end and efficient content will keep them coming back for more.
Jan 8, 2014
Great answers from everyone. Basically, effective content marketing means having to build your network, to create quality content (articles, press releases, videos, infographics etc) focused to help your target market and to distribute them on relevant platforms.
Jan 8, 2014
Thought leadership. As mentioned in many of the comments below (and without knowing your specific industry), the content being create needs to have value to the end-user. What you may see as awesome is probably not resonating with the audience, typically int he technology industry we tend to focus on the bells and whistles and not listen to the customers WIIFM - whats in it for me, which is usually does it save me money/ make me money / both.
One approach we (MyPropHead) tend to take is to create content from fact and reposition it with client values. for example run a useful simple survey on things the clients are passionate about, create whitepaper/evaluation from it and then distribute to everyone that participated (for free), do a webinar etc..etc... This also gives you a base of material to work with and help you understand the audience better to improve the content overall (and sometimes impact product direction).
Jan 6, 2014
Two words: DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF.
The number one thing EVERY legitimate potential buyer wants to know (and is rarely told!) is what makes your product or service different than the other guys, what makes it special.
Focus on that and you'll shine like a star. And you won't have to worry about using tricks or gimmick techniques to try to capture attention.
Al Shultz
Jan 3, 2014
Get a Good Copywriter, one who knows how to make people buy or knows the industry. They are not cheap! We hired one for a project and the cost alone was very Steep, but not having it would have been costly. This is a Easy Answer. All the answers are correct. but i like to keep things simple!
Jan 3, 2014
As Mary touched upon, you need to know your audience before any content should be created. Once you know your audience you need to find out what they care about. As an example what are the newest trends in their industry? What new competition is entering the market? Most importantly ask your audience what they want to know and that is the best starting point - to be both effective and relevant.
Jan 3, 2014
Focus. Know who you are talking o in both demographic and psychographic terms.
Focus. Provide information that solves problems they have or points them to solutions (one size does not fit all).
Focus: Use the formats they prefer and add a little more to stretch their perceptions and your memorability.
Focus: Go for the answer you know will offend or put off some to build a stronger relationship with your core target.
Focus on being consistent, credible and trustworthy.
Jerry Fletcher
Networking Ninja, Marketing Rainmaker & Contact Relationship Magician