Get over yourself. Your industry isn't boring to your leads and prospects. In other words, your buyer persona. That's one tool. Boom. See the other 4 tools to help take your marketing in that boring industry to the next level. Remember: Helpful is the new sexy.
This is the slide deck from Dan Moyle's INBOUND14 presentation.
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RELEVANT CONTENT
SOLVE THE PROBLEM
• Articles
• Guides
• Videos
• Infographics
KNOW YOUR BUYER PERSONA
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PERIPHERAL CONTENT
• What other related problems do your buyer personas face?
• Mortgages: All about the home
• Move your persona through the inbound cycle
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BORING INDUSTRY MARKETING TOOLS
1: BUYER
PERSONAS
• More than a
demographic
• Make it a narrative
• Share with the team
• Structure content
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BORING INDUSTRY MARKETING TOOLS
2: BLOG (DUH!)
• 92% of companies who blogged multiple times a day acquired a
customer through their blog.
• 81% of marketers rated their blog as useful or better.
• There are 31% more bloggers today than there were three years ago.
• 46% of people read blogs more than once a day.
• Nearly 40% of US companies use blogs for marketing purposes.
http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics
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7x
Companies with 30+ landing
pages generate 7x more
leads than companies with
less than 10 landing pages
http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics
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BORING INDUSTRY MARKETING TOOLS
3: EMAIL MARKETING
• Let your email marketing direct your
leads through the process
• Do no harm – manage your negative
ROI
• Email becomes social through “social
proof”
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BORING INDUSTRY MARKETING TOOLS
4: SOCIAL MEDIA
• Answer questions
• Solve problems
• Share success stories
• Don’t spam (don’t shout)
• Don’t “Always Be Closing”
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BORING INDUSTRY MARKETING TOOLS
5: SECRET WEAPON: VIDEO
• Just start
• Be patient
• Have the right tools (microphone, lights,
tripod)
• Save money: hire internally when possible
• Video is social (TV anchors in your home)
• Video is searched – Google owns YouTube
• Embed on website