Driving Content Marketing Success in Europe - 2014
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The popularity of content marketing has grown dramatically over the last few years. More and more companies are shifting budget away from traditional paid advertising towards inbound marketing. Content is at the core of a successful inbound funnel. But what makes one company successful at content marketing, where another fails? HubSpot and Smart Insights joined forces to find out what has been going on in content marketing in Europe. We surveyed 2600+ marketers to discover their common challenges, and plans for 2014. Want to see how stacks up against them? Get your copy of the report here http://offers.hubspot.com/driving-content-success-in-2014
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Driving Content Marketing Success in Europe - 2014
- 4. SO HOW DO MARKETERS dapta
- 5. MANY HAVE.
- 6. HUBSPOT AND SMART INSIGHTS SURVEYED MARKETERS, CMOS, AND AGENCIES ALL ACROSS EUROPE.
- 7. THEN SHAREDTHE RESULTSWITH TOP MARKETINGTHOUGHT LEADERS ACROSSTHE GLOBE.
- 8. WE’RE EXCITEDTO SHARE WHATWE LEARNED…
- 11. HERE ARE THE REPORT’S MOST REMARKABLEDISCOVERIES…
- 13. 1 Marketersarestrugglingwithcontent adoptionwithintheircompanies. THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 14. ofEuropeancompanies’adoption ofcontentmarketinghasbeen inconsistentorworse. 71% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 15. How has your organisation embraced content marketing? None-limited use We make little use of content marketing and there is little senior management support. Basic use of content marketing We make some investment in content marketing, but senior management doesn’t support further investments. Inconsistent We invest sufficiently in some areas and have good capabilities with management support, but other areas aren’t committed to or integrated sufficiently. Advanced We invest in content marketing as needed with management support, but could optimise and integrate further. Optimised. We invest in content as needed, have well-developed capabilities, and are optimising them further. 9% 20% 36% 22% 13% Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 16. Themajorityofmarketersareonly spendingasmallportionoftheir budgetoncontentmarketing. THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 2
- 17. ofmarketersinEuropespend0-20%oftheir marketingbudgetoncontentmarketing. 49% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 18. Whatpercentofthemarketing budgetwillyouspendon contentmarketingin2014? 0 - 20% 3% 7% 12% 13% 16% 49% 80 - 100% 60 - 80% 40 - 60% Don’tKnow 20 - 40% Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 19. Marketersareinvestingtheirbudget increatinganinternalcontentteam versususinganexternalresource. THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 3
- 20. ofEuropeanmarketersareincreasing theirspendoninternalheadcountin2014. 55% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 21. THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE Howwillyourinvestmentinthesecontentmarketingactivitieschangein2014? ContentCreation(ExternalResource) 40.3% 36.5% 7.1% INCREASE STAY THE SAME DECREASE PaidAdWordsorAdvertising NetworkPromotion 37.7% 37.4% 11.1% Paid social distribution ( e.g. through social networks) 37.2% 41.2% 7.2% Contentpromotionthroughearned media(socialmediaandPR) 69.0% 24.3% 2.7% Contentcreation(internal-headcount) 55.1% 37.2% Strategyandeditorial 57.7% 33.7% 1.9% 2.5% Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 22. Marketersarefocusingtheirbudgeton creatinganinboundmachinetohelp promotetheircontent. THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 4
- 23. ofEuropeanmarketersareincreasing theirinvestmentinpromotingtheircontent throughearnedmedia(Social&PR). 69% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 25. Marketersrecognisedhoweffective contentmarketingcanbefor achievingtheirbusinessgoals. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 5
- 26. Haveseenareturnontheirinvestmentincontent marketing. 49% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 27. Howiscontentmarketing valuedinyourcompany? 44.4% 6.6% 49% I AM CONVINCED OF THE VALUE THAT INVESTMENTS IN CONTENT CAN DELIVER AND THAT IT CAN BE A MEASURABLE ROI I SEE OPPORTUNITES FROM SOME CONTENT MARKETING CHANNELS BUT MEASUREMENT OF ROI IS LIMITED I’M NOT CONVINCED OF THE POTENTIAL OF CONTENT MARKETING TO DELIVER VALUE AND SEE IT AS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE ROI
- 28. Creatingandimplementingacontent strategyispivotaltoseeingsuccess withcontentmarketing. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 6
- 29. Foundtheircontenttobemuchmore effectivewithacontentstrategyinplace. 58% THE GROWTH OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 30. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE Whichofthesecontentmarketingtechniqueshaveyoufoundmosteffective? Creating a content marketing strategy 58.3% Customer and buyer personas Customer journey mapping Editorial calendars 41.3% Content ROI and value assessment (via analytics) 45.2% 37.5% 35.2% Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 31. Contentmarketingworksforlead generationandcustomeracquisition. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 7
- 32. Havegeneratedleadsorcustomersthrough blogging. 42% THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 33. Whichofthesecontentmarketingassetshasgeneratedleadsorsalesforyourcompany? Blogpostsorarticles 42.4% Enewslettersoronlinemagazines 37.8% Owncommunityorforum 25.6% Animatedexplainervideos 25.1% Brandedengagementandviralvideos 23.5% WhitepapersorEbooks 23.4% Infographics 21.5% Industryorconsumerresearchreports 20.1% Webinars 19.9% 19.8% 10.8% 15.3% 10.5% 7.1% 19.8% Mobilespecificappsorengagementtools Competitions Quizzes Games Calculatorsandinterativetools Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 35. Europeanmarketersarestruggling tomeasuretheROIoftheir contentmarketing. THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 8
- 36. Whataresomeofthemajorchallengeswithcontentmarketing? Measurement-measuringROIandeffectiveness 15.5% Contentstrategy-choosingqualitycontenttoengage 15.5% Contentquality-Creatingsufficientqualitycontent 15.3% Contentfrequency-Developingsufficientcontent 15.3% Budgetandmakingthecase-insufficientbudgetorbuy-in 10.8% Outreach-formingandmanagingpartnershipstosharecontent 9.7% Integration-integratingcontentmarketingintootheractivities 8.9% Skills-lackofspecificcontentmarketingskills 8.3% Other 0.8%
- 37. Don’thaveanykindofdefinedstrategyinplaceyet. 56% THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 38. Doesyourorganisationhavea clearlydefinedcontent marketingstrategyorplan? 32.3% 11.7% 56% YES - IT’S INTEGRATED INTO OUR MARKETING COM- MUNICATIONS INBOUND MARKETING STRATEGY YES - IT’S DEFINED IN A SEPARATE DOCUMENT NO - WE ARE DOING CONTENT MARKETING, BUT NO DEFINED STRATEGY Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 39. HOWEVER...
- 40. Ratedstrategyasatoppriorityfor2014,followingcontent promotion. 58% THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 41. Howwillyourinvestmentinthesecontentmarketingactivitieschangein2014? ContentCreation(ExternalResource) 40.3% 36.5% 7.1% INCREASE STAY THE SAME DECREASE PaidAdWordsorAdvertising NetworkPromotion 37.7% 37.4% 11.1% Paid social distribution ( e.g. through social networks) 37.2% 41.2% 7.2% Contentpromotionthroughearned media(socialmediaandPR) 69.0% 24.3% 2.7% Contentcreation(internal-headcount) 55.1% 37.2% Strategyandeditorial 57.7% 33.7% 1.9% 2.5% Responses that were N/A have been removed from this graph
- 42. Planningcontentinadvanceisan areathatneedsimprovement. THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE 9
- 43. Onlyplantheircontentonacampaignorquarterly basisatbest. 42% THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE
- 44. THE PLANNING OF CONTENT MARKETING IN EUROPE Howfarintothefutureiscontentmarketingplanned? One year or more vision and strategic initiatives 9% Annual plans maximium 20% Campaign and quarterly plans maximum 42% Mainly day-to-day, week-to-week planning 29%