Many organizations struggle with content—the surprising volume needed, the lack of a central strategy, the huge investment in time and resources, inconsistent quality or voice, cross-silo logistics, new channel paralysis, or the seeming lack of attributable ROI. When harnessed correctly, however, and successfully connecting content to business and brand goals, content can be a valuable working asset build relevancy and grow your business.
When it's time for that conversation to get buy-in on your content marketing ideas and initiatives, how do you proceed? Do you have all of the resources you need? The research and support to justify your programs? We're here to help. Download our "Mastering the Buy-In Conversation on Content Marketing: The Essential Starter Kit" now to help you. We've done the legwork so you can focus on your content marketing. Good luck, and let us know how else we can help.
There is a huge opportunity for marketers to get more from the content they’re developing. That’s the conclusion the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) research team came to after
conducting its first-ever content management and strategy survey.
Our team surveyed 411 marketers from the CMI audience to learn how they manage content within their organizations. Read on to see the results.
Welcome to the sixth annual Content Marketing in Australia: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. One of the most striking findings was the increased percentage of Australian content marketers who have become more focused on building an audience (85%) compared with last year’s survey results (69%). This finding was not unique to Australia; the Content Marketing Institute team observed it among all groups of content marketers studied. Building a subscriber base is a key content marketing goal. However, what you do with that list is equally as important. The quality of content you create (does it speak to your audience’s wants and needs?) … how efficiently you produce it … whether it’s credible … how/when/where you distribute it – these are just a handful of factors that impact overall content marketing success. And let us not forget the
importance of a documented strategy and a strong commitment to the approach (see page 4 for a glimpse at commitment’s influence). We wish you success with using content marketing to provide meaningful, long-term value for your audience – and business results for your organisation. If you need educational resources, please let us know.
For three years we’ve looked at B2B content marketing trends, and this year, we are excited to bring you these compelling B2C findings.
According to our research, both B2B and B2C marketers are still struggling with the effectiveness of their content marketing. So while we are happy that more marketers are engaging in content marketing to attract and retain customers, we also realize we have a ways to go.
We believe the strongest brands are the ones that are relentlessly relevant and making a difference in consumers' lives. We created the Prophet Brand Relevance Index® (BRI) to help companies measure brand relevance and understand how it can unlock growth. In fact, data reveals that the revenue growth of the most relevant brands have outperformed the S&P 500 average by 28% over the last decade.
Learn more about the BRI and the 2018 results in this slideshare or at https://www.prophet.com/ourfirm/relevantbrands/.
When it's time for that conversation to get buy-in on your content marketing ideas and initiatives, how do you proceed? Do you have all of the resources you need? The research and support to justify your programs? We're here to help. Download our "Mastering the Buy-In Conversation on Content Marketing: The Essential Starter Kit" now to help you. We've done the legwork so you can focus on your content marketing. Good luck, and let us know how else we can help.
There is a huge opportunity for marketers to get more from the content they’re developing. That’s the conclusion the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) research team came to after
conducting its first-ever content management and strategy survey.
Our team surveyed 411 marketers from the CMI audience to learn how they manage content within their organizations. Read on to see the results.
Welcome to the sixth annual Content Marketing in Australia: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. One of the most striking findings was the increased percentage of Australian content marketers who have become more focused on building an audience (85%) compared with last year’s survey results (69%). This finding was not unique to Australia; the Content Marketing Institute team observed it among all groups of content marketers studied. Building a subscriber base is a key content marketing goal. However, what you do with that list is equally as important. The quality of content you create (does it speak to your audience’s wants and needs?) … how efficiently you produce it … whether it’s credible … how/when/where you distribute it – these are just a handful of factors that impact overall content marketing success. And let us not forget the
importance of a documented strategy and a strong commitment to the approach (see page 4 for a glimpse at commitment’s influence). We wish you success with using content marketing to provide meaningful, long-term value for your audience – and business results for your organisation. If you need educational resources, please let us know.
For three years we’ve looked at B2B content marketing trends, and this year, we are excited to bring you these compelling B2C findings.
According to our research, both B2B and B2C marketers are still struggling with the effectiveness of their content marketing. So while we are happy that more marketers are engaging in content marketing to attract and retain customers, we also realize we have a ways to go.
We believe the strongest brands are the ones that are relentlessly relevant and making a difference in consumers' lives. We created the Prophet Brand Relevance Index® (BRI) to help companies measure brand relevance and understand how it can unlock growth. In fact, data reveals that the revenue growth of the most relevant brands have outperformed the S&P 500 average by 28% over the last decade.
Learn more about the BRI and the 2018 results in this slideshare or at https://www.prophet.com/ourfirm/relevantbrands/.
It's back! The annual Content Marketing Institute/Content Marketing research returns again to dissect content marketing benchmarks, budgets and trends for B2B marketers in North America.
When Content Marketing Institute (CMI) first reported on manufacturing in 2014, we noted that manufacturers were later to adopt content marketing than other industries we studied. They’ve certainly come a long way since then.
As you’ll see in this report—based on the results of our 10th annual content marketing survey—manufacturing marketers have become more strategic with their content marketing and are feeling less challenged with communicating complex content. Many are reporting success with their overall approach to content marketing. The ability to craft content for different audiences across various stages of the buyer’s journey—and distribute that content with precision—will be important to continued success in 2020.
Welcome to our ninth annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report. We surveyed content marketers worldwide about a range of content marketing topics including strategy, audience development, technology proficiency, and content types. This report presents the data from the B2B content marketers in North America.
Although issues such as changes in SEO and social media algorithms are top-of-mind for B2B content marketers, they are accustomed to rapid changes in technology that often enable them to do their jobs faster, with better results. When the process-related components of the content marketer’s job are efficient, time is freed up to better serve the audience, discovering and developing the types of content they truly want and need.
We hope you find this research helpful as you plan for 2019!
Welcome to Technology Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report is based on the findings from our 10th annual content marketing survey. Technology marketers continue to make progress with content marketing. Approximately one-third rate their organization’s overall content marketing as extremely or very successful, and 76% report they are much more or somewhat more successful compared with one year ago. What makes them successful? When we look at the top performers, we see they treat content marketing as a strategic business function, craft content thoughtfully, experiment with distribution, and measure their results. They use content marketing not only to create brand awareness and generate leads, but also to build loyalty and subscribed audiences.
Welcome to our annual Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the findings from enterprise marketers (those who work in organizations with 1,000+ employees) who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey.
At the time of the survey, content marketers had just made it through the first half of 2020. Most reported that their organization made quick changes when the pandemic hit, most notably by changing their targeting/messaging strategy, adjusting their editorial calendar, and changing their content distribution/promotion strategy. The majority (57%) expected to spend about the same on content marketing during the second half of 2020 as they spent in the first half (17% expected a decrease).
Team size hadn’t changed drastically compared with the previous year (48% said it stayed the same); yet, another 35% reported an increase.
Overall, one-third of the enterprise respondents reported high levels of content marketing success. These top performers said the top two factors contributing to that success in the last 12 months were “the value our content provides” (79%) and “website changes” (62%).
Looking forward, 74% of respondents felt the pandemic would have a major or moderate long- term impact on their organization’s overall content marketing success. It will be interesting to see how enterprise marketers rise to the challenges in 2021.
Interactive content enables you to deliver engaging, educational,differentiated content experiences. Discover what other marketersare learning and start your climb.
This was my keynote presentation at this year's ContentTech virtual event. It talks through the layered approach to technology strategy to help de-silo content, marketing and the digital technology teams. It ends with a selection process.
Welcome to the Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
The research suggested that, due to lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity to get and stay in front of audiences.
As in the previous year, nearly one in three enterprise marketers said their organization was extremely or very successful with content marketing. These marketers, our “top performers,” have certain characteristics that set them apart from their peers (see page 4). A few of the biggest things they do are to differentiate their content and use content collaboration/calendaring/workflow tools.
No matter how successful they are at content marketing, most respondents plan to invest in video in 2022: 72% of all enterprise respondents forecast investment in this area followed by investment in events (62%), paid media (59%), and owned-media assets (55%).
And, yes, challenges remain. The top challenge, which is the same as it was two years ago, is internal communication between teams/silos (57%). It indicates a pressing need to formalize content operations in enterprises that have not yet done so.
In 2013, Content Marketing Institute released its first Content Marketing Framework. At the time, its purpose was to serve as a high-level view of the principles that govern the world of brand storytelling. Since then, CMI has worked with more than 100 brands, helping them put these core principles into practice. These partnerships have taught us a lot about which parts of the framework worked, which didn’t, and where we still needed to provide greater clarity and transparency. To reflect the insights we gained – as well as the many shifts that have occurred across the entire digital ecosystem – we’ve streamlined our original discussion, and have added a distinct new process model to each node. What follows is our redesigned Content Marketing Framework.
It’s no secret that compared to other marketing channels, social media marketing offers companies the opportunity to attract a lot of attention at a relatively low cost. So why do marketers and business leaders struggle to capitalize on the opportunity? For many, it comes down to this: it’s very hard to quantify the ROI of social media.
According to media mogul, Gary Vaynerchuk — who recently spoke at the 2019 ANA B2B Conference — in order to succeed in social media marketing, companies need to "stop thinking like advertisers and start thinking like a media companies." But what does that mean for your business, and how do you actually do it? In this session, we will demystify the social media marketing opportunity, and show you how to create a strategic social media content framework that accelerates your target audience through the sales funnel. This session will also enable you to translate your existing assets into compelling content to drive real, meaningful business impact through social media marketing. You will walk away with a firm understanding of this practical social media content framework and how to leverage it to identify — and execute — your brand’s purpose on social media.
B2B Content Marketing 2018 - Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends - North America MarketingProfs
Our annual content marketing research with new insights useful for 2018 budget planning and benchmarketing. This new report focuses on business-to-business (B2B) marketers and their content marketing benchmarks, budgets, and trends.
Greetings Marketers,
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. This is the companion report to the B2B research we released in September 2017. The data presented in both reports was generated from our eighth annual content marketing survey. One of our key observations this year is that while B2C marketers reported slightly higher levels of overall content marketing success compared with last year, there was a decrease among those who agreed their organization has realistic expectations about what content marketing can achieve. A documented content marketing strategy can help, as it sets expectations for what teams should prioritize; yet, only 38% of B2C marketers reported having one.
Our annual research has consistently shown that those who document their content marketing strategy get better results than those who don’t. Another important key to success is an efficient workflow process (page 4 shows how top-performing B2C marketers rate their project management flow and other distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from their peers). We hope these research findings will be helpful as you consider which content marketing priorities to focus on in the year ahead.
Research shows that marketers from large companies (1,000 employees) use more content marketing tactics and outsource content creation more frequently than their peers do. Learn more about how enterprise marketers approach content marketing.
How to Build Your B2B Marketing Empire From the Ground UpMarketingProfs
As we celebrate and reflect on our 10th anniversary at the MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum, let's look to the future with hope and excitement. Let's learn from what has worked, and abandon what hasn't. Let's challenge one another to achieve epic results. Let's build to last.
Business-to-Business manufacturing marketers have made great progress over the last year with content marketing. That’s one of the key findings in the Manufacturing Content Marketing: 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report released by Content Marketing Institute, a UBM company, along with MarketingProfs. The report is sponsored by IEEE Engineering360 Media Solutions.
2017 B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and TrendsMarketingProfs
Our fifth annual B2C content marketing report is here. Sponsored by Hightail, this report shows where B2C marketers will spend their budget, how much budget businesses are allocating to content marketing efforts, and what kind of strategies we will see in 2017.
Greetings Technology Marketers,
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.
I’m pleased to announce the percentage of technology marketers that reported high levels of overall content marketing
success increased from 24% last year to 31% this year—another 50% reported moderate success. Like last year, nearly 70%
said their organization is much/somewhat more successful with content marketing compared with one year ago.
For a glimpse into how the top-performing content marketers operate, see the chart on page 4. You’ll note that these
marketers report high levels of commitment; document their content marketing strategy; are focused on building audiences;
and are given ample time to produce content marketing results, among other distinguishing factors.
Technology is rapidly changing the processes around content marketing. We look forward to watching how things progress
and reporting back to you again next year.
Prophet worked extensively with the marketing and executive leadership teams at IU Health to develop and implement a new, system-wide brand and customer experience strategy to help achieve this vision. Leveraging extensive qualitative and quantitative research across different stakeholders as the foundation, we developed a comprehensive brand strategy for the health system that involved: A new positioning that highlighted the breadth and depth of the entire system, changing the name from Clarian to Indiana University Health, developing a compelling and consistently deliverable patient experience across the system, and developing the key elements that would bring the new brand to life and deliver the desired patient experience.
It's back! The annual Content Marketing Institute/Content Marketing research returns again to dissect content marketing benchmarks, budgets and trends for B2B marketers in North America.
When Content Marketing Institute (CMI) first reported on manufacturing in 2014, we noted that manufacturers were later to adopt content marketing than other industries we studied. They’ve certainly come a long way since then.
As you’ll see in this report—based on the results of our 10th annual content marketing survey—manufacturing marketers have become more strategic with their content marketing and are feeling less challenged with communicating complex content. Many are reporting success with their overall approach to content marketing. The ability to craft content for different audiences across various stages of the buyer’s journey—and distribute that content with precision—will be important to continued success in 2020.
Welcome to our ninth annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report. We surveyed content marketers worldwide about a range of content marketing topics including strategy, audience development, technology proficiency, and content types. This report presents the data from the B2B content marketers in North America.
Although issues such as changes in SEO and social media algorithms are top-of-mind for B2B content marketers, they are accustomed to rapid changes in technology that often enable them to do their jobs faster, with better results. When the process-related components of the content marketer’s job are efficient, time is freed up to better serve the audience, discovering and developing the types of content they truly want and need.
We hope you find this research helpful as you plan for 2019!
Welcome to Technology Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report is based on the findings from our 10th annual content marketing survey. Technology marketers continue to make progress with content marketing. Approximately one-third rate their organization’s overall content marketing as extremely or very successful, and 76% report they are much more or somewhat more successful compared with one year ago. What makes them successful? When we look at the top performers, we see they treat content marketing as a strategic business function, craft content thoughtfully, experiment with distribution, and measure their results. They use content marketing not only to create brand awareness and generate leads, but also to build loyalty and subscribed audiences.
Welcome to our annual Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the findings from enterprise marketers (those who work in organizations with 1,000+ employees) who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey.
At the time of the survey, content marketers had just made it through the first half of 2020. Most reported that their organization made quick changes when the pandemic hit, most notably by changing their targeting/messaging strategy, adjusting their editorial calendar, and changing their content distribution/promotion strategy. The majority (57%) expected to spend about the same on content marketing during the second half of 2020 as they spent in the first half (17% expected a decrease).
Team size hadn’t changed drastically compared with the previous year (48% said it stayed the same); yet, another 35% reported an increase.
Overall, one-third of the enterprise respondents reported high levels of content marketing success. These top performers said the top two factors contributing to that success in the last 12 months were “the value our content provides” (79%) and “website changes” (62%).
Looking forward, 74% of respondents felt the pandemic would have a major or moderate long- term impact on their organization’s overall content marketing success. It will be interesting to see how enterprise marketers rise to the challenges in 2021.
Interactive content enables you to deliver engaging, educational,differentiated content experiences. Discover what other marketersare learning and start your climb.
This was my keynote presentation at this year's ContentTech virtual event. It talks through the layered approach to technology strategy to help de-silo content, marketing and the digital technology teams. It ends with a selection process.
Welcome to the Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
The research suggested that, due to lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity to get and stay in front of audiences.
As in the previous year, nearly one in three enterprise marketers said their organization was extremely or very successful with content marketing. These marketers, our “top performers,” have certain characteristics that set them apart from their peers (see page 4). A few of the biggest things they do are to differentiate their content and use content collaboration/calendaring/workflow tools.
No matter how successful they are at content marketing, most respondents plan to invest in video in 2022: 72% of all enterprise respondents forecast investment in this area followed by investment in events (62%), paid media (59%), and owned-media assets (55%).
And, yes, challenges remain. The top challenge, which is the same as it was two years ago, is internal communication between teams/silos (57%). It indicates a pressing need to formalize content operations in enterprises that have not yet done so.
In 2013, Content Marketing Institute released its first Content Marketing Framework. At the time, its purpose was to serve as a high-level view of the principles that govern the world of brand storytelling. Since then, CMI has worked with more than 100 brands, helping them put these core principles into practice. These partnerships have taught us a lot about which parts of the framework worked, which didn’t, and where we still needed to provide greater clarity and transparency. To reflect the insights we gained – as well as the many shifts that have occurred across the entire digital ecosystem – we’ve streamlined our original discussion, and have added a distinct new process model to each node. What follows is our redesigned Content Marketing Framework.
It’s no secret that compared to other marketing channels, social media marketing offers companies the opportunity to attract a lot of attention at a relatively low cost. So why do marketers and business leaders struggle to capitalize on the opportunity? For many, it comes down to this: it’s very hard to quantify the ROI of social media.
According to media mogul, Gary Vaynerchuk — who recently spoke at the 2019 ANA B2B Conference — in order to succeed in social media marketing, companies need to "stop thinking like advertisers and start thinking like a media companies." But what does that mean for your business, and how do you actually do it? In this session, we will demystify the social media marketing opportunity, and show you how to create a strategic social media content framework that accelerates your target audience through the sales funnel. This session will also enable you to translate your existing assets into compelling content to drive real, meaningful business impact through social media marketing. You will walk away with a firm understanding of this practical social media content framework and how to leverage it to identify — and execute — your brand’s purpose on social media.
B2B Content Marketing 2018 - Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends - North America MarketingProfs
Our annual content marketing research with new insights useful for 2018 budget planning and benchmarketing. This new report focuses on business-to-business (B2B) marketers and their content marketing benchmarks, budgets, and trends.
Greetings Marketers,
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. This is the companion report to the B2B research we released in September 2017. The data presented in both reports was generated from our eighth annual content marketing survey. One of our key observations this year is that while B2C marketers reported slightly higher levels of overall content marketing success compared with last year, there was a decrease among those who agreed their organization has realistic expectations about what content marketing can achieve. A documented content marketing strategy can help, as it sets expectations for what teams should prioritize; yet, only 38% of B2C marketers reported having one.
Our annual research has consistently shown that those who document their content marketing strategy get better results than those who don’t. Another important key to success is an efficient workflow process (page 4 shows how top-performing B2C marketers rate their project management flow and other distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from their peers). We hope these research findings will be helpful as you consider which content marketing priorities to focus on in the year ahead.
Research shows that marketers from large companies (1,000 employees) use more content marketing tactics and outsource content creation more frequently than their peers do. Learn more about how enterprise marketers approach content marketing.
How to Build Your B2B Marketing Empire From the Ground UpMarketingProfs
As we celebrate and reflect on our 10th anniversary at the MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum, let's look to the future with hope and excitement. Let's learn from what has worked, and abandon what hasn't. Let's challenge one another to achieve epic results. Let's build to last.
Business-to-Business manufacturing marketers have made great progress over the last year with content marketing. That’s one of the key findings in the Manufacturing Content Marketing: 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report released by Content Marketing Institute, a UBM company, along with MarketingProfs. The report is sponsored by IEEE Engineering360 Media Solutions.
2017 B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and TrendsMarketingProfs
Our fifth annual B2C content marketing report is here. Sponsored by Hightail, this report shows where B2C marketers will spend their budget, how much budget businesses are allocating to content marketing efforts, and what kind of strategies we will see in 2017.
Greetings Technology Marketers,
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.
I’m pleased to announce the percentage of technology marketers that reported high levels of overall content marketing
success increased from 24% last year to 31% this year—another 50% reported moderate success. Like last year, nearly 70%
said their organization is much/somewhat more successful with content marketing compared with one year ago.
For a glimpse into how the top-performing content marketers operate, see the chart on page 4. You’ll note that these
marketers report high levels of commitment; document their content marketing strategy; are focused on building audiences;
and are given ample time to produce content marketing results, among other distinguishing factors.
Technology is rapidly changing the processes around content marketing. We look forward to watching how things progress
and reporting back to you again next year.
Prophet worked extensively with the marketing and executive leadership teams at IU Health to develop and implement a new, system-wide brand and customer experience strategy to help achieve this vision. Leveraging extensive qualitative and quantitative research across different stakeholders as the foundation, we developed a comprehensive brand strategy for the health system that involved: A new positioning that highlighted the breadth and depth of the entire system, changing the name from Clarian to Indiana University Health, developing a compelling and consistently deliverable patient experience across the system, and developing the key elements that would bring the new brand to life and deliver the desired patient experience.
Prophet 2014 Healthcare Exchange Consumer Study ResultsProphet
Eight million people signed up for insurance plans via public exchanges in the first year of the Affordable Care Act, yet an estimated 40+ million still remain uninsured. When annual enrollment opens again in October, how should companies change their tactics and targets based on experiences in year one? It’s time to learn from year one, and plan for year two and beyond.
We've released our findings from our 2014 survey of consumer attitudes and experiences with the Affordable Care Act’s first healthcare exchange open enrollment period. The survey of 1000 American adults shows that while nearly half of respondents plan to purchase healthcare on the exchange in the future, concerns over cost, confusion over subsidies and general distrust of health insurance companies persist.
To hear the audio that accompanies these slides, watch a recording of our webinar here: http://bit.ly/1vbOvUO.
We live in an era of persistent change and rising customer expectations. Brands that rise to the top are those that have found a way to be relevant in a world of continuous change. In this Chicago AMA BrandSmart speech by Scott Davis, Chief Growth Officer at Prophet, he discussed brands that are relentlessly relevant – those who position themselves with a commitment to meet customers on their own terms, push competitors out of consideration and redefine entire categories—all while being authentic.
Scott outlined four attributes that separate those that are building enduring, relentlessly relevant brands from those that aren't. He discussed the role of building a relevant brand in a digital world and how to ensure you’re creating meaningful, connected and engaging experiences with customers.
5 Signs You’re in the Middle of a Digital TransformationProphet
Digital Transformation seems to be the buzzword of the moment, but what does it really mean? And, more importantly, what does it mean to your business?
The State of Consumer Healthcare: A Study of Patient ExperienceProphet
There is a vital change happening in healthcare: People are demanding to be treated as savvy consumers, who deserve choices, convenience and fair prices. The same revolution of consumerism that’s shaking up the way the world buys financial services, airline tickets and groceries is finally underway in healthcare. And as healthcare options multiply, this trend will only accelerate. Providers who are ready to respond by creating a strong patient experience are going to win, and those who aren’t will be left behind.
This presentation explains findings from the patient experience study which was conducted to understand the consumer healthcare experience by assessing the gap between patient and providers’ expectations and perceptions, and arm institutions with the ability to assess their own organization, define a successful strategy, and deliver on it.
View the webinar here: http://bit.ly/1RLgTFX
Although analyzing “big data” has the power to transform your business, the ease of doing so has been over-stated. In reality, harnessing big data is still a messy and labor-intensive business. We are incredibly excited by what we can do with data but also think some of the hype is doing brands a disservice, because it creates a false expectation of how easy this work is going to be. Most things in life that are important and worthwhile are difficult, and the analysis of Big Data is no different. Don’t believe these commonly heard myths…
Your colleagues and employees are already armed with smartphones and tablets—but how can these devices be transformed into productivity powerhouses tailored specifically to your business and sales needs?
In our latest white paper, apps@work, discover how adding apps to your company’s arsenal can increase productivity, creativity and credibility, and learn how apps can boost employee engagement with tools they can use wherever they are.
Want to make 2014 a great year for your brand and business? Here are the 10 trends we at Jack Morton believe will make a difference for brands in the year to come. From the obvious social media marketing tactics to the not so obvious (the next iPhone that's not an iPhone), we share our POV on the things we think will matter to marketers in 2014.
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One of today’s biggest misconceptions about sales is that “great products and services sell themselves.” But when salespeople lack the tools or knowledge they need to do their jobs, it doesn’t matter how great the product is—sales suffer.
What are the principles and practices at the heart of sales enablement?
Presentation: The Evolving Patient Journey
Presented by: Meredith Ressi, VP, Multichannel Marketing Solutions, Decision Resources Group
Healthcare communications today require an understanding of the complexity of patient decision making and how patients navigate the health system to get the care they need. What are the emerging trends in patient engagement, and how does channel reliance vary along the treatment continuum?
Mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are tricky operations. By keeping these seven crucial questions in mind, companies can be sure that their brand doesn't get lost in the clutter.
The clients of our clients is a presentation about fear, focus, and the need to serve our clients beyond just doing what they ask. It was presented at WordCamp Portland in 2015.
Content strategy is more important than ever in today’s healthcare climate.
For years, many traditional healthcare companies have treated content as an afterthought, creating an archive of disconnected messages without strategic business purpose.
At Prophet, we see healthcare companies revisiting their own content strategies today. Some are discovering disjointed messages and inconsistent experiences across websites, events, pitch materials, social channels and traditional advertising. Others have struggled to realize or identify the impact of the resources they dedicate to content today.
As the demand for relevant content grows, and as its production expands across different pockets of an organization, the difficulties associated with content management and direction can grow as well.
This is our approach to crafting strategic content for the healthcare industry, including some case studies.
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Content marketing goes beyond promoting products or services directly. It seeks to provide valuable information, insights, entertainment, or inspiration to the target audience, positioning the brand as a trusted and knowledgeable resource in its industry. By delivering high-quality content, brands can establish credibility, foster relationships, and drive profitable customer action.
An effective content marketing strategy involves a comprehensive understanding of the target audience, demographics, interests, and online behaviours. By conducting thorough research and creating buyer personas, brands can craft content that resonates with their audience and delivers value at every touchpoint.
Content marketing holds immense importance for businesses aiming to attract and retain customers. By crafting valuable and captivating content, companies can enhance brand awareness, generate leads, and boost sales. Nevertheless, numerous marketers often commit substantial errors that can impede their success.
Whether your business is new to content marketing or already proficient, continue reading into the following insights will help you overcome common pitfalls. Boost to create compelling content that expands reach, engagement, and overall success.
Content marketing is the process of planning, creating, sharing, and publishing the content through channels such as social media, blogs, websites, podcasts, apps, print publications, and more. The goal is to reach your target audience and increase brand awareness, sales, engagement, and loyalty.
What is your content marketing strategy? Find out some best practices and how maximize the value of your content marketing strategy and increase leads.
10 Ways to Calm The Chaos of Content Marketing by Oracle Marketing Cloud:
As more and more businesses produce content for customers, adding order to the process is critical. Here’s some history, insights, and a wealth of practical advice.
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Here are 6 Ways to Create a Successful Content Marketing Strategy: 1. The Foundation: Research and Analysis 2. Ideation and Content Creation 3. Crafting Engaging Content 4. Converting Prospects into Customers 5. The Era of AI and Content Marketing 6. The Psychology Behind Content Attraction
Be Where Your Audience Is: Using Conversion- Driven Channels to Move Up the F...Tinuiti
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s crucial to be where your audience is, and we’re here to show you how.
Join us in this transformative session. We’ll explore essential tactics for building awareness from the channels normally thought of as bottom of the funnel. Discover how to implement diverse approaches across conversion-driven channels and critically position your brand to capture audiences higher up in the funnel. Uncover where your audience actively seeks information and lean into awareness-building campaigns there. Seize this opportunity to drive your brand’s awareness and make this holiday season one for the books. Don’t miss out!
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Creating Winning Content: How local businesses can tell their story and win b...Kara O'Halloran
White paper about the benefits of content marketing strategies for local businesses to tell your story and promote your brand. Time is one thing small businesses are not usually blessed with. Learn how to use the time you have to create engaging content that tells your story in a variety of media.
Time is one thing small businesses are not usually blessed with. Learn how to use the time you have to create engaging content that tells your story in a variety of media. This white paper is brought to you by Elon University's Interactive Media graduate program.
A 10 Step Blueprint To Content Marketing SuccessNewsCred
58% of content marketers plan to increase their budgets to create more content over the next year. If you're one of those marketers that's great, but do you know where to start? How do you create a team, plan to create great content, and scale it efficiently? We created the "10 Step Blueprint To Content Marketing Success" for marketers who are considering a content strategy and those who already have a content marketing system in place but are struggling with the strategy and process.
Achieving Sales Excellence through Personalization Strategies.pdfCiente
When seeking B2B solutions, most buyers anticipate a customized experience with pertinent content. Meeting these changing expectations is crucial, as failing to do so can result in lost deals.
Guiding the customer journey is hardly new concept, nor is the practice of content marketing. But for some, moving away from a traditional ‘product-centric’ advertising model into the realm of ‘the customer experience’ can be intimidating and overwhelming.
This guide has been developed to help with this transition and to achieve three main goals:
• Shed light on the benefits of leveraging content for ecommerce brands.
• Help any ecommerce business looking to understand the fundamental basics in creating a killer Content Strategy.
• Learn practical, proven tips, insights and effective strategies to develop content pilot programs and achieve measurable results.
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Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
Mastering Multi-Touchpoint Content Strategy: Navigate Fragmented User JourneysSearch Engine Journal
Digital platforms are constantly multiplying, and with that, user engagement is becoming more intricate and fragmented.
So how do you effectively navigate distributing and tailoring your content across these various touchpoints?
Watch this webinar as we dive into the evolving landscape of content strategy tailored for today's fragmented user journeys. Understanding how to deliver your content to your users is more crucial than ever, and we’ll provide actionable tips for navigating these intricate challenges.
You’ll learn:
- How today’s users engage with content across various channels and devices.
- The latest methodologies for identifying and addressing content gaps to keep your content strategy proactive and relevant.
- What digital shelf space is and how your content strategy needs to pivot.
With Wayne Cichanski, we’ll explore innovative strategies to map out and meet the diverse needs of your audience, ensuring every piece of content resonates and connects, regardless of where or how it is consumed.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
Everyone knows the power of stories, but when asked to come up with them, we struggle. Either we second guess ourselves as to the story's relevance, or we just come up blank and can't think of any. Unlocking Everyday Narratives: The Power of Storytelling in Marketing will teach you how to recognize stories in the moment and to recall forgotten moments that your audience needs to hear.
Key Takeaways:
Understand Why Personal Stories Connect Better
How To Remember Forgotten Stories
How To Use Customer Experiences As Stories For Your Brand
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CROVWO
In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
When done effectively, personalization builds trust, loyalty, and satisfaction among your users—key factors for business success. However, relying solely on AI capabilities isn’t enough. You need to anchor your approach in solid principles, understand your users’ context, and master the art of persuasion.
Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
How to Use AI to Write a High-Quality Article that Ranksminatamang0021
In the world of content creation, many AI bloggers have drifted away from their original vision, resulting in low-quality articles that search engines overlook. Don't let that happen to you! Join us to discover how to leverage AI tools effectively to craft high-quality content that not only captures your audience's attention but also ranks well on search engines.
Disclaimer: Some of the prompts mentioned here are the examples of Matt Diggity. Please use it as reference and make your own custom prompts.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
Come learn how YOU can Animate and Illuminate the World with Generative AI's Explosive Power. Come sit in the driver's seat and learn to harness this great technology.
Videos are more engaging, more memorable, and more popular than any other type of content out there. That’s why it’s estimated that 82% of consumer traffic will come from videos by 2025.
And with videos evolving from landscape to portrait and experts promoting shorter clips, one thing remains constant – our brains LOVE videos.
So is there science behind what makes people absolutely irresistible on camera?
The answer: definitely yes.
In this jam-packed session with Stephanie Garcia, you’ll get your hands on a steal-worthy guide that uncovers the art and science to being irresistible on camera. From body language to words that convert, she’ll show you how to captivate on command so that viewers are excited and ready to take action.
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
The Old Oak - Press Kit - Cannes Film Festival 2023
Is Your Brand Creating Valuable Content?
1. Proprietary and confidential. Do not distribute.
PROPHET DIGITAL PRACTICE
2016
Is Your Brand
Creating Valuable
Content?
FIVE QUESTIONS COMPANIES SHOULD ASK TO
JUMPSTART A STRATEGY TOWARDS VALUABLE CONTENT
10. 5. Where does—and should—content live in
the organization?
Many people quickly bring up technology or platforms in an execution conversation, but process and people
should also shape those decisions. Content is usually created in disparate departments–from marketing and sales
to web and product divisions to customer service and human resources. This can result in fragmentation,
inconsistent voice, and efficiencies. Altimeter, a Prophet company, has identified the following enterprise models
for governing the orchestration of content within organizations to ensure that content is created in harmony:
Editorial Board / Content Council
Content creators and/or marketing executives who meet frequently to align content
Content Lead
Leads content initiatives editorially and/or strategically without departmental authority
Executive Steering Committee
Cross-functional strategic group
Cross-Functional Content Chief
Senior executive with cross department authority
Content center of excellence
Consortium of experts who provide leadership and best practices
Content Department / Division
In-house or agency group that creates a high volume of content
Creating Valuable Content 9Prophet Brand Strategy
Source: Altimeter, a Prophet Company
13. Educate
/Inspire
• Executive
Workshops
• Speeches/
Webinars
• Trend Watch
Assess
• Audit &
Readiness
• Targeted
Assessment
• Opportunity
Analysis
• Customer
Need Profiles
• Making the
Case
Plan
• Strategy and
Mission
Setting
• Identification
of Moves
and Methods
• Content
Topics
• Roadmap
• Channel
Charters
• Resource
Planning
Support
• Playbooks
• Governance
• Engagement
& Learning
• Metrics
• Technology
Selection
Execute
• Envision and
Prototype
• Pilot and
Rollout
• Agency
Briefs
PROPHET
AND
ALTIMETER
TOOL KIT
Prophet’s content strategy toolkit is designed
around client needs:
14. Chan Suh
Senior Partner,
Chief Digital Officer
csuh@prophet.com
@chansuh
For more information about content strategy at Prophet, please contact:
www.prophet.com
Mat Zucker
Partner,
Digital
mzucker@prophet.com
@matzucker