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Index
About This E-Book
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Preface
Who This Book Is For
What’s In This Book
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Understanding Outside-In Marketing
What Is Outside-In Marketing?
Is Outside-In Marketing Really That Different?
Direct Marketing: Push vs. Pull
Advertising: Broad Spend vs. Narrow Spend
Telemarketing: Interruption Marketing vs. Interception Marketing
Event Marketing: Short Shelf Life vs. Long Shelf Life
What Is Content Marketing?
Content Marketing Starts with Creating Great Content
Content Is Useful Only in Context
Content Needs Information Paths
Great Content Speaks Your Customer’s Language
Content Marketing Requires a Publisher’s Reputation
Wrapping Up: From Inside-Out to Outside-In
2. Content Marketing: A Deeper Dive
What Content Marketing Is
Content Marketing Is Credible
Content Marketing Is Targeted
Content Marketing Is Differentiated
Content Marketing Is Measurable
What Content Marketing Is Not
Content Marketing Is Not About Volume
Content Marketing Is Not a Cheaper Form of Print
Content Marketing Is Not Merely Social Media Marketing
Content Marketing Is Not Merely Online Publishing
Content Marketing Is Not Just for Market Capture
Content Marketing Is Not a Replacement for Public Relations
Wrapping Up: Content Marketing Takes a Village
3. Content Marketing Transformation: Culture
Culture Transformation Starts with Listening
Sales Listening
Customer Support Listening
Market Research Listening
Competitive Analysis Listening
Cultural Change Must Be Approached Role by Role
Marketing Managers
Content Owners
Content Developers
Content Strategists
Information Architects
User Experience Designers
Web Designers
Web Developers
Metrics Analysts
Community Managers
Barriers to the Outside-In Culture Change
Barrier 1: Brand Building Is Valued More Than Customer Building
Barrier 2: Marketing Is Stuck in Advertising
Barrier 3: Marketing Must Be Separated from Public Relations
Barrier 4: Marketing Is Beneath Us
Barrier 5: Executives Prefer Their Opinions to Data
Wrapping Up: How Culture Eats Process
4. Infrastructure Transformation: Targeted Content
Audience Research Systems
Search Keyword Research
Social Media Listening
Content Messaging Systems
Content Authoring Systems
Content Management Systems
Taxonomy and Tagging Systems
Audience Feedback Systems
Key Performance Indicators
Attribution Modeling
Wrapping Up: Your Entire Infrastructure Matters
5. Content Strategy: Aligning Content to the Buyer Journey
Top-Down Content Strategy
Auditing Existing Content
Mapping Buyer Journeys
Using Search to Understand Buyer Journeys
Prioritizing Content Efforts
Building Quality Content
What Is Quality Web Content?
How Do You Create Quality Web Content?
Building Assets for the Buyer Journey
Videos
Blogs
Podcasts
White Papers
Case Studies
Demos
Promoting Content
Wrapping Up: Sound Strategy Is the Key to Content Marketing
6. User Experience: Helping Buyers Make Purchasing Decisions
User Experience Basics
Finding the Problems
High Bounce Rates
Low Engagement Rates
Low Conversion Rates
Low Advocacy Rates
Fixing the Problems
Generating Ideas
Testing Ideas Before You Launch Them
Proving Ideas after You Launch Them
Propagating the Fixes
Wrapping Up: It’s All About the Data
Index
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