You can have a luxury vehicle equipped with all the fancy, high-priced options but without fuel, you’ll never leave the driveway. Something similar holds true for content marketing. Even the best tools – yes even data-driven algorithms and artificial intelligence – are only as valuable as the marketing process powering your efforts.
Every aspect of marketing needs content. You have the choice of content that may include all facts but still falls flat, or content that stirs people’s emotions and causes them to pay attention.
While many marketing tools are now high-tech, basic marketing concepts and principles remain unchanged. If you lose sight of the basics, the tools will only get you so far. Media Grade Content® powered by our Strategically Aimed Marketing process is better positioned for success. It takes human nature into account in ways that technology alone cannot.
Our Strategically Aimed Marketing process is six steps that pull everything tightly together: basic marketing concepts and principles; the variables that define your product, market and messaging; considerations for selecting the best promotional channels to achieve your objectives; promotional budget allocation; a framework to keep your content on point; and engaging your creative team.
Strategically Aimed Marketing is about knowing how to deliver the right messaging to the right audience through the right promotional channels, without veering off course. It is about creating a strong emotional desire for your product. It is about teaching audiences why your product is better than your competition’s. It is about knowing when and how to pivot and still maintain momentum, even if something isn’t working as anticipated.
It’s about learning how people reach other people, effectively, efficiently and within budget. It is about identifying the type of talent needed to pull off a masterful content marketing campaign. It’s about knowing how to give those creative people – including your writers, digital marketing specialists, videographers and graphic artists – the right leadership to maximize their results.
Strategically Aimed Marketing provides the right framework for every word choice, every graphic element, every backlink and every other content marketing variable. Media Relations Agency can explain how to incorporate Strategically Aimed Marketing into your content marketing strategy. Call us at 952-697-5269 or use this form to schedule time on our calendars.
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