Content Marketing Research
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Market Research to Build Your Inbound Marketing Strategy
Posted at: 2/19/2021 2:49 PM
A strategic inbound content strategy is a powerful tool in any marketer’s arsenal. If executed correctly, you will never have to make another sales call again. The key to a lasting inbound marketing strategy is knowing exactly who your customer is. What are their wants, needs, goals? How can your product, service, or brand be that solution for them? With these answers, you can create thought-provoking content so that when customers are ready to buy, you are first on their list (or…search query
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Understanding the ROI of Market Research for Advertising
Posted at: 1/27/2021 2:19 PM
One of the most common questions about market research is about the value and return on investment (ROI) for advertising. Many brands and companies want to know... What am I going to get? What value does market research bring to my advertising and marketing strategies? Is market research for advertising worth the cost? Is it worth the investment? Do I need market research for a successful marketing campaign? These are all asked (or at least thought about) by prospective users or buyers of m
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How Market Research Can Improve Your Content Strategy in 2021
Posted at: 1/25/2021 3:32 PM
As we enter a new year, what goals can we set forth to improve our businesses and reach new territory? I’m guessing because you stumbled across this post, creating an effective content strategy is part of your 2021 objectives. You are not alone. As an industry, content marketing is pushing toward a worth of over $400 billion from both the investment and confidence organizations have put into content. With this growing market, your business cannot afford to be left behind. Have you considered
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7 Reasons to Conduct PR Market Research
Posted at: 7/31/2020 12:30 PM
In the marketing world, market research and public relations are commonly referred to as distant cousins. Traditionally, public relations professionals will turn to market research to drive the strategy for PR or marketing campaigns. However, there is an entirely other relationship between market research and public relations to be explored. PR surveys are a powerful public relations tool that a number of major brands have utilized for years to make headlines from top news outlets across the w
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3 Ways to Use Research to Improve Your Marketing Creative
Posted at: 7/23/2020 12:30 PM
If you subscribe to the belief that a marketer’s ability to evoke a positive response from a consumer happens more readily, efficiently, or consistently when a legitimate consumer need has been identified, it’s self-evident the marketer must first know – and, if need be, ascertain – what that need is. This, in a nutshell, is the power of research: Consciously accumulated, accurately interpreted, and adeptly used by content generators – research can have a profoundly positive impact on marketing
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Content Marketing Survey with Small and Midsize Business (SMB) Decision-Makers
Posted at: 4/4/2020 12:30 PM
A content survey is a great asset for any marketer. Small and midsize businesses (SMB) may not have access to an in-house marketing team where team members are pumping out content every day. The power of inbound marketing is strong - but it takes time and resources to create powerfully lead-generating content. The data gathered from a content marketing survey can easily be recreated to help fuel decision making and create quality deliverables on a variety of promotional platforms. The inbound
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How Digital Marketing Research Will Change Your Advertising Strategy for Good
Posted at: 3/12/2020 12:30 PM
It’s just a blog. It’s just a Facebook post. It’s just a link click. While most professionals understand digital marketing is necessary in this era, it can be difficult to truly show the impact it has on bringing in new business. Digital marketing is shaping the future of all advertising efforts and can catapult your business ahead of the competition. However, it is not always as simple as spending money on Facebook or Google Ads to see a strong return on investment. The best digital marketing
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Defeating Writers Block: How One Survey Can Deliver Fresh and Lead Generating Content
Posted at: 1/23/2020 1:03 PM
A common struggle for marketers is thinking of new and creative ways to promote their brand, product, or services with content. Content marketers are tasked with writing appealing sales material, SEO focused website content, thought leadership blog posts, actionable emails – the list goes on and on. The challenge with creating so much valuable content is eventually marketers run out of things to say, or how to position their material in a way that has not been done before. Enter every content m
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6 Tips To Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy
Posted at: 7/2/2019 8:46 PM
Customers are becoming experts at identifying paid advertisements and instinctively diverting their attention elsewhere. Customers do not want to be sold to. Instead, when they are ready to buy, they do their own research on their path to purchase. Think about the way you shop. Do you scroll past ads or stop to review? Personally, I hover my mouse over the 'Skip Ad' button on YouTube before I even have a chance to consume the ad. As a business, how do you overcome this client or customer evolu
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3 Data-Driven Tips for Choosing Blog Topics
Posted at: 6/6/2019 3:16 PM
Content marketing is important. I know, I know this is not the first time you have heard this. You are likely part of the 91% of B2B marketers using content marketing to reach customers or the 86% of B2C marketers who think content marketing is a key strategy. If you are not developing regular content such as blog posts, whitepapers, and reports – what are you waiting for? What is stopping you from getting started? What is stopping you from remaining consistent? “I don’t know what to write abo
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4 Examples of Content Marketing Research in Action | Market Research Video
Posted at: 6/5/2019 3:07 PM
Content is king. We know this and we live this at Drive Research (no, really...we publish new blog posts everyday). While the makeup of content marketing comes in various forms such as blog posts, whitepapers, reports, and so on there is one approach not many companies take. Content marketing research takes your content and marketing strategy to the next level. According to a study by Buzzsumo and Mantis Research, 9 out of 10 companies who do original research found it to be successful. 56% of
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Case Study: Content Marketing Research for Financial Industry
Posted at: 5/23/2019 1:47 PM
Now more than ever, it is important for any organization to have a content market strategy surrounding the creation of consistent, valuable content for target audiences. Over time, content marketing has transformed the way brands are doing business. While the importance and effectiveness of content marketing are clear, there are several challenges associated with content creation. This could be a lack of resources, unrealistic expectations, or maintaining consistent publishing schedules. In 20