Content Marketing Tips for Small Businesses

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CONTENTMARKETING TIPSFOR SMALLBUSINESSESPRESENTED BY REANNON MUTH

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WHAT IS CONTENT MARKETING?

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"Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach

focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant,

and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly­

defined audience — and, ultimately, to drive profitable

customer action."

­ Content Marketing Institute

5 REASONS WHY SMALL BUSINESSESNEED TO BLOG:

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1. Blogging helps drive traffic to your website.2. It helps convert that traffic into leads.3. It helps establish authority.4. It helps with SEO5. It drives long-term results.

FREE TOOLS THAT CAN WILL HELP WITHCONTENT MARKETING:

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Google Keyword Planner

Google Analytics

Google Webmaster Tools Buzzsumo.comHashtagify.com

Hootsuite.com

FREE SEO TOOLS FREE SOCIALMEDIA TOOLS

YOAST PluginTwitter

Facebook

Pinterest

FREE GRAPHICDESIGN TOOLS

Pixabay.comFlickr.comPicmonkey.comCanva.comPixlr.com

HOW TOCREATE

CONTENT THATLEADS TO

CONVERSIONS

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Make content topic relevant totarget customer

Make it scannable (mustpass the 30-second test)

Give advice, not pitches Involve industryinfluencers

Boost on social media

Optimize content for SEO

Target long-tailkeywords

Include a call-to-action

Make sure content targetsconsumer in the optimal point inthe sales cycle

Use Google Analytics tomeasure conversions

CONTENT GUIDELINES:

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Content should be 500-800words or 1,500 - 2,000 words

Content should have at leastone photo

Content should beboth informativeand entertaining

Content should a Call-To-Action (CTA)

Break up "text walls"with subheaders

What Is Quality Content?

No more than 7 lines perparagraph

STRATEGY WRITING

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Hire an SEO/contentmarketing consultant to get

you started.

Outsource to a writingservice like

textbroker.com

Use Fiverr.com forgraphic design

GRAPHIC DESIGN

TIPS FOR OUTSOURCING: