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7 Questions you need to ask before outsourcing your content marketing

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  • 7 Questions You need to askbefore Outsourcing your

    Content MarketingHephzySocial

  • The contentmarketinginstitute 2016 B2Breport stated the challenges B2B businessesare going through in content marketing.

  • Are you experiencing the same challenges inyour company/business/organization?

    If, Yes,Then,

    You need a Content Marketing Agency.But, Wait!

    It's not that easy!Answer the following questions and you can go

    ahead to hire one!

  • What is your budget forContent Marketing?

    1

  • The more budget you allocate forcontent marketing, the better the result.In a survey, more than half (51%) of b2bbusinesses said they will allocate morebudget to content marketing this year.

  • 2

    Will you work with a ContentMarketing Agency or a

    Freelancer?

  • If you want to get maximum result from yourContent marketing efforts, then outsoure a

    part or all of it.

  • 3

    Do you have contentmarketing skills ?

  • Content marketing is a sure way of driving traffic toyour business. However, it is not easy. If you wantto be successful in this endeavour, you will need to

    have 3 main skills:

    * Writing* Niche expertise

    * Effective promotionIf you don't have any or all of these skills, you need

    to outsource to a content marketing agency.

  • A survey revealed that 42% companies do not havethe expertise to implement content marketing

    effectively.

  • 4

    Does content marketing fit intoyour overall marketing efforts?

  • Most business owners hire Contentmarketers because they have other aspects

    of the business to oversee.

    You need to make sure that the contentmarketing efforts fit into every other aspectof your marketing such as, lead generation,

    conversion, repeat business, increaserevenues e.t.c.

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  • 5

    Which Content marketingprocess will be used?

  • When you decide to hire a content marketer, you need toknow the content marketing process that will be used foryour business. A content marketer should be able to help

    you plan your business growth.

    Business owners specified three major challenges incontent marketing. They are:

    1. Producing engaging content2. Measuring content effectiveness3. Producing content consistently

  • If you are facing one or more of the challengesabove, you need to outsource your

    Content Marketing

  • 6

    How will you measure thesuccess?

  • You need to specify what you want toachieve with Content marketing. There

    are many ways you can measuresuccess as seen in the chart below:

  • You can choose any metric that matches your goal. It can besales, website traffic, subscriber growth etc. Each of these

    metrics requires content to achieve a good ROI. Let your content marketer know your goals and metrics.

  • 7

    Should you hire a ContentMarketer as an editor?

  • If you run a small business with a big budget andwill like to work with freelancers instead of

    employing a content marketer, why not? You canuse freelancers to create content for you and thenemploy a content marketer as an editor. The editorwill be the one to review the freelancer's work,

    distribute and promote the articles ondifferent platforms.

    The issue here is that it can be expensive to do that. You will need to fix a pay. This will help you to freeup your time for more important business deals.

  • You see, it is easy than you think. Answer thequestions above and you are one step ahead of

    your competitors.

    Hephzysocial (www.hephzysocial.com) is acontent marketing agency that can help you solve

    all your content marketing issues.

    Send a mail to [email protected] NOW!

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