Add Content Services to Your Social Media Product Line

content servicesAs social media marketing has taken off, many agencies have made a substantial living from specializing in social media management, monitoring, and social advertising. These agencies could scale their operations and expand their profitability even further if they add on content writing services to the packages they offer.

 

Why? Because putting content marketing and social media services together makes perfect sense. They’re both an incredibly important component to the digital face of a brand. They both have a goal of building audiences, shaping perception, and generating awareness. They both intuitively lead towards key stages of a brand’s marketing funnel.

 

And, perhaps most importantly, they both take a ton of time and effort to handle! The most tempting add-on services for marketing clients are things that they simply don’t have the bandwidth to take on themselves, after all.

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The Blogging Guide Every Start-Up Needs

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Why start a business blog? What elements does your blog need to be effective? How can you capitalize most effectively on the marketing opportunities a blog creates?

 

We’ll answer all of these questions in our relatively brief but comprehensive content marketing and business blogging guide for start-ups below. You’ll learn some of the most important markers of quality for an effective blog, how to develop a content marketing strategy that translates blog traffic into real leads, and what factors promote your search ranking (SEO) success.

 

So, without further ado, let’s get started!

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Are You Making These 7 Mistakes When Writing Blogs?

writing blogsBlog writing can be an incredibly effective digital marketing strategy when the creator pays close attention to all the markers of quality. These markers include both technical and artistic elements as well as the context your blog plays within your overall marketing funnel.

 

Ignoring any part of this equation will leave you with a less-than-satisfactory result. Your audience will either disregard your content outright or any audiences you successfully build will fail to enter your marketing funnel as intended.

 

Luckily, plenty of companies out there are doing it right. 78% of B2C companies using content marketing say they are “moderately” to “extremely” successful with their content marketing efforts. 2 out of every 3 also say that their performance is better now than a year ago.

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Social Media Marketing And Content Marketing Trends You Want to be Using

social media marketingCompeting for user attention with content and social media marketing is getting more challenging. Keeping up with the latest trends is essential for achieving ROI on your campaigns.

 

According to a recent survey of 344 social media managers, almost 80% of businesses use social media to post original content. Yet, just a little over half (52%) say that they achieve revenue growth through their social efforts.

 

What is this half doing right? They pay close attention not just to social’s role in their marketing funnel strategy, but they also track emerging trends to stay on the cusp of social relevance. By reading the signs of the times, they can adjust their strategy to keep their social media marketing effective and achieving consistent positive ROI.

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