Softr: Jakub Rudnik on how to market a product with infinite use cases
Sep 9, 2024
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Jakub Rudnik, the Head of Content & SEO at Softr, shares insights from his journey from journalism to leading content marketing for a no-code platform. He explores innovative strategies for marketing versatile products, focusing on user personas and long-term engagement. Jakub discusses the transformative power of no-code tools, their accessibility, and how they enhance user experiences. Additionally, he highlights effective content marketing approaches, including the importance of measuring content success and leveraging user-generated content.
Marketing a no-code app like Softr involves identifying specific use cases and target personas to optimize engagement and conversions.
Creating effective tutorial content through collaboration enhances user experience by addressing their needs and providing valuable practical knowledge.
Deep dives
Success in Content Marketing Strategies
Successful content strategies are built around specific formats that perform well, such as listicles and alternative guides. These formats have historically converted effectively due to their ability to provide clear information and comparisons that users find valuable. As experience grows, understanding what styles resonate with the target audience becomes critical, allowing content creators to optimize their strategies for maximum impact. Over time, focusing on high-performing content tailored to user interests helps streamline efforts and generates better results.
Challenges and Opportunities in Targeting Personas
Marketing a versatile product like a no-code app builder presents the challenge of identifying effective target personas among a wide range of potential use cases. Focusing on specific use cases, such as client portals, allows marketers to hone in on audiences most likely to find value and remain engaged. Analyzing user behavior and identifying which profiles lead to successful long-term subscriptions helps optimize marketing efforts. By understanding the nuances of different personas, marketers can create tailored content that speaks directly to their needs and pain points.
The Importance of Tutorial Content
Creating tutorial content in conjunction with a community manager fosters a collaborative approach that enhances user engagement. Tutorials meet users at various stages of their journey, from awareness to active use of the product, making them integral for driving conversions. The effectiveness of this content depends on both accurate keyword targeting and the practical knowledge of the creators to ensure the information is beneficial and relevant. By utilizing various formats like videos and blog posts, the team can address user queries while showcasing product capabilities.
Data-Driven Insights for Content Optimization
Utilizing analytics to track content performance includes observing key metrics like indexing, ranking, and traffic flow to ensure successful content initiatives. Understanding how different types of content perform across user segments allows teams to identify which efforts yield the best long-term users. This approach encourages continuous improvement and experimentation to refine strategies based on real data rather than assumptions. Engaging cross-departmentally, particularly with product and growth teams, provides a holistic view of content impact on user engagement and retention.
In this episode of Content Briefly, we’ve interviewed Jakub Rudnik, Head of Content & SEO at Softr, and discussed what it’s like to market a product with many use cases, and more.
This episode is brought to you by our friends at Captain (https://www.contentcaptain.io/ and https://echoreads.io/).
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro 03:07 Who is Jakub Rudnik? 04:13 Jakub’s background. 06:54 What’s Softr and its core use cases? 11:00 The no-code advantage in marketing Softr. 13:34 How we think of content SEO at Softr. 16:53 Who handles tutorial content at Softr. 18:33 The type of customers we serve plus more use cases. 22:14 The sales process at Softr. 23:12 Finding success with blog post content. 25:52 How we measure content success and report data. 29:28 Learn more about Jakub and Softr and get in touch. 31:25 Outro