#105: Content | 100% Organic Marketing Strategies, How Three Marketers Use Content To Drive Revenue
Dec 5, 2023
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Join Dave as he talks with Lashay Lewis, Ben Battaglia, and Rachel Saltsgaver about using content marketing to drive revenue in B2B SaaS. They discuss content as sales enablement, pushing people through the sales funnel, the relationship between paid ads and content marketing, gating content, and how Seismic uses SEO to drive prospects to their site.
Content marketing as sales enablement is crucial for driving revenue in B2B SaaS businesses.
Offering valuable content for free can help build trust and generate organic leads.
Deep dives
The Power of Content in Marketing
Content is the rocket fuel that powers a marketing engine. It is the atomic building block of a great marketing strategy. It plays a crucial role in sales enablement, brand building, and lead generation. Marketers should focus on creating high-quality content that serves the needs of their audience and builds trust.
The Value of Giving Away Content
Giving away valuable content for free can help build an audience and establish thought leadership. Companies can use freely available content to nurture prospects, demonstrate their expertise, and address customer pain points. By providing useful content without requiring immediate contact information, companies can build trust and generate leads through organic engagement.
The Impact of Newsletters in Marketing
Newsletters are a valuable marketing channel for building direct relationships with customers and prospects. Newsletters provide an opportunity to deliver valuable content, nurture leads, and maintain brand connection. Their value lies in creating a direct line of communication, owning the audience, and reducing the dependence on paid advertising. When pitching newsletters to executives, it is important to align the value proposition with the company's goals and focus on their mission, branding, and the long-term benefits of having a loyal subscriber base.
The Power of Interactive and Personalized Content
Interactive content, such as quizzes, video click-throughs, and calculators, offers a unique and personalized experience for users. It allows them to actively engage with the content and receive customized outputs based on their inputs. Interactive content is highly valuable as it stands out from traditional static content, capturing the audience's attention and providing a more memorable experience. Additionally, focusing on creating interactive content helps to drive high-intent traffic and generate leads at the bottom of the funnel. By combining SEO strategies with interactive elements, companies can deliver engaging and highly converting content to their target audience.
In this episode, Dave is joined by Lashay Lewis (Authority Plug), Ben Battaglia (Your Money Line), and Rachel Saltsgaver (Seismic) to talk organic content and using SEO and content marketing to drive a real impact in a B2B SaaS business. They cover:
Content marketing as sales enablement
Using content to push people through the sales funnel
The relationship between paid ads and content marketing
Gating content vs not
An example of how Seismic uses SEO content to drive prospects to their site
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