Amanda Natividad
Amanda Natividad

@amandanat

9 Tweets 14 reads Mar 03, 2022
Tired: Content focused on SEO goals
Wired: Content that powers your entire marketing strategy
Here's why and how:
SEO-driven content works best in an underserved niche with high-volume keywords.
But many topics are saturated.
Many industries have matured.
Content marketers should create content that fuels the rest of their marketing.
This *can* include SEO goals.
But it's more than that.
Think: Content as a Service (CaaS)
Lots of examples...
1/ Product-Led Content:
Use your product's features & benefits to create content.
Or create content that demos your features & benefits.
Here's an old piece I made for @FitbitHealth — a corporate wellness idea generator.
It generated thousands of engagements every quarter.
2/ PR:
You're already citing 3rd party research in your blog. Use it to strengthen media talking points.
Better yet, create your own research. Be the headlines.
@randfish and @Similarweb had their zero-click search report.
@AnimalzCo has their annual content marketing report.
3/ Events:
Blog posts become webinars, and conference presentations become blog posts.
Plus, as you share your ideas in real-time, you'll see what resonates with your audience.
@TheCoolestCool is the master of this.
(He led a killer @sparktoro Office Hours session!)
4/ Sales Enablement:
The gold standard where SEO and sales meet.
Find a commonly searched-for pain point, then write how your product solves that pain point.
@iammarcthomas has great advice for those in B2B SaaS.
And I love how some DTC brands, like @mybearaby, do this.
5/ Demand Generation:
If you have an SEO content strategy, combining similar blog posts into ebooks should be easy.
@ShipBob gets tons of quality leads per month from these ebooks.
And of course, @HubSpot has tons of guides & tools that generate leads.
It's a lot of work. But now is the best time to be a content marketer.
As industries and channels have evolved, so have the best practices.
There are more ways than ever to increase your content's ROI.

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