The days of old followed a simple strategy when a piece of content was to hit the market, the game plan was so simple; it was “Publish and Pray”. ? Yes, it was all that publishers and content generators could do in the older times. But as of now with the various platforms available, there is a lot to discuss and analyze before you put your work out. Yes, equal time and attention is to be given to the distribution of the piece at hand, as the marketing strategy implemented is as critical as the quality of content itself.
Let’s focus on some common but crucial content distribution methods that go beyond social shares.
1) Custom-Made Emails:
This is the best way to get more clicks on your blogs. Try skimming down on your contact list and send out your blog ONLY to those who might find its content of use. Also, drive attention to the blog by adding a personal note to your reader which will prompt them to read your blog. According to stats, personalized emails do have a higher open rate than those which are generic.
2) Be a Guest Blogger:
Write an article in a non-promotional way, making sure to carefully conceal key points; and send it out to an online publication which caters to your target audience. Also, take care to share some information that will help its readers benefit from, while you achieve your goal as well.
3) Share Interviews:
This is a mighty smart move. Using your team, identity prospective clients who can do you good in the future, and take time to capture an exclusive interview with them. Now, as and when you write your blogs, which is off course in relevance to the idea discussed at the interview; do add the quotes shared by your prospect to the blog. Now, once done share the blog with them. This will help you keep your leads engaged overtime, while you get the additional attention from the networks they use, when the content is shared with their audience. “Two Birds in ONE Stone” ?
4) Add Links to Email Signatures:
Why waste an opportunity when you can make the best of it almost every day. Yes, email signatures are those which most of us use roughly ten times a day. Featuring your content link in an email signature will help get the message out on a more frequent basis. The target audience of your present and future customers can be met using this method.
5) Complement Content References to Proposals:
Another way to get that content moving is by adding it as supportive material to boost your proposal. Most proposals contain relevant data to back up a solution suggested to a prospect. In these cases most prospects look for autogenic researched content when compared to content cited by others. This not only helps to get your content out in the open, but also your shares efforts and involvement in the project at hand. That being said, some clients do prefer concise proposals, in those cases, these ideas could be shared as links for further reading.
Hope you enjoyed your read!