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Why content marketing needs a strategy

Adriano Meirinho · Marketing e Gestão Postos à Prova (2018) · 1 min read

In the wave of digital marketing, content marketing came along as king and remains highly important to this day. The problem is that its fame led many companies, agencies, and freelancers to believe that, to do content marketing, all it takes is publishing a few articles on a blog, adding a few pages to the website, posting a few messages on social media, and that’s it! As with any marketing strategy, it’s not quite that simple. To work with content marketing, you need a good keyword research tool, an understanding of the complexity of your personas, a way of communicating that appeals to them, and the ability to deal with a highly competitive digital content market.

There is no better long-term strategy than content marketing Content is used for everything and is everywhere. It influences your email click-through rate, your conversions and search engine rankings (SEO), and your social media campaigns, and it builds authority for your brand, establishing relationships with customers and businesses. In other words, there is no better long-term strategy than having your brand linked to topics that speak directly to your customer on the first pages of search results. Creating and distributing relevant, valid, and consistent content to attract and retain your audience is the best thing you can start doing now.

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