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Expand your marketing message with collaboration: A quick start guide
One of the most effective ways to reach potential customers is through the art of collaboration – and yes, it’s an art! When you’re intentional in your collaboration efforts and in supporting other businesses, you gain access to new audiences who are primed to opt-in to what you’re offering.
And, when you open up your own platforms to aligned business owners and creators, you’re able to build trust and provide additional value to your audience, making it more likely they’ll want to support you. Here are a few ways to expand your marketing message and reach more people.
What's your point of view and why do you need one?
Your point of view is how you see the world. Your point of view is an expression of the problem you solve, your approach to solving it, and why people should work with you. Having a documented point of view will give you a tool to center these ideas in content so you can help your customers understand the big picture of what they get when they choose you in every piece of content you share. It makes your content consistent in sharing your point of view, regardless of the topic you’re taking on.
Small But Mighty Episode 10: Alex Keenan on pushing through fear to make an impact
Alex Keenan of Stage Light Communications is helping people step out of their comfort zone and take their place on stages of all kinds—in team meetings, boardrooms, and beyond. There’s a vulnerability to putting yourself out there, and some people never get over the nerves. But it is possible to get over the fright. In this episode, Alex and I chat about her work and the life-changing impact it’s had on some of her clients.
The importance of foundational content that educates your customers
One of the best things about developing foundational content for any business is the act of laying out how you see the industry, your place in the industry, and how you define best practices and success within the industry. But none of this is possible if you don’t put the work into creating these types of cornerstone pieces that position your business.
On ethics and empathy in marketing
I love marketing. Especially content and product marketing, which are the two most essential disciplines on a marketing team. As much as I love marketing, I’m very aware of the sometimes predatory nature of my chosen profession. Not all marketers or businesses do shady things to get ahead. In fact, most don’t. But we also don’t call out the problems enough.
Does your messaging speak to the customers you want to attract?
Messaging can be a real "tug of war of words.” It can be a challenging process because it often leads to a realization that how you talk about your business doesn’t quite accomplish what you thought it would. There can be a few different reasons for that.
Strategic marketing vs. marketing as a service
Marketing is an interesting discipline in today’s world. In some companies, the team ends up relegated to service status, playing a reactive role in supporting sales. I’ve started referring to it as marketing as a service, or MaaS, since everything as a service is all the rage these days. For larger organizations, I’m not a huge fan of this approach since there’s usually significant investment to salaries of qualified individuals who understand the business strategy and build plans that help move it forward.
Repeating content effectively: If it’s worth sharing, it’s worth repeating
One of the most common questions that comes up when I’m talking about content is whether to repeat coverage of the same topic in content. My answer? Every time: yes, absolutely. Just about every company that’s around for as little as two or three years is going to repeat coverage on some topics if they have a robust content program.
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