B2B Content Creation for Marketing comes in many forms: Blogging, Video, Podcast, Photos, Presentations, News Releases, etc. When done right, B2B content marketing can be extremely effective for getting high quality visitors to your website. Today’s article is more of a rant focused on the easiest way to create long term value-added content that will continually work hard for you. Instead of calling it “B2B Blogging,” let’s call it “B2B Content Creation.”
Barry Bowman recently published an excellent article on Search Engine Land, B2B Blogging: Let’s Call It Something Else. Barry’s article really hit home as I have recently come across similar challenges in that some B2B Marketers look down upon the dreaded word blog. Barry likens B2B Blogging with Customer Relationship Management, and Reputation Management, which is so true!
To paraphrase some prospects that I speak with on a daily basis:
- Isn’t blogging for my son/daughter?
- Blogging is an online diary, right?
- Blogs do not have a place in the business world.
B2B Blogging Frustrations
- I don’t have time to blog (create content).
- What do I write about?
- I am not a ...