{"id":2463,"date":"2010-12-01T10:25:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disruptionblog.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2010-12-01T10:25:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:25:55","slug":"2011-trends-content-marketing-is-critical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/2010\/12\/01\/2011-trends-content-marketing-is-critical\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Trends: Content Marketing Is Critical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_EMarketerContentPH_lblBody\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article.aspx?R=1008070\">http:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article.aspx?R=1008070<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next  year, marketers will need to rethink their approach to advertising and  marketing and intensify their focus on creating magnetic content that  will naturally attract consumers, rather than relying solely on the  interruption model of advertising, which consumers are responding to  less and less. Think pull vs. push.<\/p>\n<p>Magnetic content can include anything created on behalf of a brand\u2014be  it an ad, YouTube video, online game, Facebook page, Twitter promo or  mobile app\u2014that consumers genuinely want to engage with and pass along  to others. This content entertains, amuses, informs, serves a function  or satisfies a consumer need. It\u2019s welcome instead of annoying or  interruptive.<\/p>\n<p>Marketers, especially those working in social media, have seen the  proven value of branded content, sometimes also referred to as \u201cearned  media.\u201d Nearly three-quarters of US companies with a social media  strategy used such content in their campaigns, making it the most common  type of content used, according to a June 2010 study by King Fish  Media, HubSpot and Junta42.<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/images\/chart_gifs\/118001-119000\/118705.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Content Used for Social Media Campaigns, June 2010 (% of US companies that currently have a social media strategy)\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Creating effective, breakthrough advertising has always been a  challenge for marketers, as well as for the agencies charged with the  task. But the classic interruption-disruption model of advertising is  moribund. Marketers should ask themselves five questions about the  magnetic content they are seeking to create to determine whether it will  be truly attractive to their audience:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is the content unique?<\/li>\n<li>Is the content useful?<\/li>\n<li>Is the content well executed?<\/li>\n<li>Is the content fun?<\/li>\n<li>Does the content make good use of the channel in which it appears (e.g., social, mobile, video)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Marketers should base their magnetic content ideas on well-researched  customer behaviors, attitudes and lifestyles. This entails altering  your emphasis in marketing from \u201cselling product\u201d to identifying and  solving a consumer need or want that transcends or complements the  physical product or service you are selling. Ask yourself this critical  question: Besides your product, what can you do for the consumer?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article.aspx?R=1008070 Next year, marketers will need to rethink their approach to advertising and marketing and intensify their focus on creating magnetic content that will naturally attract consumers, rather than relying solely on the interruption model of advertising, which consumers are responding to less and less. Think pull vs. push. Magnetic content can include anything created &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/2010\/12\/01\/2011-trends-content-marketing-is-critical\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2011 Trends: Content Marketing Is Critical<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}