Regardless of whether you run your own blog or operate your own website, becoming a better content writer is a fantastic path to go down. As a content writer in Mumbai, my journey as a content writer has shifted from bleh to meh, and some-where, some-how – I picked up on being a good content writer.
Before diving into the analysis of another efficient and prolific content marketing campaign, let’s start with a quick recap of our previous B2B Content Marketing Case Study on Cisco.
In our previous article, I tried to highlight the strengths of one of the most successful B2B content marketers across the globe namely, Cisco. And, one the key determinants of the triumph of their content marketing strategy was relevancy.
Content marketing is used as a component of most marketing strategies today. Be it architecture, food, pharmaceuticals, or movies, marketers are making it a point to include content marketing in their strategy to a successful campaign.
What do most B2B and B2C entrepreneurs aim for? A general answer to this is more sales, more leads, more and more customers, and huge profit. But, is that all? Today, when entrepreneurs are asked what they wish for, they have an addition to the list – website traffic!
Gone are the days when architecture firms relied purely on the word-of-mouth to get more projects their way. In recent times, architecture firms have moved on from traditional marketing to newer and more dynamic ways of targeting their audience. With digital marketing being the buzz word in every industrial sector today, architectural firms are not lagging behind in adopting this fad. A lot of small and medium sized architecture firms are making full-use of content marketing strategies to attract potential clients.
These days, there are so many terms floating around – content writing, content marketing, digital marketing. Throw in the B2B angle and we can raise the confusion up a notch. Let’s try and allay the doubts and dig more into B2B content marketing today.
B2B content marketing is simply creating interesting and relevant content and marketing through various marketing channels to attract your target audience that is other businesses. As marketers, the constant challenge is to come up with ingenious ways to communicate with your potential clients.
So I am an IT engineer turned Editor, working on the technical team of my B2B content marketing agency. As an Editor, I get to work closely with budding technical writers. Most of them, and also a lot of my friends and colleagues, end up asking me how to go about ‘technical’ articles. I mean they do know or have some idea of how to write articles or blog posts but aren’t especially aware of the nuances of technical writing.
How do you write great content? Or – how do you write awesome content that is loved by all, goes viral and generates a million dollars worth of sales?
Who said you can only market content if you create it? That’s not true. You can market content relevant to your business website from other relevant sources too. But, if you desire to increase the number of visitors on your website, then you need to create content specifically for your website.