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.
B2B content marketing is gradually becoming the new buzzword in the marketing world. More and more B2B companies are incorporating content marketing in their marketing strategy. Some B2B companies such as IBM and Salesforce have tactically used content marketing to reach their audience.
I hate it when mid-sized companies keep talking about creating viral content as part of their B2B content marketing strategy. Why? Because:
Your audience does not comprise of the same TG that buys Cadbury chocolates, Honda cars or Samsung mobiles
You don’t have that kind of money to experiment.
B2B content marketing is thriving. Organisations have understood the importance of content marketing and are implementing it to boost growth and success. However, only few are successful at it. This is because many associate the process with churning out mounds of content.
The major goal of content marketing in India is to engage people and not directly market or advertise the products and services. And when fashion brands showcase what they’ve got, it interests the people. Most people follow fashion websites, fashion blogs, videos, social media accounts, etc. to get expert opinions and not miss out on latest trends.
Okay. So you’re out in the world, enjoying the warmth of the sunny streets in Paris. You come across the délicatesse of Croquet-monsieur. The rich flavors of its multilayered pillowy perfection evolve an idea inside your head. An all-inclusive French Bistro featuring food from the very streets of Paris! The idea is every – the right communication strategy.