The Know-How to Pull in an Audience with Creative Content

Why You Should be Creating and Publishing Content for Your Audience

 

The umbrella of content marketing encompasses many aspects of creative advertising, all of which you should utilize to better reach your current — and potential — clients. By publishing consistent, informative, and unique content for your target audience, you are differentiating your brand, making it tangibly and personably resonant with your customers. You are professional, knowledgeable in your field; a master of your domain, and there’s no reason to hide that. There’s never been a more opportune time to market your brand more thoroughly online, providing relevant content to your followers, giving them valuable insight into why they should choose your company above your many competitors.

The age of in-your-face advertising is slowly starting to wane, with the internet era proving more and more to be an unstoppable juggernaut of revenue potential. Content marketing is often subtle; it can play as a helpful source to a customer, and ostensibly that’s what it is. You’re providing them with valuable insight through videos, articles, visuals, etc., and in return, they’re giving your brand exposure and patronage. Compared with other forms of advertising, content marketing has also proven to be one of the most cost-effective. When pitted against paid searches, for example, studies have found that content marketing returns three times more leads per dollar spent.

You don’t have to drive yourself into a mental dead zone trying to create content, either: There are plenty of companies and freelancers happy to create your videos, articles, blogs, or newsletters, and at a reasonable cost, too. The bottom line is, by taking a more hands-on, content-driven approach to reaching your customers, you will be rewarded with a more loyal — and invested — base of consumers.

by: Emily Brady

Emily Brady

Emily Brady is a content writer for AFEUSA. Her education in Communication Sciences with an emphasis in journalism from Brigham Young University makes her a great fit for AFEUSA. Emily enjoys writing and often works as a freelance writer in her free time.