How your content’s future will determine your future

z177The importance of your content marketing with regard to your overall SEO can’t be overstated. As the future continues to unfold, there will be directions you will need to take your content marketing if you are looking to expand and thrive.

  • Content will continue to evolve and will include many other outlets beside a well crafted article or blog post. You need to take your content marketing to new levels if you expect to reach an ever changing and evolving audience. In addition, many companies have begun to outsource much of their content marketing because the ones looking to lead have realized that it is a task that is beyond their resources. It also frees up these businesses to concentrate on their strengths and to build their businesses.
  • The future of content marketing will require that you expand your distribution as well as your weapons. Video has become a powerful force that is providing many businesses with the marketing edge they need. Also on the forefront of content marketing will be a more serious concentration on webinars, slideshows, infographics, and ebooks as well as white papers and special reports. Diversification in your content marketing will be the focus of your future. The greater the diversification, the greater the overall effect and benefit.
  • Responsive design is a new buzzword that you had better know. If your website is not designed responsively, you will see your traffic dim. Responsive design allows your site to be properly scaled and seen on any manner of device. This is critical with regard to tablets and cell phones. Mobile use has become more prevalent and looks to dominate well into the future. The use of mobile devices will become such a dominant force moving onto the future that you must begin adapting for its influence right now. You can bet that your rivals probably are.
  • A growing niche in your content marketing moving into the future will encompass strategies to reach what are known as influencers. These are people in certain industries and niches that have a large following whose opinions and reviews have great influence on buying decisions being made. Their influence tends to be most profound in social media. Beginning to strike up relationships with these influencers can have a long term positive affect for your business. They can provide a marketing reach that you could rarely hope to achieve through traditional methods.
  • Remember that diversification in your content marketing will be the pivot point of your success going forward. Also, make this coming year an expansion beyond where you currently are. If you are local, expand regionally. Increase your expansion to a national or even global level. See what’s out there and where you may be a perfect fit.