Collective brain power is the kind of stuff that moves mountains. If you get enough smart people in a room riffing together in rhythm, there’s not much in this world that can slow such synergy down. For marketing, in particular, that’s what makes events like Content Marketing World so powerful – you have some of the best marketers in the business gathered together sharing insights, exchanging ideas, and collectively working to all become better at what they do. More often than not, research ‒ like our findings that 92% of marketers find creating high-quality content to be valuable or very valuable to their organizations, but only 54% report being able to effectively produce such content – shows both how marketers are on the same page, as well as the common challenges they have to overcome. Along with such research, these kinds of gatherings are where such trials and trends not only come to light, but are addressed and even overcome. Unfortunately, however, we can’t all be in the same rooms, or at the same events at the same time, which is why I’ve taken down some of the event’s top tweets to date in order to help share the knowledge on a broader scale. Stay tuned as well, as I’ll continue to update this post as more insights come in…
Tools are great, but content marketing success is about the wizard, not the wand. #CMWorld
— Jay Baer (@jaybaer) September 9, 2014
Interviewing content stakeholders on past efforts, requests, complaints & requests can offer context for your audit. @rlovinger #cmworld
— katiedel (@katiedel) September 10, 2014
Great storytelling is hard. Tying stories to revenue is even harder. Content Marketers have to do both. @TPLDrew #CMWorld
— Michael Brenner (@BrennerMichael) September 9, 2014
Words are our currency. Don’t squander them. @annhandley #CMWorld — Jessica Bates (@jesserker) September 9, 2014
Even the best content campaigns have 90% plus failure rates. Conversion is not easy. #CMWorld
— Geoff Livingston (@geoffliving) September 9, 2014
Create more value, for more people, more often, so when it’s time to choose, they choose you. @paulroetzer #cmworld
— Sarah Skerik (@SarahSkerik) September 9, 2014
“Content and data are inextricably linked. Content requires a data exoskeleton to produce maximum value.” — @jfly in her #CMWorld keynote
— TrackMaven (@TrackMaven) September 9, 2014
Don’t be slaves to a posting calendar. Stand up for quality and relevance. @jfly #CMWorld
— betsyperez (@betsyperez) September 9, 2014
“There is no such thing as a great website. The only question is, does it fit my [visitors] intended purpose.” @tim_ash at #CMWorld
— Andy Crestodina (@crestodina) September 9, 2014
Avg. 60% of marketing leads are generated w/ direct/outbound marketing vs 40% via digital/inbound channels https://t.co/AZPYRsTTmJ #cmworld
— Katie Martell (@KatieMartell) September 9, 2014
People don’t love your product, they love what it adds to their life. Content shows the way. #CMWorld
— Andrew Hanelly (@hanelly) September 9, 2014
Focus on building your subscriber list because then you have permission to talk to them. @JoePulizzi #CMWorld pic.twitter.com/xURt0WC8jG
— Eden Zeek (@edengrace) September 10, 2014
If you don’t understand how your customers are consuming content and what content they need, you’re WASTING YOUR TIME. #Strategy #CMWorld
— Jake DiMare (@jakedimare) September 8, 2014
Be the punk rock of content! Do something outlandish that makes people pay attention + stop writing about disco! – @JasonMillerCA #CMworld
— NewsCred (@newscred) September 10, 2014
“We need to become a source of advice for our customers.” – @RuthPStevens #CMWorld #ContentMarketing pic.twitter.com/0MMxVMetyS
— David Haar (@davidhaar) September 10, 2014
Understand what customers really need, which is NOT your product. It’s what you’re product DOES. An important difference. @jaybaer #cmworld
— Nicole M. E. Bump (@NicoleMEBump) September 10, 2014
“Quality content is the main ranking factor for SEO” – @coryhaldeman Director of SEO and Content Strategy @VerizonWireless #CMWorld
— John Mihalik (@johnmihalik) September 10, 2014
The #socialmedia mindset: meaningful content, targeted connections & authentic helpfulness per @markwschaefer #CMWorld
— Michelle Krier (@michellekrier) September 10, 2014
“If you build it they will come. Love the movie. Hate the strategy.” –@Jay_zo #CMWorld
— Alyssa Mowery (@alyssa_mowery) September 10, 2014
Every touch you have with a buyer or customer is part of their experience with you. Make sure it’s a consistent one. @ardath421 #CMWorld
— Dan Hutson (@dhutson) September 10, 2014
Be the answer, today, to the question your customer will ask tomorrow #CMWorld
— Allison McGreevy (@AllisonMcGreevy) September 10, 2014
Marketing is being challenged to do more for customer experiences. @Robert_Rose #cmworld
— John Byrne (@johnmbyrne) September 10, 2014
‘Customer care is moving up the funnel while marketing is moving down the funnel.’ #CMWorld
— Alana Coticchia (@dawgpndgirl) September 10, 2014
Conflict, Authenticity, Audience = most important factors to storytelling @KevinSpacey #cmworld
— Kim Fox (@kimfox) September 10, 2014