Effective Marketing of your business can be an extremely simple endeavour if you allow it to be. You already have all you need to get out there and make it happen. The best way to approach your business marketing is to think about the problems your potential ideal customers face and provide educational content around that to help. That’s it.
You already know these problems. You come across them every day through the customers you are already dealing with. And you have the knowledge and expertise to solve them, I mean that’s what your business does right? Now just incorporate this into your marketing.
Start listing out those problems and the subsections within them. That way you can start to see where the opportunities for helpful content lie.
Now think about how you want to produce content to help with those problems. You’ve essentially got three options:
- Writing
- Audio
- Video
Writing can take the form of a blog (easiest and quickest), white papers or books (from simple e-books to full published works). You then have the opportunity to re-purpose your written content. For example, a blog article you write could also be an article you submit to publication (e.g., magazine) or post on your LinkedIn profile.
In fact, all content you produce, you’ll not only post on your website (helping with your sites SEO) but you can and should share through as many platforms as you can manage or are active on.
Audio content could also be blog posts, however in audio form. Or it could be a podcast published through iTunes. You can also have your audio content transcribed if you want to have it written but don’t want to do it yourself.
Video is pretty self explanatory. This would be hosted on a YouTube channel and then posted on your blog and other social media channels/pages.
Making Your Marketing Happen
What does all this cost? Just some time. And yes I hear you saying “but I don’t have any time!!”. If that is your response, then you should have money to pay others to help you create the content. The reality is, if you don’t have the money or the time, then somethings wrong. You are most likely spending time on the wrong things, and that is a subject for another post. On the other hand, if you need to know how to get “unstuck” and free up your time, reach out and we’ll be happy to chat with you about it.
If you’ve never done some of these things then getting it all setup and working can seem daunting. And when you first get started it might feel clumsy and inefficient. Stick with it, because the more practice you get, the easier (and more effective) it will become.
More Resources for Effective Marketing
A great book that can help you in this area is The Boomerang Effect by Tim Reid. Tim also hosts the podcast Small Business Big Marketing which is well worth a listen. It’s a quick read and will give you great ideas.
Keep your marketing simple. Focus on the problems your customers and potential customers have and find ways that are true to who you are, to help them.
Now get out there and make it happen!
