Efficient Content: It's All about Conversion, Relevance & Engagement

Author:

J-P De Clerck

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When marketers talk about online marketing and communication, it is often about campaign strategies, tactical approaches and platforms that help them to reach their customers and prospects the best way possible in order to turn them into loyal, active and participating customers or even into ‘brand advocates’.

We think communication is about much more than reach and ‘push’ but increasingly about guiding customers and prospects through their buying processes where our role is to provide them the right content at the right time.

But of course this does not mean that marketing, communication and advertising are only about that. Brand marketing, customer service, customer retention, acquisition, analytics, lead management etc. are all important. And even here content plays a critical role, in all stages of the buying and customer cycle.

As well in B2C as in B2B sales and marketing, websites and blogs are essential for businesses. The (potential) customer is increasingly online, he uses several channels, he decides how to communicate with companies and he informs himself. The content you produce is there for him to find and value you.

Websites and blogs as information enablers...