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\"consistent,Coming up with new topics for your content marketing campaign can be a challenge, but it\u2019s not nearly as hard and most marketers assume it is. Through a combination of understanding your market and the ongoing needs of your audience, inspiration for your content can come from a variety of places.\u00a0Whether you’re writing blog posts, white papers, webinars, or long form content, everything begins with the research stage.\u00a0Here are some\u00a0content marketing research tips to help you take your content marketing to the next level and always have a source of great topics on hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read popular industry blogs.<\/h3>\n

By following popular industry blogs, you\u2019ll get a better idea of the kind of content being created. What industry trends are getting a lot of attention? Who are the biggest names in your niche? What topics have been written about to death and which ones are new on the scene? This will help you come up with topics for your own content marketing campaign and make sure you\u2019re writing content that is relevant to your industry. Content marketing research helps ensure that your content is relevant to your audience and chances are if popular industry blogs are focusing on a particular topic it\u2019s worth your attention!<\/p>\n

For example, if I were to spend most of my time writing about article directory submissions, I would be out of touch with what is really going on in SEO. Submitting articles to low quality directories is no longer a good content marketing tactic, so writing blog posts about which article directories a site owner should submit too wouldn\u2019t help build my reputation or my SEO. It\u2019s content that no one is going to find useful or want to share.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to your competitor\u2019s newsletters.<\/h3>\n

In addition to being aware of content trends in your industry, part of content marketing research involves finding new topics to write about. By reading what your competitor\u2019s are writing, you\u2019ll have a better idea of what they are NOT saying. What niche is being ignored or underdeveloped that you could take and run with? What angles aren\u2019t being examined that you can take to help set your content apart?<\/p>\n

Keep track of customer service and sales questions.<\/h3>\n

Why not learn what kind of content your audience is looking for right from them? Have your customer service and sales teams keep track of the questions they get and use those as starting points for your content marketing efforts. Chances are if one person has a question about your product or process than other customers do to. This way, your target reader is actually doing your content marketing research for you! You don\u2019t have to hope your topics are on point\u2014you\u2019ll know.<\/p>\n

Understand who your buyers and influencers are.<\/h3>\n

The person who does all the research about your company and products might not be the person with the ultimate decision making power. Your content marketing research has to take into account who your buyers and influencers are so you can create the right content for each audience. For instance, a marketing manager might be the one doing all the research about marketing automation software, but the VP of Marketing is the one that approves the purchase. What are these two people looking for in a marketing automation software solution? What benefits are the most important and what needs are they looking to meet?<\/p>\n

Identify key stages of your buying cycle.<\/h3>\n

\"ThumbDon\u2019t assume that one piece of content is enough to keep your audience interested and engaged with your brand. You want to guide them through the buying cycle and have resources ready every step of the way. What are the key stages of your buying cycle? When do you lose leads and what kind of content do you need to propel them one step closer to conversion? Content marketing research can help you determine what kind of information a potential customer would need each step of the way.<\/p>\n

Content should be treated as\u00a0the backbone of your online marketing campaigns. It’s a vital part of your SEO program, helps increase social engagement, and also establishes you as an authority in your market. However, if you don’t have enough ideas to keep the pipeline flowing, you won’t reach your potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming up with new topics for your content marketing campaign can be a challenge, but it\u2019s not nearly as hard and most marketers assume it is. 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