Updated by Jay Baer on Oct 24, 2024

25 Questions I Ask About B2B Content Marketing

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Are you willing to not just create content, but curate it as well, sharing worthy information even if it's not yours?...

Do you use software to help select optimal topics for your blog? (we use InboundWriter and AtomicReach)

Do you routinely interview your customers?

How do you get non-marketers involved? How do you unlock the knowledge of your subject matter experts?

How are you decentralizing content so your "best stuff" isn't solely residing on your own URL?

How are you atomizing your content and taking a big idea and making many smaller content executions from it?

Do you have personas?

Do you capture and analyze queries that come in to your customer service team?

Do you "market your marketing" and create promotional plans for major content initiatives?

How can you get employees involved as social media advocates?

What is your Slideshare strategy?

Are you maximizing the creation of real-time content (including photos and short videos) at events you host or attend?

How are you using marketing automation to communicate 1:1 with prospects?

Do you test and optimize your landing pages? (we use Formstack)

Do you determine whether or not content is "gated" with a form based on funnel stage, rather than content type?

Do you use social log-in to maximize form completion rates?

What metrics do you use to measure content effectiveness, beyond consumption?

Does your home page have a rotating carousel that says "we don't really know what's most important, here's five optio...

Do you use tools like Buzzsumo to investigate what content in your category is already successful?

Have you considered creating a podcast to spotlight your best customers?

Are you using retargeting ads to put your next piece of great content on the radar of previous visitors to your site?

Are you using platforms like Captora to accelerate and extend your search-friendly content repository?

Are you using content hubs like Uberflip to build topical destinations containing content of multiple types and formats?

When you create great content, do you promote it to employees (especially sales) first?

How are you creating more video, and optimizing it to be found?

25 Questions I Ask About B2B Content Marketing

Are you willing to not just create content, but curate it as well, sharing worthy information even if it's not yours?...

Do you use software to help select optimal topics for your blog? (we use InboundWriter and AtomicReach)

Do you routinely interview your customers?

How do you get non-marketers involved? How do you unlock the knowledge of your subject matter experts?

How are you decentralizing content so your "best stuff" isn't solely residing on your own URL?

How are you atomizing your content and taking a big idea and making many smaller content executions from it?

Do you have personas?

Do you capture and analyze queries that come in to your customer service team?

Do you "market your marketing" and create promotional plans for major content initiatives?

How can you get employees involved as social media advocates?

What is your Slideshare strategy?

Are you maximizing the creation of real-time content (including photos and short videos) at events you host or attend?

How are you using marketing automation to communicate 1:1 with prospects?

Do you test and optimize your landing pages? (we use Formstack)

Do you determine whether or not content is "gated" with a form based on funnel stage, rather than content type?

Do you use social log-in to maximize form completion rates?

What metrics do you use to measure content effectiveness, beyond consumption?

Does your home page have a rotating carousel that says "we don't really know what's most important, here's five optio...

Do you use tools like Buzzsumo to investigate what content in your category is already successful?

Have you considered creating a podcast to spotlight your best customers?

Are you using retargeting ads to put your next piece of great content on the radar of previous visitors to your site?

Are you using platforms like Captora to accelerate and extend your search-friendly content repository?

Are you using content hubs like Uberflip to build topical destinations containing content of multiple types and formats?

When you create great content, do you promote it to employees (especially sales) first?

How are you creating more video, and optimizing it to be found?

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