We don’t embrace the idea that content can contribute to a long term competitive advantage.
The power of an SEO moat is real.
If you can own the SERP across multiple keywords in your domain; you will be able to print money for years to come.
We treat content & SEO more like an expense than an investment.
Content marketing is just like investing.
Some things are high risk. Some things are low risk. Some things can have high ROI. Some things will have low ROI.
We don’t embrace the fact that 1 piece of content can become 20 other pieces of content.
Repurpose that podcast and turn it into a blog post. Turn that blog post into a Twitter thread. Turn that thread into a carousel on IG.
Embrace the remix to maximize ROI.
We underestimate the power of distribution. It’s one of the biggest forces in marketing success.
Two brands can create the same exact piece of content but the brand that distributes their content the best will always see more ROI.
We think content is old news.
Don’t get me wrong. Web3, NFTs, Attribution, ABM, Metaverses, Crypto and all the other trending topics are very exciting.
They’re HUGE opportunities.
But so is content… If you create enough great content - you will unlock amazing leverage.
Content and SEO can provide you with leverage because you can build an audience and community.
Once you have it. You don’t need to:
Fly across the globe to reach your audience. Sponsor that event. Pay to distribute job postings. Reach out the journalists.
You have leverage.
Content can be a business moat.
The thing is… It takes time.
A brand that creates and optimizes 50 pieces of content this year could generate 800,000 monthly organic visits from those same pieces of content 2 years from now.
And the competition will be playing catch-up.
Time in the content game is one of the most powerful plays.
You can create and press publish something today that will shape culture & influence people for years.
One post can reach millions of people. You just have to optimize or distribute it.
Content scales.
In 2030, CMOs are going to wish they invested in content & SEO more in 2022 than they did.
Don’t be one of those execs.
Invest now. Thrive later.
Here’s a great thread to learn about content a bit more in-depth:
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Remote work means having the ability to take a midday shower after a run, a spontaneous catch up with a friend, a tea party with your kids and a moment to just relax and chill after a big deliverable.
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I've had social posts reach 100,000+. I've had blog posts reach millions. I've created strategies that have made millions. All because:
I've studied Content Marketing for YEARS 🧠
Grab a coffee and enjoy 👉 Here are 23 resources and techniques for fast tracking your skills 🧵
Use Wayback Time Machine to See The Golden Era Of Marketing Forums 🧠
You can learn a TON by browsing through old marketing AMAs in forums like GrowthHackers. You can literally find old AMA's between the community and the CEO of Zoom discussing their growth plans. So valuable.
Study & Research The YouTube Archives 📺
Go to Google and type in "Interview [Brilliant Mind]" and listen to a bunch of their interviews. For example, you can go to YouTube and find a TON of @aprildunford interviews that will arm you with a ton of value.
We took 100 SaaS sites and analyzed their marketing approach to design.
Grab a coffee, bookmark it and enjoy the thread 🧵
Here’s what we learned studying 100+ SaaS sites.
98% Of Brand Logos Are On The Left
The placement of the logo on the top left of a website is a common design best practice.
It’s an approach that most designers use inside of SaaS and outside of SaaS. But sometimes brands will switch things up and go in the middle like this:
Most SaaS Websites Are Mobile Responsive
The world runs on mobile. In April 2021, 56% percent of all web traffic came through mobile phones. 📲
Mobile responsive sites are a great way to ensure you don’t deliver broken experiences for people on a desktop or visiting on mobile.
It's when a brand has invested so strategically into content & SEO that they captured space in the SERP for the vast majority of search terms associated with their market & ideal customers.
How do you do it? 👇
A brand that has built an SEO moat is a brand that establishes itself as an authority in the eyes of Google and can extract value from the global search behaviours of people around the world.
To get value. You must give value.
That's where it starts.
Creating valuable content.
Salesforce has an SEO moat.
You search “CRM” – Salesforce shows up in the top 3 results. Type “marketing automation” – Salesforce shows up in the top 4. Type “CRM software” or “CRM system” and once again they're in the top 4. And so on, and so on.