Content Marketing: How to Write To Engage and Attract Your Marketplace

May 13
11:36

2015

Steve Shaw

Steve Shaw

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Ensuring the content written appeals to the needs and wants of the target market, the content will be able to attract more prospects to ...

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Ensuring the content written appeals to the needs and wants of the target market,Content Marketing: How to Write To Engage and Attract Your Marketplace Articles the content will be able to attract more prospects to you making you be able to build a stronger relationship. Principles that can be applied include the following:Create an attractive informationTextual information that is provided online has to use short paragraphs. People prefer sense blocks of notes that are not dense. Multiple pathways available for people to consume the text should be provided because some people will read the content from top to bottom while others prefer grasping what is essential. Other people will use a mixture of the two. Subheadings should be used, this should include appropriate images and illustrations, and bullet points that will break the texts. When using videos, ensure there is proper lighting and the audio has to be clear; keep the video lively and interesting by speaking to the person watching the video.Keep the Article SimpleComplex language should not be used, this also includes industry jargon that is often used to show off the writer's expertise. Use of complex and jargon languages have negative effects and will reduce the writer's authority. On the contrary, keep the article simple and precise at the type of person the message intends to attract. It is better to speak their language rather than your own.Focus at all TimesEach piece of content present in the content marketing has to address a specific issue, or answer a query. The content should be edited carefully so that the information stays focused throughout, and not to veer off into another unnecessary tangent. Information that is removed from the marketing content can be used for additional content in the future.Ask the question of why the target audience should believe the contentThe writer has to illustrate authority in the content provided, this will help people to believe and trust the information given. For instance, information provided regarding taxes required the accountant providing the information to be qualified, this makes sense making people know. The authority also results from the information, from other people you associate with, and not personal credentials alone.Creation of Content for and IndividualDuring creation of the content, thoughts should be present on the individual the content is meant to reach, the best way of doing this is by creating an avatar of the desires prospect or customer. Decide on the customer's wants and needs, age, marital status, whether they have children, their occupation, and so on… From here, the content should be created in a way that it will speak to them directly, by itself, this will help attract an ideal prospect who will feel the content read speaks to them.Consistency MattersBuilding a relationship with the target market can be done by having content that is consistent, then share this information with the target audience through various channels such as email marketing and social media. By doing this, the market will build its familiarity together with the content, and thus the market will come to want to receive the contents. As the relationship develops, the target customers will become more attached and you will be speaking to them in a more emotional level. To add to this, the more content created over time, the greater the authority will grow and the more the prospects that will be attracted.When these principles are kept in mind, it will ensure the content meets the market needs and what the market want, this acts as a root for more profitable and effective activities involved in content marketing.