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It’s not just about securing the budget and     • The engagement of the company’s

          resources  you need.  Just as important  are        internal experts – bringing employees
          factors like:                                               into your content marketing strategy is

                                                                      a rising trend in content you don’t want
             • Internal cooperation across                            to get left behind on

                departments
             • Room to experiment and make                      So, how can you get the internal buy-in for

                mistakes without fear of your content           content marketing?
                marketing budget getting slashed





          Start With A Strategy


          To convince your customers they will benefit  you would when you create your buyer per-

          from your product or service, what’s always  sona.
          your first step?

                                                                   • What are the pain points, hesitations,
          You have to educate your buyers about the        and goals of your organization’s

          value of  what  you  are  selling with  a  smart        executive team?
          content strategy. Take this same approach     • What information – relevant statistics,

          when selling content marketing to your or-                  industry examples, in-house content
          ganization’s decision and budget makers.                    analytics – do they need to see to

          Educate them on the importance of con-                      understand the value of your content
          tent marketing – with content.                              marketing?

                                                                   • What channels will resonate the most,
          So, get in the shoes of your audience just like        for example, what presentation format


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