This is a guest contribution from Rizvan Ullah of Ranktactics.
The term “content marketing” refers to strategic marketing techniques where you create valuable and relevant content to attract a clearly defined audience. You’ll use this content to market a product and/or service in an attempt to generate profit through your blog or business. Since Google has changed the way they rank content, often giving higher rankings to that content which provides value, you can use this technique to dominate online. For example, imagine writing content on “link building” and mentioning a few products which streamlines your entire process. With an in-depth post, you can rank high enough and generate enormous commission through referrals. However, there’s a growing problem…
Many people are moving away from older marketing techniques because they are expensive, highly regulated (PPC) and provide little results, it’s becoming more important that you utilize content marketing more effectively. It’s no longer as simple as putting together 1500+ words hoping to generate sales because many bloggers are failing to analyze the long-term benefits. There’s NO point in writing 20 blog posts and none of them generating the desired results you want. It’s important to have the right tools in place and know what to look for so going forward your time equals money (T=M).
Analytics for Content Marketers and Bloggers: What Do You Need to Track?
