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Optimization. More juice for the squeeze. Biggest bang for the buck.
We hear these business cliches all the time, but we’re not really doing them, at least when it comes to content marketing.
Here’s what I mean. Look at the tremendous number of people and businesses doing live video right now. As it should be – video is one of the best, richest ways to convey information to someone else in the current environment. So, you invest in the tools, time, and techniques to do live video, you go live, you talk to your superfans, and then you move on with your day, having checked the box on this particular marketing tactic.
To use one of the cliches, you’ve squeezed about 5% of the juice out of that content. What should you have done?
You should have followed the Transmedia Content Framework. That live video?
- Take the recording, gussy it up a bit, and make sure it’s on your YouTube channel.
- Take snippets of it using either tools like Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Camtasia, etc. and make 60 second cuts for Instagram and other social channels.
- Pull the audio out and cut it up for a podcast.
- Send the audio out for transcription and turn it into whitepapers, ebooks, blog posts, or newsletters.
- Turn select quotes into image-based posts for social networks.
- Make relevant still photos or animations for Pinterest, Instagram, or your emails with pull quotes from the video.
- If the video does really well, turn it into a full-blown webinar or virtual conference session.
- Create a live Q&A based on the video in your Slack/Discord/Facebook Group/LinkedIn Group communities.
Video content is the richest content available, and when you’re recording live video, you’re effectively creating your next podcast episde, YouTube video, and even writing the next passage in your upcoming book – if you plan ahead and think about how you’re going to use the content. Don’t let it go to waste!
This week’s Bright Idea is a very special video interview with our friend and colleague Mitch Joel, on the strategies, tactics, and tips for client and customer retention in a global crisis. Learn what he suggests we do to add value to our customers’ lives, and the one thing we must absolutely not do right now.
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This week’s Rear View Mirror looks at Instagram influencers. How have they been doing in terms of engagement and growth in 2020?
Influencers have been on a slow, steady decline over the years; back in January 2019, they had a median engagement rate of 1.89%, whereas in recent weeks it’s been hovering around 1.1%, a 42% decrease. That said, the pandemic (shown above as the grey region) hasn’t benefitted or harmed their content performance substantially. In the period prior to March 8, they averaged a 1.27% engagement rate; in the period since March 8, they’ve averaged 1.18%, a change of only 7%.
What does this mean for us as marketers? If we’re already engaged with Instagram influencers, chances are we’re seeing about the same performance out of them. That means expectations set earlier this year in terms of performance are still valid, and it also means if you’re considering using Instagram influencers for your marketing, there’s thus far been no massive change that would derail that strategy, in the big picture.
Methodology: Trust Insights used Facebook’s Crowdtangle software to examine 191,919 posts by 4,254 Instagram influencers. The list is curated by Crowdtangle of Instagram accounts that are influential and have brand/business accounts set up, as well as verified. The date of the study period is January 1, 2020 – April 17, 2020. The date of extraction is April 22, 2020. The last 3 days of the dataset, April 18-20, were removed as Instagram’s algorithm does not display content in chronological order and those days’ data is not reliable. Trust Insights is the sole sponsor of the study and neither gave nor received compensation for data used, beyond applicable service fees to software vendors, and declares no competing interests.
- Data Science 101 for Marketers: An IBM/TrustInsights Event
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- Competitive Social Media Analytics Strategy Masterclass
- Using the Right Tools For the Job
- {PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Client Retention with Mitch Joel
- The Importance of Tag Memes for Understanding Social Networks
- How Many People Watch Instagram Stories Daily? The Latest Research
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Shiny Objects is a roundup of the best content you and others have written and shared in the last week.
Data Science and AI
- Everything you need to know about narrow AI
- Create Symbiotic Relationships with AI in Business via ReadWrite
- AWS and Facebook join on new open-source projects for PyTorch via SiliconANGLE
SEO, Google, and Paid Media
- How to Start a Link Building Campaign Fast (and Systematize Everything)
- 57 SEO Statistics for 2020
- Opting-Out of Google Featured Snippets Led to 12% Traffic Loss via Moz
Social Media Marketing
- Facebook shares US county heat maps tracking coronavirus symptoms BGR
- Social Media Collaboration: Tips and Tools for Effective Team Work
- How to Use Hashtags: A Quick and Simple Guide for Every Network
Content Marketing
- Remarkable Marketing During a Challenging Climate via Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow}
- The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing in 2020
- How to Choose the Best Messaging Apps for PR and Marketing
Get Back To Work
We’ve changed things up in Get Back To Work, and we’re looking at the top 310 metro areas in the United States by population. This will give you a much better sense of what the overall market looks like, and will cover companies hiring in multiple locations. Got a specific detail in mind? Let us know in our Slack group!
Top Marketing Positions by Count, Manager and Above
- Marketing Manager : 359 open positions
- Digital Marketing Manager : 188 open positions
- Account Manager : 163 open positions
- Social Media Manager : 156 open positions
- Marketing Director : 120 open positions
- Director of Marketing : 91 open positions
- Product Marketing Manager : 71 open positions
- Communications Manager : 66 open positions
- Brand Manager : 47 open positions
- SEO Manager : 46 open positions
Top Marketing Hiring Companies by Count, Manager and Above
- Amazon.com Services LLC : 99 open positions
- Amgen : 52 open positions
- Google : 50 open positions
- Reynolds and Reynolds : 49 open positions
- Facebook : 44 open positions
- Apple : 31 open positions
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. : 30 open positions
- AbbVie : 27 open positions
- Bristol-Myers Squibb : 24 open positions
- TikTok : 24 open positions
Top Locations of Hiring Companies by Count, Manager and Above
- New York, NY : 126 open positions
- Seattle, WA : 122 open positions
- Los Angeles, CA : 90 open positions
- San Francisco, CA : 89 open positions
- Austin, TX : 67 open positions
- Boston, MA : 57 open positions
- Atlanta, GA : 53 open positions
- Chicago, IL : 46 open positions
- Houston, TX : 46 open positions
- Dallas, TX : 44 open positions
Methodology: Trust Insights uses the Indeed.com API to extract open positions from a geographic area focused on marketing analytics, marketing, social media, data science, machine learning, advertising, and public relations, with a filter to screen out the most junior positions.
Featured Partners
Our Featured Partners are companies we work with and promote because we love their stuff. If you’ve ever wondered how we do what we do behind the scenes, chances are we use the tools and skills of one of our partners to do it.
- Hubspot CRM
- StackAdapt Display Advertising
- Agorapulse Social Media Publishing
- WP Engine WordPress Hosting
- Techsmith Camtasia and Snagit Media Editing
- Talkwalker Media Monitoring
- Our recommended media production gear on Amazon
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Upcoming Events
Where can you find us in person?
- MarketingProfs Friday Forum, May 2020, Online
- Women in Analytics, August 2020, Columbus, OH
- ContentTech Summit, August 2020, San Diego, CA
- INBOUND 2020, August 2020, Boston, MA
- MarTech East, October 2020, Boston, MA
- HELLO Conference, October 2020, New Jersey
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