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Content Marketing: 5 Things You Should Know

Jon Kranz Speaks at BPMA

Content marketing is a core part of the educate and engage phase of the SIVA or SEVA model.

Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to hear Jon Kranz present at BPMA (Boston Product Management Association) Content Marketing. I’ve heard Jonathan present before and once again, he didn’t disappoint, adding new insight to content marketing (i.e., marketing using content). I recommend two of his eBooks, the eBook eBook (seriously) and The Content Marketing Playbook (coauthored). If you’re a solution marketer, sooner or later you’re going to need to use content marketing. Here are 5 things that you need to know about content marketing: Continue reading →

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Speaking Customer-ese

Power up your solution marketing with your new customer language skills.

Follow up post to Learn a New Language

– By Steve Robins

Yesterday, we talked about how to develop your customer/buyer/user language skills through a six part process in which you reviewed the target market, culture/jargon, market drivers, the business opportunity, and industry influencers. Today we’ll talk more about the final phase, Translation. Continue reading →

It’s the Business Problem, Stupid

A Lesson from AMD’s Consumer Solutions

– By Steve Robins

AMD Simplifies Chip Labeling (Source: TechSpot)

Several months ago, chipmaker AMD updated their consumer marketing to focus on the total value of their PC chips rather than the speeds and feeds that consumers often found confusing and nearly meaningless. This case study offers a great lesson for solution marketers.

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Think Like Your Customer

The Key To Solution Marketing: Understand the Customer

By: Steve Robins

I came across a great blog post, How to Use the Secret Desires of Your Customers on Michael Martine’s Remarkablogger. While the post is about blogging, it also applies to solution marketing. Continue reading →

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Breaking Blogger’s Block

By: Steve Robins

Your solution marketing strategy should include “information,” the process of informing, educating and engaging with your customers, prospects, and key influencers. In many cases, social media, such as blogs, will form a key component of the “Information” element. But how do you get started? What should you write on? And how can you break “Blogger’s Block?” Continue reading →

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