Design means much more than color schemes and stock photos. The process will look different for every marketing team, and even for every team’s various content pieces. In general, design starts at the very beginning, as you map out a content marketing strategy. Understanding the brand’s personas and marketing goals will shape the basic style of each design each should be useful to your personas, and true to your brand voice. A strong content marketing strategy includes a variety of content types, so as individual pieces begin to take shape.
Think and make content marketing strategy into your blog schedule/strategy. The company blog can and should be used to cross-promote other content, which will help keep posts on a consistent schedule. If you don’t have a marketing team member who is familiar with SEO, this is one area where you might want to consult a professional. EBook content should follow some sort of narrative structure, and include a lot of good, visual design. The goal of an eBook is to educate (rather than entertain), but make sure to keep the language conversational if that is consistent with your brand and personas. A great way to keep your brand in front of buyers, while also being really helpful. These resources should be designed for print and made as interactive and practical as possible. These are similar to an ebook in that they are primarily educational materials, but whitepapers and reports are generally less graphically designed and use language that is a little more professional. They can also create opportunities to partner with other organizations.
Benefits for enterprises who uses content marketing:
- Increased sales
- Cost savings
- Better customers who have more loyalty
Social media is one of the primary vehicles for a content marketing campaign especially the more entry-level, entertaining pieces. There are three tiers of social media promotion for your content:
- Owned: Sharing your content on the brand’s own social media channels is a quick, customizable, and free opportunity to connect with your target audience.
- Paid: Most social networks allow for some kind of paid advertising. Matching a network’s demographics with your brand’s personas will help you determine where to invest.
- Earned: The most valuable, but hardest to create, social media promotion happens when your audience shares your content with their networks.

