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How to Prolong Your Content'sLifespan by ImprovingDiscoverability
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APRIL 2, 2015 BRAVEEN KUMAR
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Content is more than words or design or something you “have to do” to remain
relevant or fill your content calendar.
Each piece you create is an asset—whether it’s short-term topical content or
long-term premium eBooks. Yet content performance in the long run,
regardless of quality or even purpose, is tied to a question content
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marketers literally can't afford to overlook:
Is it easy for visitors to find content on your blog?
The harsh reality is that 60 to 70 percent of B2B content that organizations
create simply gathers dust instead of being consumed by visitors and would-be
buyers. While this could in part be a distribution issue, content visibility across
your blog or resource center directly influences your ability to connect
visitors with the content they want.
Whether the goal of your content is to reach a large audience or reveal
purchase intent at the bottom of the funnel, it does you no good if visitors can't
find your content.
Your most recent content might be immediately apparent on your blog and
attract plenty of clicks, but what about that viral infographic from a year ago?
How do you ensure your best content doesn't lose out to your most recent
content?
Well, luckily there are several ways you can increase the visibility of your
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content and extend its lifespan.
Organize your content into a meaningful menu forbuyers
How you sort your content is a question you answer after you've figured out
who you're sorting it for.
Organizing by "Type of Content" (eBooks, blog posts, infographics. etc.) is only
a shade better than sorting your content alphabetically. It lacks significant
meaning and expresses no real intention.
Visitors may have formats they prefer (I'm more of a blog post guy) and this
may help YOU find your content, but you're not creating content for yourself.
A menu based on specific interests, verticals, and your buyer personas'
needs is better at accommodating a meaningful visitor journey.
Check out how Booker, a service management software solution and one of
our customers, immediately caters to two niches: Salons & Spas and Fitness.
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There's also a broader Business Insights section for buyers who might fall
outside of those niches, along with Product and Resources for visitors with a
developed interest in their platform. Structure your menu in a way that's
meaningful for your would-be buyers.
Enable Search to give visitors control over contentdiscovery
Not all who visit your blog are lost. Some enter knowing exactly what kind of
information they want to find.
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Search bars should accommodate specific search intent.
Remember basic SEO: Be mindful about including keywords in your blog post
titles that accommodate searcher intent to make sure the right content floats
to the top of your blog-wide search results.
For example, if I visit CMI's site and want to learn about B2B content
marketing specifically (which isn't explicitly covered in their menu structure), I
can find something that interests me in seconds.
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Recommend related content at the content-level
Your entire content experience should be interconnected. Otherwise, your
content serves as a dead-end instead of a short stop on a longer journey.
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Instead of offering a one-and-done experience or overwhelming your visitors
with the paradox of choice, give them options that are easy to choose from.
Think channel-surfing on cable TV versus binge-watching on Netflix where
recommendations are relevant, easy-to-use and there's direction for further
consumption.
There are plenty of ways you can achieve the "Netflix effect" with your
content.
Content Recommendation Platforms: While displaying a stream of recent
content at the bottom or to the side of a post is a step in the right direction,
the best experiences offer contextual suggestions. Platforms like
BrightInfo can help you surface related content that aligns with the context.
Internal Linking: While you should be engaged in internal linking for SEO,
you can hyperlink meaningful keyword phrases to direct visitors to older
pieces of content when they land on your fresher ones.
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Relevant Call-to-Actions: CTAs can take the form of action-oriented text set
apart from the body of your content, ad-style images that link to eBooks and
webinars, or (like we have with the Uberflip platform) contextually placed
forms or buttons beside your content to link to landing pages or premium
content.
Don't play "Content Hide & Seek" with youraudience
As marketers invested in content, we spend time and effort developing content
assets for different purposes.
But in order for your content to bring in results long after it stops being "fresh",
you need to start associating visibility with longevity.
Content discoverability could mean the difference between a pile of content
that confuses your audience and an experience they can get lost in—in a good
way.
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About the Author
As a Content Marketing Specialist, Braveen develops content to
engage and educate Uberflip's audience of passionate marketers. He's
also an editor, creative writer, occasional copywriter, and word nerd.
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