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Pools & Spas, describes the company's transformation from near bankruptcy to becoming the world leader in fiberglass pool education ( 26:54 mark). "We're pool builders" and start saying, "We're the best teachers in the world about fiberglass pools, and we also happen to install them,"...that's your most prosperous day. It was one of our lives. Prior to this, River Pools was installing pools just like every other pool company. The difference in River's success was moving products from primary to secondary in a mission.
RiverPoolsBlog's success occurred when the mission moved the product from primary to secondary. JoePulizzi Click to Tweet What are you selling In most cases, what you sell is primary to your company's mission, and that Special Database carries over to your content marketing mission. Do you know what this produces Self-serve content that does nothing for your audience and wastes your brand’s time and resources. As an example of what you should do, consider a large company like 3M. Over the next five years, the majority of the 3 million sales will come from new products.

If 3M focused its mission on a specific product or service, not only would it be impossible (3M offers thousands of products), but its mission would constantly change as products change. . In fact, 3M's mission is to help people live better lives through scientific advances. This is a noble mission that underpins our content direction, focusing on the needs of audiences with specific content leanings (science). Carefully selected related content: One thing is killing content marketing and everyone is ignoring it This is why your content marketing strategy is completely failing more than us Most marketers are terrible at content creation. Because their "why" is to drive demand and sell more widgets. KirkCheyfitz, CEO of StoryWorldwide, says, "Like any decent human being, a brand needs to be more than itself." KirkCheyfitz, like any decent human being, says a brand needs to be more than itself. contentmarketingClick to Tweet It seems too simple, but almost all brands get this wrong. We focus on what an organization's goals are and create content that we believe will advance those goals.
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