10 ways European B2B companies are winning with content

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The slides from my BrightTalk Summit webinar in August 2014 where I looked at ten current examples of b2b companies doing brilliant things in the area of content marketing in Europe. Case studies include Flowcrete, Thermo Fisher, PPG, Dow Chemical, Atlas Copco, Mobil, Bosch and Trelleborg.

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Ten ways European b2b brands are #winning with content

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Featuring

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Content marketing is about being helpful

Tip: Rethink

how you push

material out to

customers and

start to consider

it from their

perspective

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Content is a big deal in b2b

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Content is a big deal in b2b

@renepower @bdbmarketing www.bdb.co.uk #b2bcontent 13 Aug ‘14

Source http://contentm

arketinginstitute.com/w

p-content/uploads/2013/03/UK

_Research_C

MI_2013_F

inal-3.pdf

Content is a big deal in b2b

@renepower @bdbmarketing www.bdb.co.uk #b2bcontent 13 Aug ‘14

Source http://contentm

arketinginstitute.com/w

p-content/uploads/2013/03/UK

_Research_C

MI_2013_F

inal-3.pdf

@renepower @bdbmarketing www.bdb.co.uk #b2bcontent 13 Aug ‘14

Winning with content marketing

1. Winning with websites

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http://www.tss.trelleborg.com/global/en/homepage/homepage.html

Customer focus

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Content rich

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Tip: Integrate

all off site platforms with

your website to

ensure your

content works

in harmony

2. Winning with apps

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Tip: What simple tasks

could you create tailored

apps for?

Fit for purpose industrial apps

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3. Winning with blogging

Tip: Package

up your expertise into

skimmable

highly optimised content

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http://blog.flowcrete.com/

4. Moving to thought leadership

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What works on a b2b blog?

1. Solve an industry problem

2. Provide data and commentary on a trend

3. Comment on breaking industry news

4. Take a provocative stance

5. Provide an industry resource list

6. Repurpose existing material

7. Write a round up on your industry

8. Write up an event

9. Provide a customer case study

10. Offer guest blogging opportunities

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5. Winning with images

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Image based campaigns

Tip: Using photos is a

great way to

create engagement

irrespective of

the platform

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6. Winning with video

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Specific, relevant, usable

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Tip: Build video

content and

tutorials around

known issues

and challenges

7. Winning with whitepapers

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Useful and usable whitepapers

Tip: Keep them

light. Promote

them in a variety of places – not

just your website

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8. Winning with case studies

Tip: Think about the composition of

case studies to

ensure they

are relevant

and easily found

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Winning with case studies

Tip: Tell a story

about a problem and

how your expertise helped solve

the problem

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9. Winning with newsletters

Tip: Newsletters

come in many

formats and

should contain

information

customers

want to read

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10. Winning with social media

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Tip: Be consistent in

what you talk

about and want

to seek engagement

on

Unconventional posts

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Going further

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More great b2b content

1. Go tell anyone who’ll listen about this webinar – it will be on demand by the time you do!

2. Buy v1 of Brilliant B2B Digital Marketing from Amazon

3. Head to Smart Insights Expert members and access the book for free (and hundres of other guides and resources).

4. Request a free copy strictly for review purposes. Twitter works best for speed.

5. Look me up on Linkedin, connect and talk to me one-to-one about your content marketing challenges

6. Start receiving my Marketing Assassin blog and event updates.

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More b2b content coming soon

BDB is launching it’s all new B2B marketing BrightTalk channel on 4th September, 2014

We hope you can join us!

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Thank you

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