Does Your Content Give Consumers What They Want?

Through the power of whatever device we happen to be holding and using at a given moment, we can buy something, sell something, make an appointment, cancel one, leave a message, search for something (even if we’re not quite sure what it is), “listen” to and identify a song that we can’t quite name, and even peak through a webcam to the other side of the world. And we can do it all from the comfort of a cushy recliner or amidst the hustle and bustle of a crowded subway, bus, or coffee shop.

My, what a long way we’ve come since the first?iPhone?debuted in 2007 and the mobile electronics “revolution” ensued.

Shields Up!

As easy as our devices have made it for us to access information, so too have they made it possible for us to avoid information or filter it out altogether.

• We use apps and settings to block calls and text messages from people we don’t want to hear from.
• More than 200 million of us are on the?do not call list.
• We ignore calls from numbers we don’t recognize.
• We use voice mail to screen calls.
• We filter emails, casting suspected spam to the dreaded junk folder.
• We pause live programming or use DVRs to skip over ads in our favorite programs.
• We buy?streaming services to listen to music?or watch television we could get for free to avoid as much advertising as possible.
• We use?ad blockers?to prevent?pop-ups?and other annoyances from impeding our web browsing.

Sure, some unwanted information still gets through despite our best efforts—but for the most part, when that happens, that information is regarded with contempt and manually added to our junkpiles of information we don’t want.

Ironic, isn’t it, that in this so-called information age, we’ve all become somewhat savvy at blocking much of that information from ever reaching us?

Give them What They Want

The job of connecting with consumers on a meaningful basis these days can be tough—but it’s not impossible. So how do marketers communicate with people who don’t want to be interrupted?

Make them want to come to you?by making your product/service, or the information you provide about your industry, so valuable that it becomes irresistible to them.

Here are just a few ideas on how to do that:

• Write and post regular blogs featuring timely information and content.
• Promote educational articles aimed at helping the decision makers in your target audience decide to buy your product or service.
• Run relevant and FUN contests and promotions.
• Produce DIY/How-to guides.
• Create product demos and videos.

Go where your target audience goes?to make decisions and share information about the products or services they use and the information/entertainment they consume.

• Engage with your customers/prospects on the social media platforms they use.
• Point out a need they have that only your product or service can satisfy.
• Describe a potential opportunity for them/their company with your brand.
• Answer questions in an online forum, then follow up with resources.
• Post a link to a blog/article your company just published.
• Invite prospects/customers to an upcoming webinar or educational event your company is hosting.

Do Not Disturb

Through their actions, today’s consumers clearly demonstrate a “Do Not Disturb” mentality.

Who can blame us/them? With the omnipresence of mobile devices and wireless connectivity, if we did not put up barriers our lives would be a 24/7 digital nightmare of calls, text messages, and various “alert notifications” from this app and that app.

Thus, the role for marketers and salespeople these days is to tell their brand stories and convert leads into paying customers unobtrusively by becoming a wanted part of their target customer’s daily lives and thirst for content.

• How can you identify the types of information your target customers desire most?
• How can you provide valuable content they can’t get elsewhere?
• How can you demonstrate your brand’s value to them?
• What no/low price-point can you provide so target customers can get a taste of what your brand has to offer before they are willing to make a bigger commitment?

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