CHAPTER 1

What Is Content Marketing?

BY JOE PULIZZI

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

DIANNE FEINSTEIN

A good definition of content marketing is this:

Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing valuable and compelling content to attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target audience—with the objective of driving profitable customer action.

Content marketing can happen across every channel—videos, blogs, newsletters, social, in-person events, and consistent virtual conversations. Don’t limit yourself to where you can create valuable content marketing opportunities. The key is to drive a particular audience to take action based on ...

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