fishbat Shares Four Benefits of Thought Leadership in B2B Marketing
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- While "thought leader" may be sounding more and more like a buzzword in the online world these days, being a thought leader in your industry can mean a series of different things. The overarching idea is that your company is a source of new and exciting developments in the industry or industries your business operates in. A lot of brands are striving to position themselves as industry thought leaders... but why? Well, being a thought leader comes with quite a few benefits, especially in the B2B marketing sector. Below are 4 major benefits of thought leadership in the context of B2B marketing, laid out for you to see why your brand should be taking advantage of thought leadership.
- Value-Added Content Provider: Becoming a thought leader consists of cultivating and researching original and innovative industry developments and opinions. If your brand is producing high-quality, reliable content, then your brand will seem like they are adding value to the overall knowledge of the industry. Spartan CMO Carola Jain demonstrated just how essential content marketing is in this time, but it's crucial that your content is authentic.
- Increases Brand Credibility: Having reputable and well-read thought leader content increases the credibility of your brand overall. Building client trust is a huge piece of gaining leads in the B2B world, and if your presence online is backed by thought-provoking and accurate content, then your trustworthiness is a lot more definitive.
- More Exposure, More Leads: By publishing and spreading successful content, you'll be gaining exposure throughout your industry and beyond through a variety of portals. Having thought leadership material out there automatically makes your company more likely to be noticed by potential business opportunities as opposed to a brand that doesn't have this content. The exposure from your content directly results in higher leads.
- Traditional Marketing is Out: By utilizing high-quality thought leadership, like Carola Jain does, your marketing is done holistically, with people sharing and spreading your content on their own instead of your business paying for the exposure. You're given access to a wider audience for next to no cost through a variety of social media channels, so take advantage of it.
Becoming a thought leader can be somewhat of a process, but the end result is undoubtedly worth the effort. Gaining a reputation for innovation and trust can only help your business stand out in the online pool of thought leadership. If you want to see some of the benefits up above, then start thinking about your industry in a completely new context.
About fishbat: fishbat is a full-service online marketing agency and search marketing firm in New York that takes a holistic business approach to their clients' digital marketing programs. The fishbat team understands the importance of business principles just as well as the nuances of the latest digital technologies. fishbat offers every digital marketing service available from digital marketing research and planning to brand development to website and asset creation through social media management and search engine optimization programs - all custom calibrated for both B2B and B2C businesses.
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