Only Half of Companies Surveyed Interact with Customers Online on a Regular Basis

Feb. 27, 2012 - PRLog -- According to a survey conducted by The Experts Bench, an industry leader for marketing consultants to Global 500 companies, more than 70% of companies surveyed affirmed content strategy is very important to their business—but only half of those surveyed interact on a regular basis with their “fans” and customers through their content, blog or social media.  Further findings on content management and strategy were revealed on The Experts Bench webinar “Talk With the Experts” with host Jodi Bailey Gill.  Expert guests were Rhea Drysdale from Outspoken Media, Nate Luman from Zappos.com and Carl Sutter from CrownPeak.

“Content is everything…your brand and message leading to engagements and conversions.  Content is king.  It’s an old cliché, but it’s still true,” says Rhea Drysdale, CEO of Outspoken Media.

Nate Luman, Social Media Lead at Zappos.com, gives the following best practices when it comes to managing content: “Be true to your brand.  Pay attention to your customers and fans on social media.  If you have good, compelling content it can go viral very quickly.”

A content management system (CMS) can help streamline the process.  “A CMS…gives [marketing] direct control over their site and control over all the different channels like Facebook,” says Carl Sutter, CTO of CrownPeak, a cloud-based CMS.

More key points from “Talk With the Experts--Content Management and Strategy” can be seen on this video with CEO of The Experts Bench and host of Talk With the Experts, Jodi Bailey Gill.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCeepMT95g&feature=youtu.be



For a recording of this webinar or a review of your content management program by a leading consultant, please call The Experts Bench at 866.775.6810.  The next “Talk With the Experts” will be March 14th on “Aligning Sales and Marketing.”  For more information, contact Cindy Caldwell, eMarketing Manager of The Experts Bench at marketing@tebww.com .

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