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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the author
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What is content marketing? Simply put, it's the most effective way to increase your value to customers. When you deliver content that library users find useful and relevant, you give a compelling answer to their question, "What's in it for me?" Author of the best-selling book The Librarian's Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media, Solomon speaks directly to public relations personnel, web librarians, and other staff responsible for the library's online presence. Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice on how to increase the library's value to its users, her guide:
- defines the essential characteristics of effective content marketing;
- explores methods of audience assessment;
- demonstrates how to optimize content for sharing;
- explains the elements of an editorial calendar for sustainable content, and shows how to create once and re-purpose many times;
- describes meaningful metrics for the library context;
- points out 5 common mistakes and how to avoid them;
- provides a template for creating personas; and
- includes first-hand accounts from library marketers.
Making content marketing concepts bite-sized and easily digestible, this guide shows libraries how to market effectively by focusing on what library users find useful and relevant.
Chapter 1: Get Over Yourself
Chapter 2: Should You Care About Content Marketing? (Yeah, Probably.)
Chapter 3: Identifying Your Audience(s)
Chapter 4: Planning Not to Fail
Chapter 5: Writing So People Might Give a Damn
Chapter 6: Common Mistakes: Getting Better, Going Forward
Chapter 7: Are You Actually Succeeding? (And How Do You Know?)
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
”Should be considered a core addition of 'in-house' library staff collections for community, corporate, governmental, academic, and NGO library collections."
— Library Bookwatch
”Busy professionals will appreciate its succinct and to-the-point style … This book is recommended for academic and public libraries."
— ARBA
”A must-read for every librarian or library considering creating or revamping a marketing or social media plan."
— RUSQ