4/12/17

Top 13 Shopper Marketing e-newsletters for Digital Divas like me

Nashville is known for Country Music, Tourism, and Publishing…but there are several hidden gem Retailers (Dollar General, Tractor Supply Company, Journey’s, Kirkland’s) and CPG companies (Mars Petcare, Oreck, GooGoo Clusters, Griffen Technology) right here, as well as the Shopper Marketing Agency I work for, Catapult Marketing…where the focus is on you- the consumer.

I’m fascinated by the intersection between digital technology (apps, beacons, targeted digital ads and coupons) and the connection between the brand, consumer, and retailer. It’s a growing segment of digital marketing, focused around ever-changing shopper habits, called “Shopper Marketing”. 


Below is the list of
Top 13 Shopper Marketing e-newsletters I subscribe to in order to stay informed of the latest trends. Many of these Shopper Marketing e-newsletters feature case studies where retailers and brands are finding success in digital shopper marketing. There are no rules, so the playing field is wide open and I am a huge fan! Let’s watch it play out together. 


Get your inbox ready! The links below will take you directly to the Shopper Marketing e-newsletter’s subscribe pages. You’re welcome ;) NOTE: These are in NO particular order. 

Top 13 Shopper Marketing e-newsletters: 


13. RetailTouchpoints Retail TouchPoints (RTP) is an online publishing network for retail executives, offering content focused on optimizing the customer experience across all channels. 

12.
Retail Leader
100% Senior Executive Focused, Retail Leader delivers news, analysis and information specific to the needs of top managers in the retail, food, and allied industries.

4/6/17

Joe Pulizzi on Content Marketing | Notes from 4/6/17 #nashvilleama Presentation

Pic: Me & Joe Pulizzi at #NashvilleAMA on 4.6.17.
Today I attended a local NAMA (Nashville AMA) Marketing program, and here’s what I learned about Content Marketing from Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute. 

Content Marketing is where digital marketing lives and has long term success. Hoping some of this can help you in your long-term marketing strategies! 

First things first. Some CEOs and CFOs may ask, "What's the point of content marketing?"

Per Joe Pulizzi, [it's] "building an audience in order to change a behavior" - AKA conversion.


HOW TO BUILD A CONTENT STRATEGY:


STEP 1: Find the Sweet Spot
  • what is your customer's sweet spot? What do they want to know?
  • What knowledge do you have that is valuable to them?
  • What topic are you the leading expert on?

STEP 2: Content Tilt 
  • Don’t just put out the same kind of content everyone else does on the same channels. Get crafty with resources.
  • Where is there an area of differentiation that you can distribute your content to break through?
  • What is your differentiator amongst your competitors? You must break through!