Doing the work

How do I decide what to write about so it brings in buyers and not just traffic?

The short answer

Sort every topic idea by how close it sits to a purchase. Comparison pages, alternatives pages, integration pages and "how do I do X with Y" pages convert because the reader is already shopping, while top of funnel explainers build reach but rarely revenue. Build the money pages first even though they are less fun, then widen out. Take your topic list from three sources: the questions that come up on sales calls, the searches your buyers actually run, and the gaps where every existing result is thin. Treat the blog as a library rather than a magazine, meaning you keep improving the pages that matter instead of always publishing something new.

Go deeper, your way

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Why we picked it Two ideas here fix most struggling blogs: write for real people you have spoken to rather than invented personas, and treat the blog as a library you keep improving rather than a magazine you keep feeding. Practical on cadence and on which metrics mean anything early.

How to Create or Refine a Content Marketing Strategy

From Animalz by Jimmy Daly long read

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Why we picked it Puts numbers on where self-serve users really come from (about 40 percent organic search, 16 percent product virality) and then names the four patterns that produce the search half: sidecar tools, templates, programmatic pages and product education.

Product-led marketing

From Lenny's Newsletter by Kyle Poyar long read

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The same ground, at another level

How inbound, content and demand gen reads from a different seat.

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