Content Marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and engage a clearly defined audience, with the goal of driving profitable customer action.
Synonyms: content strategy, inbound marketing, digital content marketing, content creation
Content marketing helps businesses build trust and credibility with their audience by providing useful information rather than just promoting products. It supports brand awareness, customer loyalty, and can improve search engine rankings.
Businesses use content marketing through blogs, videos, social media posts, ebooks, and more to educate and engage potential customers. The content is tailored to meet the needs and interests of the target audience, encouraging them to take actions like subscribing, purchasing, or sharing.
Examples include a company blog offering industry tips, a video tutorial demonstrating product use, infographics explaining complex data, and newsletters sharing company updates and promotions.