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How to Unlock the Potential of Visual Content Marketing

May 16, 2017 By Dana Davis 12 Comments

Most business owners are not writers, yet a website needs content. How do you get around this dilemma?

How to Unlock the Potential of Visual Content Marketing

Think **around** the brick wall.

Content writing is so much more than writing blog posts.

Neil Patel gives an excellent definition of content marketing – it’s all about telling stories. And you can tell stories in 1,007 different ways.

Jackie Pearce talks about using stories in your marketing on GrowMap.com here.

Table of Contents

  • A Content Audit
  • Non-Written Content
  • Written Content
    • It’s All in the Brief
  • TL; DR
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A Content Audit

Before you start adding any new content, you need to check what you have already. Outdated articles will increase your bounce rate and negatively affect visitors’ value judgments.

Ryan Stewart has a free content audit template that will help you decide what to keep on your website.

Visual Content Marketing: Ryan Stewart Content Audit Template

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If a page gets traffic from Google, you need to keep that page. But if it has a high bounce rate, you will need to improve the page’s quality.

Non-Written Content

Words only work for some people. Most people (65%) remember facts better if you include a relevant image.

Videos, infographics, photos, memes, and slide shows are all easier to view on mobile devices than pages of text are.

Visual Content Marketing: Why You Need Relevant Images Infographic

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Video content works, whether you embed it on your site or use YouTube. Live video on Facebook will appeal to many customers.

Use video to tell your story. Put a brief video on your About page, so people see and hear you rather than just seeing your photo.

Never set your videos to play automatically. If people are viewing your site from a work environment, the last thing they need is your auto-play video booming your voice all over the office without any warning.

Always use a transcription service, so your site visitors have the option of reading what was said rather than watching the video.

Podcasts are another non-writing medium to consider. A regular audio podcast is especially useful for building a loyal following when your marketing message is not a visual one.

You could then use each podcast episode (complete with transcription) as a blog post. Audio podcasting has a low start-up cost because all you need is a $50 microphone.

Both video and audio add another element of trust for customers. They see or hear you and can use visual and audio cues to form a better judgment of you and your business.

Infographics take a lot of energy to create, but are worthwhile because of the increase in user interaction they give you.

Be careful to make your infographic simple to understand. Avoid large blocks of text, and use color combinations that are easy on the eye.

It is better to outsource your infographic production because DIY graphics are often terrible.

Photos attract visitors’ eyes if they are of real people. Stock images and manipulated photos are widely ignored.

Having images just to break up your text is an inefficient use of your web page, so replace those images with your own photos. But you need lots of images, and they all need to be relevant.

Use graphics such as bar charts to illustrate points. Use relevant quotations, especially humorous ones, where you can.

Written Content

You still need words on your page.

Some visitors do prefer written content because they can skim it faster than they can watch a video.

If you can’t write your own content, then you will need to farm it out to freelancers. Even paying an employee to spend four hours a week writing blog posts is very expensive compared to typical freelancing rates for high-quality writing.

Forget cheap writers. When you pay low rates, you will get a random series of words that make no sense, even to the “writer.”

Pay a fair price for the work and build a relationship with one or two writers. Then they can come to understand your business and turn in better articles over time.

It’s All in the Brief

Unique content is not enough: everything on your website must engage readers on an emotional level.Click To Tweet

Every piece of content must have a purpose, solve a customer problem, grow your reputation, or provide a resource to which others will link.

Content for its own sake is just more internet clutter that people will never see. You must tell your writer what you want her to write.

Tell her your purpose behind each article. Doing so will force you to think about and justify each piece of content. Provide a provisional title, subject, and an angle that relates to your customers’ needs.

TL; DR

Video, other visual content, and podcasts have already left written content in the dust. Everyone needs more visual marketing and fewer written words.

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Comments

  1. Addy Brown says

    April 10, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    This is really informative for me.As I was in a big dilemma that how can I write Content for my website.
    Your post has given me a hope to do so.
    Thanks a lot..

    Reply
  2. Tristan Chua says

    July 20, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    I agree with you on the infographics. They are hard to make but once you make sure that your infographics is well designed and informed. More people will be keened on reading that rather than the texts that you put on either your site or blog. Thanks for sharing this!

    Reply
  3. Shalin says

    May 25, 2017 at 5:06 am

    Infographic like visual content takes time to create yet can convey a deep message from these. Other most popular visual communication method is flowchart. Producing a flowchart is not as difficult as infographic, however people only look at interesting flowchart. In my openion the perfect combination of both flowchart and infographic might work. They’re known as infographic flowcharts
    Shalin would love you to read ..Flowchart SoftwareMy Profile

    Reply
  4. Shailendra Singh says

    May 24, 2017 at 7:56 am

    Visual Content Marketing is extremely essential to bring out with flying colors. This post is very informative concept, now I got the idea that how to play with content.

    Thanks Dana Davis

    Reply
  5. willian says

    May 23, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    esta de parabens o seu blog, sempre procurei conteúdos relevantes igual o seu, eu estou aprendendo marketing digital,
    e estou no brasil, mais vejo que aprender com voces e muito melhor do que alguns experts aqui do brasil, parabens mesmo.

    Translation: Congratulations to your blog, I always looked for relevant content like yours. I’m learning digital marketing. And I’m in Brazil, but I see that learning from you is so much better than some experts here in Brazil. Congratulations.

    Reply
  6. Mark says

    May 23, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    These are some excellent strategies Dana!

    And I love your infographics too! And I couldn’t agree more,
    about some form of video marketing, becoming one of our
    main marketing tools!

    Consumers definitely love it, and you’re so right, if they do not see
    us making use of it, they’ll quickly seek our nearest competitors, who do!

    Thanks for sharing another awesome, and extremely helpful blog post!
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    • Gail Gardner says

      May 24, 2017 at 5:42 am

      Hi Mark,

      Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. Video is a strategy that we all need to implement more consistently. I’ve noticed that you regularly include a video in your content. That is a very good idea with so many people using mobile devices now even when viewing long form content.
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  7. anjali says

    May 22, 2017 at 5:44 am

    That was a great collection of visual content marketing. Thanks for your post. And i like your post.

    Reply
  8. AhmedRza says

    May 20, 2017 at 5:02 am

    Really awesome and very informative post about content marketing. I was looking fof this kind of information.
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  9. Valentine says

    May 19, 2017 at 9:52 am

    Hi Dana,

    Great post. I’ve been noticing the trend towards video other non-written content for a while now with the rise of podcasting and Youtube basically becoming the new television for the younger generation. Do you have any suggestions on where to outsource infographics? I’d love to be able to do them myself but my Photoshop skills are less than stellar. Thanks!
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  10. Frederick Farlen says

    May 17, 2017 at 7:18 am

    Hey Dana,

    Loved your post, was struggling for the marketing ideas and was searching what new I can do on my blogs and your post helped me like a helping hand. Thanks for a great share.

    Do check my recent blog and share your views.

    Regards,
    Frederick Farlen
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  11. Jan Paul says

    May 17, 2017 at 4:28 am

    Really awesome and very informative post about content marketing. I was looking fof this kind of information.

    Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply

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