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Why Uberflip Says “F*** Content Marketing”: How to Best Leverage the Content You’ve Got
If a tree falls in the forest… You know the rest. But, if Randy Frisch doesn’t attend a conference, did people there still talk about content marketing? It’s quite possible—but perhaps not with the same enthusiasm, and likely not from the same angle.
On this episode, Randy Frisch, the CMO & President of Uberflip, a content experience platform for marketers, talks about cutting through. Randy shares that you have to “Trojan Horse” your idea with ideas that are already being talked about to be heard! Don’t just preach some crazy idea—change the narrative. Content marketing has to cut through and get attention. If not, in the words of Randy himself: F#ck content marketing. To learn more about properly leveraging marketing materials, creating provocative content, scaling personalization, and more, listen to today’s episode.
This episode is especially relevant for today’s marketers. Listen in!
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What You’ll Learn
Why Uberflip’s marketing isn’t all about Uberflip
Randy shares that when he is booked to talk, no one wants him to talk about Uberflip’s technology. Instead, he needs information and a story to drive people to his product. He tells people about the best framework for content creation and does not push his product. Instead, he shares the things that businesses must do to do content creation well such as centralizing and organizing all content so it can be leveraged. Be sure to listen in to hear more on what Randy says!
Common mistakes content marketers are making
Marketers are falling for the trap of not wanting to overwhelm consumers with information. They are following the “send 7-9 emails over the course of a few weeks ideology,” but by doing this, they are creating dead ends for consumers who would like to know more. Randy says don’t wait for the next email to share more information and most certainly do not create a dead end on information. Send people pieces of content and make sure there are several interesting paths forward from this content. Similar to Netflix series, consumers often want to binge information, and marketers are doing themselves a disservice by not providing a path for them to do so.
Randy also notes that content marketing needs to be personalized. He says that Spotify does an excellent job of curating music to individuals’ tastes. In the same way, content marketers must also create an experience for different individuals’ tastes. By delivering more custom content via email or a website, marketers will be able to connect better with people!
Five takeaways from Randy Frisch on content creation
- Have a strong point of view! Be the CMO that leads the way, disrupts the market, and evangelizes for his product.
- Make sure your content is personalized!
- Create content that the consumer can binge. Allow the consumer to choose his own adventure and follow a path of content as far as he would like.
- Keep everything focused on your brand!
- Focus on technology last, not first. Make sure you have your team and process in place before you implement technology.
Timeline
- [2:40] Who is Randy Frisch
- [7:36] Top priorities as a CMO
- [18:01] President and CMO: how this affects marketing
- [25:37] More on Uberflip’s marketing
- [29:32] Most common mistakes content marketers are making (and solutions!)
- [43:05] What happens when you scale
- [48:04] Episode overview
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Resources & People Mentioned
- Randy Frisch’s Book: F#ck Content Marketing
- Randy Frisch’s Podcast: Conex
- Renegade Thinkers Unite Podcast: Docusign Episode
- Uberflip’s 5 Steps to Build Content Experiences
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Meet the Guest
Randy Frisch is CMO and Co-Founder at Uberflip, a content experience platform that empowers marketers to create content experiences at every stage of the buyer’s journey. He has defined and led the content experience movement, prompting marketers to think beyond content creation and focus on the experience. Randy is also a host of the Conex: The Content Experience Show podcast and was named one of the Top 50 Fearless Marketers in the world by Marketo.