UK Content Marketing Social Media Platform Usage
Metrics for UK content marketing success
61%
47%
44%
41%
40%
40%
33%
33%
32%
31%
96%
69%YouTube
68%SlideShare
36%
89%
37%
Google+
68%
Blogs 2015 2014
85% 86%Vs
Infographics2015 2014
61% 57%Vs
Video2015 2014
73% 76%Vs
White Papers2015 2014
50% 55%Vs
Mobile Apps2015 2014
32% 34%Vs
How Uk Marketers Rate The Effectiveness Of Their organisations’ Use Of Content Marketing
Very effective
6%Not at
all effective
3%Effective
36%Neutral
37%Not veryeffective
18%
75%
61%
@YOUTUBE
50%
@SLIDESHARE
37%
29%
24%
@GOOGLE+
19%
Do you have a contentmarketing strategy?
51% Yes, but it is not documented
11% no
2% Unsure
36% Yes, and it is documented
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Source: Content Marketing in the UK: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends is produced by the Content Marketing Institute and DMA UK, and is sponsored by Axonn Media.
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In-person eventsBlogs
Social media contentCase studies
WebinarseNewsletters
Articles on their websitesVideos
White papersInfographics
72%67%64%63%60%58%57%57%56%55%
How UK marketers ratetheir organisations’ successat tracking ROI
Not at all successful5%
Not verysuccessful21%
Verysuccessful7%
Neutral34%
Successful21%
Effectiveness ratings for UK tacticsOf all the tactics that UK marketers use, these are the 10 they say are most effective:
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1 Producing engaging content 51%
2 Producing content consistently 46%
3 Lack of budget 46%
4 Measuring content effectiveness 40%
5 Producing a variety of content 34%
6 Technology-related challenges 29%
7 Gaps in knowledge and skills of internal team 27%
8 Finding trained content marketing professionals 27%
9 Lack of integration across marketing 26%
10 Lack of buy-in/vision from higher-ups 18%
Challenges UK marketers face:
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