Today I want to talk about the top 10 marketing platforms and tools you need to know about in content marketing going into 2020. Remember, content is part of the client buying process. You're moving your prospective clients from awareness stage to consideration to decision to post-decision and purchase stage. You can click on the client buying process blog for more info.

According to the Content Marketing Institute, "Content marketing's purpose is to attract and retain customers by consistently creating, curating relevant and valuable content with the intention of changing or enhancing a consumer's behavior. Remember that it's an ongoing process that's best integrated into your overall marketing strategy, and it focuses on owning media, not renting it."

Today, I want to talk to you about the top 2020 B2B marketing trends in content marketing.  I want to specially thank the Content Marketing Institute, Marketing Profs and Sitecore for putting together this report. I will be sharing the contents of the survey and the report. You can consult Marketing Profs' 2020 Manufacturing Content Marketing survey results here.

Today, I want to talk about the top five mindset blocks of scaling your business from zero to a million dollars. Now, as engineers and business owners, it's sometimes hard to invest in coaching or invest in your website or decide to invest in even some sales coaching. But I find that the coaching and especially for therapy for me has been very helpful in overcoming these mindset blocks. It has been helpful in investing in my business to get to the next level. Now these are the top five mindset blocks.

Every interaction your client buyer persona has with your business should be where they are at in the buyer’s process. You need to provide the structured guidance and value they need at their point in the buyer’s process. 

According to the inbound methodology you need to attract, engage and delight your prospective clients and current clients. Meet where your clients are, and  reduce the friction leading up to making a purchase. Build trust, be human, and helpful. Personalize your prospect’s experience across sales, marketing, and service. 

Today, I'd like to talk about why you need marketing in your MSP. I understand a lot of MSPs have a very robust sales tea

m and do most of their selling via direct sales. But since you have a website, you have all of these other resources available to you to get the most out of your sales team's time.