A High Level View of the Typical Thought Leadership Marketing Campaign

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Bryony Thomas at Clear Thought Consulting has a great post on his perspective of what a typical thought leadership marketing campaign entails.

Thought leadership is about being front of mind in regard of a certain subject or market. A thought leader will always make it onto a ‘long list’ when people are making buying decisions – and often become the benchmark against which others are measured.

She’s right on. Thought leadership is not a short term thing. Ever. In fact, she goes on to state a few more points that I think really resonate with fellow thought leadership marketers. If you’re in the market for thought leadership marketing, consider these factors as you’re working through the process.

• Thought leadership programmes are not a quick fix, you cannot expect immediate results.
• A thought leadership marketing programme is only effective in the medium term, and then only when it forms part of a funneled sales approach. That is, a planned process that uses specific tools and techniques to move people from one stage to the next through the buying decision. The thought leadership programme typically acts as a top and tail to this process.
• In the longer term, thought leadership programmes also serve to create a bank of ‘good will’ in more junior members of the target audience, which translates into awareness and leads when they move into more senior positions later in their careers.

A typical thought leadership campaign « Bryony Thomas | Clear Thought

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