The expertise to create not at scale, but in smarter, more lasting ways, is hard to source, let alone across skills and silos, making it challenging to create a cohesive vision and execute on it with a singular focus.
It’s a difficult challenge. “Smarter, not more” is counterintuitive in an age of mass content production and compounding content results. And further, it requires cross-skilled teams that can perform multiple roles, from interviewing SMEs to creating content, distributing it in the right places, and amplifying it with social and email versions. That’s not even discussing SEO, CRO, and design. Those skills rarely exist in one hire. Add the overall strategy and project management can break an already fragile machine.
Inaction? That creates yet more content decay. Most libraries are already 60-70% unused, and even durable assets become less valuable over time when they’re not maintained. Without refreshes and targeted distribution, the resources already spend on content can be wasted.
Today, smart marketers are finding ways to unify a team with niche skills around ever-specialized areas and amp up expert content that drips with unique insights and thought leadership. They’ll have to spend the same thoughtful time on distribution, creating derivatives and measuring results to grease the flywheel into the future.