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How Can Content Repurposing Help in Better Customer Acquisition?

Content repurposing is the best way to use content in different formats.


What is content repurposing?


Content repurposing mainly talks about stretching a single piece of content into as many other forms as possible. It is an opportunity to amplify your content into different channels, such as social media, blogging, infographics & videos. Content repurposing is one of the easiest ways to trigger content marketing efforts. It constitutes a larger pie in the overall content marketing recipe.


What’s the need?


In a way, content repurposing is a better option for marketers with content scarcity. They can publish their existing content in different formats on different platforms constantly. Now, let’s look at the need for content repurposing at a broader level.


  • The majority of the content goes unused
  • Too many goals to achieve
  • Lack of content strategy leads to content abandonment
  • Too many content landfills
  • Several channels to handle
  • The similar size does not fit all

What are the benefits?


The benefits of content repurposing are immense and can help marketers acquire new clients and markets. Let’s have a look at some of them.


  • Reach a new target audience
  • Content diversification
  • Maximize time and effort
  • Boost online visibility
  • Target multiple goals
  • Maximizes reach

The strategy:


Content plan: A documented content plan identifies different channels and content types.


Multiple channels: It is essential to spread your content across different channels to make it available to the larger audience.


Create new content: Sometimes, you can create fresh content with your old content, as this increases the value of old content.


Content audit: No strategy is complete without an analysis. It is crucial to keep auditing your content to measure its effectiveness.


Content customization: Customize content based on the channels and target audience.


Cross-promotion: Distribute and promote content into different formats and options, for example, a video link promotion through blog posts.


How to do it?


There are different ways in which marketers can repurpose their content. It largely depends on the platform, objective, and the need. Here are some ways:


  • Make use of surveys to into images for social media
  • Make use of quotes from the blogs to convert into Facebook image post
  • Turn an old blog post into a LinkedIn Article
  • User-generated content into a single X content
  • Lengthy article in the form of tweets


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