Most B2B companies do not have a content strategy. They have a content habit -- blog posts when someone has time, newsletters before events, social posts when the marketing team has bandwidth. The result is content that cannot be measured, cannot be compared to anything, and cannot be iterated.
A content strategy solves this by creating a reference document before any content is produced. It answers: Who are we writing for? What do they actually read and care about? Where do they consume content in our space? What topics give us credibility? What are competitors doing that works? What should we deliberately not do?
Our strategy engagements begin with discovery -- a structured review of your business goals, buyer journey, sales process, and existing content. We interview your sales team (they know the buying objections cold) and review your CRM data where available. We then research your competitive landscape and identify what is actually working in your market.
The deliverable is a strategy document -- not a slide deck. It includes defined audience profiles written as usable tools, content pillars with rationale, a channel recommendation with reasoning, content type guidance by stage of the buyer journey, and a 12-month editorial calendar broken down by quarter with specific topic recommendations.
This document does not sit in a drawer. It becomes the foundation for every content decision for the next year. New team members get oriented from it. Vendors are briefed from it. When someone asks why you are writing about a particular topic, you can point to the document.
- Discovery session (45-90 min)
- Buyer persona profiles (2-3 defined personas)
- Competitive content analysis (5+ competitors)
- Content pillar framework with rationale
- Channel recommendations with priority ranking
- 12-month editorial calendar
- Content type mapping by buyer journey stage
- KPI and measurement framework
- Delivered as Google Doc or Word document