Dave is joined by Ross Simmonds. Ross is the Founder & CEO of Foundation, a content marketing agency that strategizes, distributes, and optimizes content for some of the most successful SaaS companies in the world and works as partners for multiple publicly traded cloud companies that have redefined entire industries.

They share lessons they both learned on their content journeys and discuss things like:

Prioritizing search as a distribution channel
Why social followers are not a vanity metric
Using and enabling the sales team for content distribution
How to repurpose your most popular content

Timestamps

(00:00) - - Intro
(01:52) - - Underrated Content Strategy for B2B
(02:07) - - SERP and Mindshare Domination
(02:07) - - ChatGPT and Closing Thoughts
(02:12) - - Search as a Distribution Channel
(02:12) - - Why We're Doubling Down on X
(02:27) - - Adjusting Your Tone with the Times
(02:32) - - Why Followers Aren't a Vanity Metric
(02:33) - - How to Repurpose Popular Organic Social Content
(02:47) - - An Easy Content Distribution Tactic
(02:48) - - The Sales Team as a Distribution Channel

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#209: Content | B2B Content Strategy, Distribution Tactics, and Organic Social with Ross Simmonds, Founder and CEO at Foundation & Distribution.ai

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