says it will go down from there. As the  
 French say, “les jeux sont faits” (the  
 game is up). Going forward, marketing  
 departments need to focus less on  
 process-driven push marketing tools  
 and more on content-creating pull  
 marketing. The line between marketing  
 and PR is blurring too. Bottom line, the  
 ability to create compelling content will  
 be a skill very much in demand. English  
 majors rejoice!  
 Source: Dataprot.net 
 What is content’s role in marketing  
 going forward? 
 Simply put, content is king. This is  
 different than a decade ago. Search  
 engines are so good, and today’s  
 buyers are so well trained to do their  
 own research, that marketing’s #1 goal  
 is now to create and execute a winning  
 content creation and management  
 strategy. If you properly research, write  
 and place it, they will find it. 
 Finally, do you have any advice for  
 marketers? 
 If content is #1, what’s #2? That’s  
 easy—automation. Today’s content  
 marketing automation tools are  
 fabulous, easy to use and getting  
 better all the time. With so many  
 publishing and social media platforms  
 available, these tools help you properly  
 distribute your content at the right  
 frequency. Data should drive your daily  
 decision-making; it’s not possible for  
 you, as a marketer, to do your job well  
 without automation. 
 SUCCESS STORY 
 T.J. Tedesco is Cofounder  
 and VP of Customer Success  
 for VIVIO Health. For two  
 decades prior, he started and  
 ran a Washington DC area  
 marketing services company.  
 In 2011, he cofounded a Silicon  
 Valley accelerator for emerging  
 healthcare companies. Tedesco  
 will soon be returning to his  
 consulting roots. He can be  
 reached at tj@growsales.com. 
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