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- 0:00Today on the podcast, I would like us to explore problems with
- 0:05content marketing strategies. That's for those of you who have
- 0:08decided to use a content marketing approach to put
- 0:11yourself out there into the world so that other Nigerian
- 0:14people know exactly what it is that you do and so that they can
- 0:18patronize you. And to come and to look at some
- 0:22issues, some problems that you have with your content marketing
- 0:26strategy and how we can, I'll, I put it how we can fix that.
- 0:31All right, So First off, what is content marketing, especially
- 0:35for those of you who are listening to the podcast for the
- 0:37first time today. Now content marketing is a, some
- 0:40people say it's a new way of marketing, but it's not.
- 0:43It actually has been there for a very, very long time.
- 0:45For those of you who grew up in the late 70s and early 80s, you
- 0:49remember programs like Biker Mice from Mars on NTA 2, Channel
- 0:525, and all the stuff that Cadbury used to put out there.
- 0:55Now there's some people who say that's content marketing, some
- 0:57people say that's advertising. But regardless of how you want
- 1:01to pass it, regardless of how it is that you want to look at it,
- 1:04there are businesses that for a very long time, what they've
- 1:09been doing is they've been trying to see how else can we
- 1:13get in front of our customers, our potential audiences, people
- 1:17who want our product, people who want our service.
- 1:19How else can we get in front of them?
- 1:22And how else can we do that without making it an
- 1:24advertisement? Because if it's an ad, it's
- 1:27obvious they're trying to get something from them.
- 1:30So how can we kind of sneak our way into their subconscious so
- 1:33that when they are ready to buy, they think about us?
- 1:38So that is what companies have been doing for a very, very,
- 1:41very long time. So if Coca-Cola creates an
- 1:45advert, OK, well, not if they do because they do this every four
- 1:50years. So for the World Cup, definitely
- 1:52Coca-Cola is going to excuse me, for the World Cup, Coca-Cola is
- 1:56definitely going to have an an advert there.
- 1:59So that one is an advertisement. You know, it's obvious.
- 2:01But then if Coca-Cola can think of ways of let's see what will
- 2:06content marketing be? You know what?
- 2:09OK, that's not a good example. So let me just scratch that.
- 2:13Sorry about that. You know, this, this is the
- 2:15problem of making podcasts, you know, live on the go, you make a
- 2:17mistake and everybody hears it. OK, so let me just stick to an
- 2:20obvious example, which is this podcast.
- 2:22Now this podcast that I'm making is an example of content
- 2:25marketing. Now my potential customers and
- 2:28my potential audience, you know, potential stakeholders, business
- 2:32partners, you know, whatever it is, there are people who have
- 2:35certain kinds of business problems and I have the skill
- 2:37set to be able to solve those problems.
- 2:39So I come over here almost everyday and I make podcast
- 2:42episodes addressing these problems, sharing the best way
- 2:45for how these problems are supposed to be solved.
- 2:47And then I do this for free. Now the scope is, in fact, one
- 2:52person has called me out and she said it was really masterful.
- 2:54And I told her that, look, nobody say you catch me out.
- 2:57That's that's the idea from the start.
- 3:00That's the whole idea. By doing this, people come
- 3:02across me and be like, yeah, Omar, this guy gets sense.
- 3:06And then I dropped my phone number 08064662140.
- 3:11A couple of people call, some people send text messages, some
- 3:14people send WhatsApp messages. Now from there, that's how I
- 3:17convert some of you to customers.
- 3:19So that is what this is, content marketing.
- 3:23You put content out there, valuable content.
- 3:26People interact with it. People engage from there.
- 3:28The entire DM from DM phone convo from phone convo deposits,
- 3:34something hits my bank account. So that's content marketing.
- 3:38So a whole lot of what all of us are trying to do on social media
- 3:41these days is, you know, some kind of variety of content
- 3:45marketing. So people who are putting up
- 3:47skits and putting up posts and you're hoping that people who
- 3:49like it. And then, you know, on our
- 3:51content marketing, it's just that the traditional way of
- 3:54content marketing, the older ways of content marketing,
- 3:57you're trying to put out something that is valuable to
- 4:00the customers. You know, more education, more
- 4:03infotainment, you know, that sort of thing.
- 4:04Not necessarily the skits per SE, which is one of the reasons
- 4:07why I tell you people, those of you who like hopping on trends,
- 4:09like can you quit that? You're a business consultant,
- 4:13you're an architect, you're a whatever.
- 4:15Why are you doing ice bucket challenge?
- 4:16Why are you doing this challenge?
- 4:17Why are you doing that challenge?
- 4:18Like like for what? Like how is that going to help
- 4:20you? Yes, the whole thing is raining,
- 4:22the whole thing is trending, you know, but you're an architect,
- 4:26you're an architect. So if there's a crazy challenge
- 4:29now which comes up, maybe people start doing old Michael Jackson
- 4:34dance videos, you know, and then, OK, you want to do content
- 4:37marketing. So therefore as an architect,
- 4:39you now start creating videos of you during the Moorwalk or, you
- 4:42know, dancing and screaming like Michael Jackson.
- 4:45Like, how's that going to help you?
- 4:48And forgive me, I deviated, but at least you guys have been able
- 4:51to get a sense of what I'm talking about when I say content
- 4:53marketing. So content is just anything that
- 4:55you put out over on the Internet, photo, video, audio,
- 4:58text, you know, whatever. But the goal is we're hoping
- 5:01that people are going to see with it.
- 5:03Sorry, I say see with the people are going to see it, they're
- 5:05going to interact with it. And then from there, from the
- 5:08interactions, we get one or two conversations going and then we
- 5:11get to get customers and clients out of it.
- 5:16So that is the idea behind content marketing.
- 5:20Again, the definitions that I give over here on the podcast
- 5:23are not technically robust. I'm just trying to get you guys
- 5:27to understand the spirit of what it is that I'm trying to say.
- 5:31All right, now let's go straight to the problem that I see on
- 5:34social media, and that is that some of you try to promote two
- 5:38companies or two business interests at the same time on
- 5:41your social media. I repeat, some of you,
- 5:47consciously and unconsciously, you're trying to push two
- 5:49companies at the same time on your social media.
- 5:52It's not as if you have two Instagram accounts, Instagram A,
- 5:55Instagram B, OK, I don't know if you can have two LinkedIn
- 5:59accounts. I think you can have two Twitter
- 6:01accounts. I think I have 2X accounts, You
- 6:04know, So not be saying account A, account B, now account A, And
- 6:08then you're trying to put both things at the same time.
- 6:11And some of you say, hey, what's the problem?
- 6:13Look, this is the problem. It leads to a lot of confusion
- 6:16#1 you confuse your audience because if today you're saying
- 6:21you do this, tomorrow you're saying you're doing that.
- 6:23What exactly is your area of expertise?
- 6:25What exactly? Since you're pushing too hard,
- 6:27at the same time, it's also going to affect the kind of
- 6:31inbound that you you get because confuse people, no goody buzz.
- 6:35Like for those of you who reach out to me, you reach out to me
- 6:37because it's clear what I do. If it's sales related,
- 6:42especially you reach out. If it's kind of marketing
- 6:45related, you reach out. A whole bunch of you once it's
- 6:47business related, you know, you reach out.
- 6:49If I can't help you, I send you to someone else.
- 6:51But because it's clear now my views on dating and marriage
- 6:56and, you know, all the other stuff, you know, yeah, I talk
- 6:58about some of those things in the podcast, you know, but I'm
- 7:01just now on the side. It's not as if today I'm talking
- 7:05about business, then tomorrow I'm talking about relationship,
- 7:08then next tomorrow I'm talking about God.
- 7:11Not just one podcast. I'm just moving one thing, one
- 7:16message. I'm going to confuse anybody.
- 7:18There's no hire anybody be on this podcast and be confused
- 7:20about what I'm about. In fact, some people decode the
- 7:24oldest guy, Money, money, money, money and then don't fade.
- 7:27Nah, Nah, this guy is too greedy and then they fade and that's
- 7:30all right. That's all cool.
- 7:31I'm trying to attract a certain kind of person.
- 7:34So you confuse your audience. You're not going to be able to
- 7:37get referrals from that, trust me, because this is Nigeria.
- 7:41In Nigeria, we trust expertise. If you don't believe me, no
- 7:44problem. Think about it this way.
- 7:46Let's say your wife or your girlfriend, you know her
- 7:49birthday is coming up. You know she returned 25, she
- 7:51returned 30. You know, however old she is.
- 7:54And you want somebody to make the correct like badass, like
- 7:58correct dress for her so she will sleep for this her
- 8:00birthday. But then you know some guys in
- 8:03your crew or you know, some babes in your crew that you
- 8:06know, sometimes then they do fashion, but then sometimes then
- 8:08they do make up and then sometimes they do content
- 8:11creator. OK, now when it comes to
- 8:14creating a dress for your babe or for mumsy or for your wife or
- 8:19let's say it's the other way around, you're a woman and you
- 8:22want to impress your husband, you want to impress your
- 8:23boyfriend, you know, in donate on, you know, 30354050 whatever
- 8:27you want. Make something you know good.
- 8:29They know somebody you're set up, you know, once in a while
- 8:33the guy they show you know, sometimes the guy they do solar
- 8:36panel. You know what else?
- 8:38Another time the guy they sell crypto when the time comes now
- 8:42to pick somewhere to design it, which of you is going to call
- 8:44this person that is doing three things at the same time?
- 8:47The answer is absolutely 0, but then somehow you're doing it in
- 8:50your own business and I think this thing is going to work.
- 8:53Today you talk about one thing tomorrow you talk about another
- 8:55thing next tomorrow you talk about another thing.
- 8:58The House of people, how are people supposed to come is come
- 9:00and start talking. You start chatting you up or how
- 9:04somebody supposed to say, oh, I know Chair Maka, she's the
- 9:06expert. Let me go and call my girl chair
- 9:09Maka. How now?
- 9:11Plus your messaging is going to be confused.
- 9:12Your content calendar is going to be messed up.
- 9:14The topics are going to be all over the place, good on forecast
- 9:18and that's not good. You don't want to know which
- 9:21messaging to prioritize. How are you even going to
- 9:23prioritize that messaging? So let's say I was confused
- 9:26there and on this very same podcast, you know, on Monday,
- 9:29you know, at the talk business on Tuesday at the talk
- 9:31relationship on, you know, Wednesday, I talk God or
- 9:33something like that. You know, after a while, you
- 9:35know, like, OK, how am I supposed to prioritize it?
- 9:38I've been at sales 80%, you know, 2% got 1% relationship.
- 9:42Like how your messaging is all over the place, confused.
- 9:47Then more importantly, you would have confused the algorithm.
- 9:50The algorithm should be confused.
- 9:51The algorithm will not know who to recommend you to or what to
- 9:57Abby shy. The algorithm will be confused.
- 9:59That's what I'm trying to say. So for me, every single day when
- 10:03I hop on this microphone, it's business, business, business
- 10:05sales, sales, sales money, money, money.
- 10:07So anybody who comes on Spotify and the person types, you know
- 10:10how to make money in Nigeria, oh, what do you know?
- 10:14I show up or somebody types how to solve the sales problems.
- 10:19Oh, what do you know, I show up or the person types, a sales
- 10:24consultant, guess what, I show up.
- 10:27This is how I'm clear about the audience.
- 10:30I'm clear about the messaging. And then the algorithm too be
- 10:33very, very clear. That's the reason why if you
- 10:36don't believe me, try this, try this.
- 10:39If it doesn't work for you, come back and tell me.
- 10:42Go to any AI tool of your choice or go to Google.
- 10:49Just go and type Nigerian Business Podcast.
- 10:53Go and type it. By the time you're done
- 10:54listening to this thing, if I pause this thing now, go and
- 10:56type it, I want you to try it and tell me that I didn't show
- 10:59up. I dare you do it and tell me
- 11:04that I didn't show up if I was not number one.
- 11:08In fact, if I know enter first five, let me know because I'm
- 11:15keeping my content marketing priorities really, really
- 11:17straight. I'm clear on the audience.
- 11:18I'm clear on the messaging, and I'm not going to confuse the
- 11:20algorithm. So when people search for me,
- 11:23don't find, don't find me. And you should be doing the same
- 11:26too. By the way, I'm a note on
- 11:28content marketing. Sometimes people have the wrong
- 11:32expectations when they start doing content marketing.
- 11:34You think there's something you can do.
- 11:35Anything will just, you know, click automatically.
- 11:38Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Content marketing has always
- 11:40been a long term play. So in other words, if you're
- 11:42trying to use content marketing for your business, especially if
- 11:45you're doing this thing organically, organically means,
- 11:48you know, they pay for adverts. So if you're not paying for
- 11:51advert, don't expect this thing to click in less than three
- 11:54years. You know, everything pops off in
- 11:56less than three years. You know, it's all good, but
- 11:58that can't be the main thrust of your business, which is the
- 12:01reason why I say in the beginning, you know, you do
- 12:02everything. So you're putting on social
- 12:04media, you have a content, the content marketing strategy, but
- 12:08then you're also making phone calls.
- 12:10You're also going for meetings, you're also going for networking
- 12:13events. You're also asking people for
- 12:14introductions. You just go to run, you know,
- 12:16like that in the beginning, everything.
- 12:18Then eventually, a couple of things take off.
- 12:22So if I do this job right with the podcast, hopefully in a
- 12:25couple of years, I won't have to be chasing after people here
- 12:27anymore because the lead flow from the podcast, you know,
- 12:30should be great enough. But anyway, enough about me.
- 12:34So the reason why we're looking at this today is because a good
- 12:36friend of mine, let's just call her, what should we call her?
- 12:42Let's call her Halita. Yeah.
- 12:44So a good friend of mine, Halita.
- 12:45I'm sure you guys, especially those of you watch Nigerian TV,
- 12:48you remember Halita. It's something my wife used to
- 12:52watch. I used to call it a Halita, the
- 12:53slave girl because it was a girl about a girl from the village in
- 12:57Plateau State who got hired to be a house help in a particular
- 13:03family. And anyway, the girl ends up
- 13:06becoming the head of the the conglomerate because the family
- 13:09is a rich family, is a conglomerate and the housegirl
- 13:12now becomes the head of the whole company.
- 13:13So if you like that kind of Nigerian drama, although it's
- 13:16not on the air anymore, maybe if you check YouTube, you might
- 13:18find it. So Halita, HALITA.
- 13:21And by the way, this is not a sponsor.
- 13:24This is not an ad something, you know, DST VS not paying me
- 13:26money. I'm just saying it's cool stuff.
- 13:29So a friend of mine, let's call her Halita, Halita is into
- 13:33podcast and audio production. So if you want your podcast to
- 13:37be made and you're not going to make the podcast like I make my
- 13:40own podcast, then you call my good friend Halita.
- 13:43And she's been making some traction over the last, you
- 13:45know, 1-2, three years. You know, she's been doing OK,
- 13:48not fantastic, but you know, she didn't move.
- 13:49She didn't move small small because like I tell you guys,
- 13:52content marketing, you know, is a small, small something.
- 13:55It's not an overnight something, but then Halita also likes FX,
- 14:00that is foreign exchange, online trading, crypto, all these sorts
- 14:03of things. So once in a while she could
- 14:06have post podcast, podcast, audio production, audio
- 14:08production. Then sometimes she could have
- 14:10post, you know, FX, crypto, online trading.
- 14:14One thing, one thing, this platform, that platform you see,
- 14:17and now the problems that I've been talking about become quite
- 14:20clear. Different audiences, She's
- 14:23talking to different audiences. The people where they find
- 14:26crypto, crypto, crypto. I guess they might not be
- 14:28necessarily into this whole podcast production, podcast
- 14:31production, different audiences then.
- 14:35Halita has done a good job of building some credibility in
- 14:39audio production and podcasting for like the last 3-4 years, but
- 14:43are now talking about FX crypto online, something like EDA
- 14:47dilute high credibility, serious dilution because people with the
- 14:51CM before like, oh, OK, Halita, OK, OK, OK.
- 14:54Anytime podcasting, anytime anything audio, anything media
- 14:58may adjust buzzer, you know, it's like like what's happening?
- 15:03I wish, you know, they do audio again, you know, like, you know,
- 15:06the way our customers feel, the way they can think in their
- 15:09head. So it's diluting her
- 15:11credibility. And I reached out to her to have
- 15:13the conversation and luckily she took it well.
- 15:15And so we've been talking about a couple of things now.
- 15:20Some of you asked, OK, Tavi Schumer, you've spoken about the
- 15:22problem, the problem, what's the solution?
- 15:23OK, solution is simple. You actually have to just pick
- 15:25one. I know those of you who are
- 15:28multi hyphenate, multi talented people, you don't like it when I
- 15:30say, but honestly, you have to, you have to pick one because my
- 15:34lecturer, I used to say, back when I was in OAU used to say,
- 15:36look, you can't, if you, you can't be in two places at the
- 15:40same time. I make form, you know, sorry, I
- 15:42know it's kind of crude, but you, you get the point.
- 15:45So we got focus. Or if there's a way that you can
- 15:48harmonize these things, then I I guess so.
- 15:51So like for me, for instance, I'm interested in matters of
- 15:53theology and philosophy and then also relationships, which is the
- 15:58reason why I keep shouting at you people that look get
- 15:59married. I don't understand what's going
- 16:02on. Young boys nowadays are afraid
- 16:03of girls. You can't even talk to babes.
- 16:05Like what's going on? If that's the problem, just hit
- 16:07me up 08064662140, call me, send me a text message, send me a
- 16:13WhatsApp message. It's a babe that you're like,
- 16:14you don't know how to start the conversation.
- 16:16No problem. I'm a sales coach, but you know,
- 16:18I'm also a Big Brother as well. Just reach out to me.
- 16:21Let's talk. Let's let's see how we can make
- 16:22this thing happen. If you're a babe player, you're
- 16:25having no problems. No problem.
- 16:26Reach out to me. Let's let's, let's discuss
- 16:29because marriage is a good thing.
- 16:30Love is a good thing. So yeah, I just go about making
- 16:35my business contents once in a while.
- 16:37I drop some things. Yeah, some things philosophy,
- 16:39some things relationship, you know, I don't harmonize them,
- 16:42you know, So I'm kind of talking about like I have one message
- 16:46and then I'm sprinkling stuff about other things.
- 16:49So you can do that, especially for those of you who worry about
- 16:52authenticity. But in Halita's case now, for
- 16:56instance, there actually is a way that she can harmonize it
- 16:58because pay attention, Halita waiting, should they do now
- 17:02audio production and podcast production, anything audio,
- 17:04anything media. So is it not possible that she
- 17:10can create a podcast around crypto, around trading, around
- 17:18forex, around all these things? So because part of her business
- 17:28actually create podcasts for other people.
- 17:29She did promote her for her own channel, like, oh, we just
- 17:32produced this podcast for this person.
- 17:35You know, we just dropped this podcast for this person proudly
- 17:37sponsored by Halita Studio. Something, something, something,
- 17:39you know, like that. So nothing stops her from making
- 17:44her own podcast and then dropping it on the feed like
- 17:46that and saying, you know, proudly sponsored by, you know,
- 17:48blah, blah, blah. So in our way, you know, on our
- 17:52podcast as in she's into podcasts and audio editing,
- 17:55editing, and she's producing podcasts for other people and
- 17:58then promoting it. And then whenever she creates
- 18:02her own podcast on crypto and all those other things, you
- 18:08know, just the same, whatever. Oh, forex trading is another way
- 18:13to gain wealth in Nigeria. Something, something, something,
- 18:15blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Proudly produced by Halita Audio
- 18:18Studio, something, something. So there's a way that she can
- 18:21harmonize that actually, so she can share her expertise on both
- 18:26on podcasting and then on Forex, but just coming from pushing the
- 18:31audio production angle. So because she's creating
- 18:34content around Forex, she's going to be able to talk about
- 18:37both matters at the same time. So that way, you know, people
- 18:44where they like crypto, forex, online trading, blah, blah,
- 18:46blah, they can subscribe to that crypto podcast, Forex podcast,
- 18:54you know, and then people that are interested in audio
- 18:56production and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, they can be seen all
- 18:59these podcasts that she's publicizing as examples of her
- 19:04expertise and then reach out to her.
- 19:09So anyway, that's pretty much what it is that I wanted to say
- 19:14today. So content marketing, it's a
- 19:17good idea. It's a very, very good idea, but
- 19:18we need realistic time, expectations.
- 19:20You should be thinking long term.
- 19:22So don't be frustrated that you've been blogging for one
- 19:24year and you haven't popped off. Or don't be disappointed that
- 19:29you've been podcasting for two years and you never see clients.
- 19:31Or don't be frustrated that you did produce skeets for for three
- 19:36years and you haven't got one single paying client.
- 19:38Nobody has come to you for adverts.
- 19:40Nobody has come to you for promo.
- 19:42You know, don't be frustrated at all, at all, at all.
- 19:44That's why I made that podcast episode on Kolu and I can't
- 19:48remember the other guy's name is Kolu and Bolu.
- 19:50The Twitch, the stream on Twitch, the live stream,
- 19:55Nigerian live streamers and they used to be skip makers before.
- 19:58Just how you guys would see that Look, this content marketing
- 20:01thing, you know, it's beautiful, it's glamorous.
- 20:03You know, other people hear your voice, other people see your
- 20:05face. You get one or two fans, but
- 20:07it's not quite as cozy as people think.
- 20:10And then when we start with the content marketing, just make
- 20:13sure. That you're not trying to push
- 20:16two companies or push 2 messages at the same time.
- 20:18Don't confuse your audience, don't confuse the messaging,
- 20:20don't confuse the algorithm. You know, pick one, pick one
- 20:26pick one and abandoned the others.
- 20:28If you don't want to pick one and abandoned the others, OK, no
- 20:30problem do what I do pick one thing which is the main thing.
- 20:32Then once in a while you sprinkle some of that, you know,
- 20:35other stuff there so that people can can hear you.
- 20:39Or if you're like my friend Halita and it's possible to
- 20:42harmonize it, by the way, that's not her real name, by the way,
- 20:45but the rhymes. Halita.
- 20:46So if you're like my friend Halita, you can harmonize it no
- 20:48problem. Harmonize them?
- 20:49No. So let me see, is that it?
- 20:55Yeah, that's it, pretty much. So if you'd love to connect with
- 20:57me, call me, send me a text message or a WhatsApp message on
- 20:5908064662140. What's up?
- 21:06OK, You want to, if you'd like to join my WhatsApp channel,
- 21:11just hit me up and I'll hook you up for that.
- 21:14Then let's see what else? Oh yeah, the sales, the sales
- 21:21audit. So you want me to audit your
- 21:22selling frameworks or some of your business processes then
- 21:26WhatsApp me on the same number 08064662140.
- 21:30And yes, when I said that's for those of you who are still in
- 21:33school, you know, you get one big way to school, but I don't
- 21:35know how you say what's up. No problem, just let me know.
- 21:39I just have help one guy sort his own relationship matter to
- 21:43you know, it was with the girl and I wasn't sure where do I
- 21:45head in. He didn't know how to have the
- 21:46conversation. You know, I helped him and today
- 21:50to the glory of God. Well, anyway, hopefully let me
- 21:52not speak too much because descent by is too far.
- 21:54So to the glory of God, if all works well, we should be having
- 21:58a wedding pretty soon. So yeah, but I'm not a
- 22:00relationship coach. By the way.
- 22:02Bob, if you have some difficulty in that area, no problem, reach
- 22:05out. I'll, I'll help you find your
- 22:07better half too. Alright, so that's it.
- 22:09Thanks for your time and attention.
- 22:11I'll catch you some other episode.