Content Strategy

Why You Should Create Content Based on Interviews With Experts

June 27, 2022

Why You Should Create Content Based on Interviews With Experts

When it comes to creating content, alignment is a big issue.

In this article, we’ll dive into one way to overcome these issues: by creating content based on interviews. We’ll cover the main challenges marketers face when creating content for the website and the benefits of creating content based on interviews with experts.

How We Generated Leads for This B2B Fintech Client in Month 2 (In a Competitive Landscape!)

June 14, 2022

How We Generated Leads for This B2B Fintech Client in Month 2 (In a Competitive Landscape!)

There are a few common beliefs that people have about content marketing:

  • It always takes a long time to get results
  • There’s no point in doing it if you’re in an incredibly competitive space
  • You can’t track leads or attribute leads to specific blog posts

In this case study, we’ll show you how we produced leads for a B2B fintech client in just 2 months with our approach.

Research: How are the Top 50 Fintech Companies Creating Content?

May 11, 2022

Research: How are the Top 50 Fintech Companies Creating Content?

Just over a week ago we did a webinar where we presented some research on what fintech companies are currently doing with content. We look at the role content plays in fintech, what “good content” means and how fintech companies are currently creating their content.

Is It Worth Using Newswires as a Fintech Company? And Other Fintech PR Questions Feat. Scott Rosenblum

May 6, 2022

Is It Worth Using Newswires as a Fintech Company? And Other Fintech PR Questions Feat. Scott Rosenblum

When should you use a newswire as a fintech company? Are they worth it? What should you do once you’ve released your newswire? When should you not use a newswire?

Scott Rosenblum, PR expert, answers all your questions about doing PR as a fintech company.

How to Do Research for Bottom of the Funnel Content Marketing

April 13, 2022

How to Do Research for Bottom of the Funnel Content Marketing

The foundation of great content is great research.

Just like building a product, creating great content that speaks to your audience only happens when you have a good grasp of what your audience wants to read.

In this article, we break down how we do this research step by step.

6 Reasons Your Content is Not Converting (And How to Fix Each One)

March 31, 2022

6 Reasons Your Content is Not Converting (And How to Fix Each One)

Imagine you’re tracking all your content correctly and are now able to see how many leads and customers your articles are generating — down to the specific blog post.

But after doing a few calculations, you realise that… the numbers are not good. Considering the investment you’re putting into content, the conversions are too low and the ROI is either negative or not high enough.

How do you fix that?

Here are 6 reasons your content might not be converting, and some ideas on how to fix each one.

Content Attribution: How to Calculate How Many Customers You're Getting with Content

March 22, 2022

Content Attribution: How to Calculate How Many Customers You're Getting with Content

The main value proposition of working with Mint Studios is that we don’t just help fintech companies with traffic: we help with lead generation as well.

That means we create content that is focused on conversions, and tracking it means we can calculate the number of customers we’re generating through our efforts.

How do we do it? We’ll outline it step by step in this article.

Why I Set Out to Build a Financial Services Content Marketing Agency

February 23, 2022

Why I Set Out to Build a Financial Services Content Marketing Agency

I decided to set up a financial services content marketing agency that would help address some of the gaps in the content marketing world, and help financial services and fintech companies use their website blogs to acquire customers.

In this post I go over some of the gaps in the financial services and fintech content marketing world, and how we’re addressing them at Mint Studios.

Why We Believe Hiring Freelance Writers Doesn't Work for Most Companies

January 19, 2022

Why We Believe Hiring Freelance Writers Doesn't Work for Most Companies

Writing for a company — in other words, content marketing — is different from writing for a personal blog, a publication, or a newsletter.

Why? Because the incentives are different. A company needs to acquire and retain customers to use a product or a service. And if a company is investing in content, they will want to see an ROI.

In this article, I want to explain why — based on my own experience and experiments in content marketing — hiring freelance writers as a company might not always be the right model.