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Old Media Can Learn New Custom Media Tricks

Still relying on old forms of media to get the word out about your business? If so, your content marketing strategy needs an update.

The mindset of prospective customers and buyers is evolving, says content marketing blogger Bernie Borges. An integrated approach of old and new is needed to get this audience to fully connect with your brand.

So, what exactly would such an approach look like? It could mean forging ahead with a brick-and-mortar trade show, while using blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube to engage an audience before, during and after the event. (Hammock managed a similar old/new media blending with Association Media & Publishing last year.)

For more practical ways to take these old media formats--phone, print ad, tradeshows and direct mail--and convert them to new media marketing, read more of Borges' article here.

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