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


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Jan 09 2025 57 mins   11

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

  • (01:25) - - Underrated Content Strategy for B2B

  • (01:40) - - SERP and Mindshare Domination

  • (01:40) - - ChatGPT and Closing Thoughts

  • (01:45) - - Search as a Distribution Channel

  • (01:45) - - Why We're Doubling Down on X

  • (02:00) - - Adjusting Your Tone with the Times

  • (02:05) - - Why Followers Aren't a Vanity Metric

  • (02:06) - - How to Repurpose Popular Organic Social Content

  • (02:20) - - An Easy Content Distribution Tactic

  • (02:21) - - The Sales Team as a Distribution Channel



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