Almost every marketer has experienced the feeling. You release a zeitgeist-capturing, assumption-shattering content piece into the world. And it doesn’t gain anything like the engagement it deserves.
But why? Often, the problem isn’t with the message. It’s with the way your content is presented. It’s all too easy for the format of your content to push readers away, when it should be drawing them in.
Research from the advertising industry has proved – as if proof were really needed – just how valuable reader attention is; according to Dentsu, higher dwell time with advertising content is associated with a greater likelihood of choosing a brand.