Chapter Three

Planting Your Flag at the Destination

Setting Content Marketing Goals and Measuring Progress

This chapter is about…

  • Deciding on goals for your content marketing strategy
  • Understanding the tension between fundraising and community- or brand-building goals
  • Figuring out how you'll measure your progress along the way

We all know that life is about the journey and not the destination. The moments I remember most from my various backpacking and hiking trips are the events and conversations that happened on the trail or at campsites along the way—not reaching the destination itself.

But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't set goals. The excitement of reaching the mountain's summit or finding the perfect swimming hole under a majestic ...

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