Why Content Marketing Is Your Only Chance to Reach Audiences Today

Why content marketing is your only chance to reach and engage your audiences today

Digital East 2014@leighgeorge#DEAST14

Social media changed everything

There is only one direction organic reach is headed…

How do brands get heard when social media looks like this?

How does your content become attractive rather than tolerated?

Brands should go native

We’re conflicted about branded content

Takeaways

Social media as we knew it is disappearing

Consumers don’t want to be our friends. They want valuable content that enriches their lives

To be successful you need to integrate your content

But be mindful of the public’s ambivalence—trust is key

Leigh George, PhD

Vice President | Social@Ogilvy

Email: leigh.george@ogilvy.com

Twitter: @leighgeorge

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/leighgeorge

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Slide 1: Stefan Bałuk, Warsaw 1944, [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons

Slide 2: Ed Yourdon, Bryant Park, late Apr 2009 – 21, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 3: Ken Bosma, Electric Slide, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 4: Trey Ratcliff, An Electric Night in Times Square, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 5: Stefan Bałuk, Warsaw 1944, [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons

Slide 6: Twitchery, still from episode, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 7: Frank Uebe, ABBA THE HITS 3, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 8: Olivia Raxter, Taking notes, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Slide 9: Andrew Propp, Washingtonian

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