Making Cool Sh!tIsn’t Content Marketing
AUGUST 8, 2013: SAN DIEGO SEO MEETUP
ADRIA SARACINO | HEAD OF OUTREACH | @ADRIASARACINO
What many SEOs think content marketing is…
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
And this is aproblem because…
MISSING HUGE OPPORTUNITIES TO…
1. Create flywheel
2. Improve brand + credibility
3. Earn consumer trust
4. Bring consumers into funnel
5. Increase long-term organic traffic
6. Diversify marketing plan
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
What contentmarketing actually is…
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Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
A technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined target audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.”- Joe Pulizzi, Content Marketing Institute
Content marketing is about delivering the content your audience is seeking in all the places they are searching for it.”- Michael Brenner, Sr. Director Marketing & Content Strategy at SAP
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Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Get to know yourself…
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
DISCOVERY
TRIGGER
SEARCH
CONSIDERATION
PURCHASE
STAY
YOUR BRAND
Get to know your brand…
ASK YOURSELF…
1. How are we currently performing?
2. What’s our USP?
3. What are our competitors doing?
4. What do we want to say?
5. What goals do we have?
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Get to know your audience…
LEARN ABOUT YOUR CUSTOMERS…
1. What’s their typical purchasing journey?
2. What’s their needs and frustrations?
3. How do they prefer to shop?
4. How much money do they have?
5. What type of search queries do they use?
6. How do they currently behave on your site?
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Fix-It Frank, Technical Supervisor
Identifiers
SNAPSHOT
39-year-old maleIncome = $90,000
Married, no children
Been at company 20 yearsCompany size = 250+
Fleet size = 500+
Opinionated, non-confrontational but will voice how he feels.
Pulled in multiple directions at work, gets overwhelmed easily.
Has a fix-it mentality; likes to know how everything works. Is knowledge hungry.
Savvy researcher & internet user.
Sources of Influence
Price vs.
Need
Past ExperienceReviews
Challenges His job is overwhelming –“It’s hard to
keep up.”
It’s difficult to affect change internally; his company is too slow-moving.
Corporate office makes decisions that impact his team’s job performance.
This ain’t real…
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
BRAND MESSAGE:
• Not your dad’s system
• More than an expense
• Simple & easy
RESULTS:
• 5% lower bounce rate
• 15% more organic traffic
• 10x more likely to purchase
• 40 partner links, no outreach
• Improve rankings to 1st page
audience + brand =epic sh!t content marketing
Making Cool Sh!t Isn’t Content Marketing@ADRIASARACINO
Audience Brand Strategize Create
Need Links
Epic Sh!tPitch
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ADRIA SARACINO | HEAD OF OUTREACH | @ADRIASARACINO