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5 Ways to Tell Stories with Data

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“Data-driven storytelling is poised to be the next big trend in content marketing.” October 2015.

“Data-enhanced storytelling is rapidly reshaping both content and advertising.” January, 2016.

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Data Driven Stories• Engaging• Impactful visuals

• Evergreen resource• Attract higher links

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SME Most Shared Content Last 6 Months

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Content Marketing Institute

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5 Core Data Driven Narratives

1. Trends.

2. Rank order or league tables.

3. Comparisons.

4. Relationships. Correlations and causation.

5. Surprising or counterintuitive data.

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1. Trends

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1. TrendsGoogle Indexed Pages (Trillions)

Posts Published Each Month on Wordpress

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1. Trends

Twitter Fails To Grow Active Users

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2. Comparisons

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2. Comparisons

US Presidential Election

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2. Comparisons

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3. Rank Order Tables

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3. Rank Order Tables

Content Marketing Example

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3. Rank Order TablesTop Trigrams on Twitter & Facebook

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4. Relationships

OPS -the percentage of time a player gets on base and the average number of bases a player reaches when they come to the plate

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4. Relationships

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4. Relationships

We found No Correlation between Total Shares and Referring Domain Links. Correlation was just:

0.021

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5. Surprising Data

“America Imprisons More People Than Any Other Country”

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5. Surprising Data

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5 Core Data Driven Narratives

1. Trends.

2. Rank order or league tables.

3. Comparisons.

4. Relationships. Correlations and causation.

5. Surprising or counterintuitive data.

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Thank You

Steve RaysonDirector, [email protected]@steverayson