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Approximately 64% of content marketers report that creating sufficient content is a constant challenge that prevents them from succeeding. Pawan Deshpande of Curata and Aaron Dun of Percussion will walk through real-world examples of organizations that have tackled the content "problem".
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Content Marketing: Make it Work
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Agenda
• What is Content Marketing?
• What makes it so hard?
• Top 8 Complaints
• Conclusions
• Q&A
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Poll:
What is your content marketing level?• Beginner• Intermediate• Advanced
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What is Content Marketing?
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What is Content Marketing?
Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract,
acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target audience - with the objective of driving profitable
customer action.
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What Makes It So Hard?
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Poll:
What is your biggest content marketing complaint?
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Top 8 Complaints
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How do I pick a topic?
“What do our prospects want to read?”
“Are people really going to be interested in what I have to say?”
“There’s already so much content out there. How can I be unique?”
Problem
#1
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Picking a Content Topic
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Picking a Topic: Competitors
• What is a topic that my competition is not covering sufficiently?
• Competitorso Marketplace competitorso Trade Publicationso Media Outletso Bloggers
• Tools
• Google Search
• Social Media
• Google Keyword Tool#ContentWorks
Picking a Topic: Audience
• In which topic is your target audience interested?
• On what topic is your company a unique expert and authority?
• Toolso Messaging Frameworkso Surveys and pollso Sales Team
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Picking a Topic: Content
• What topic has sufficient existing content?
• Tools:o Google News / Blogso Media monitoring listo Twitter Search
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Picking a Content Topic
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Insufficient Content
"Our blog has not been updated in 3 months."
"I feel like I just finished writing a blog post, and now it's time for another??"
"I can't think of anything new to say."
"I wish I had a whole editorial staff"
Problem
#2
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The Content Beast
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• Blog Posts• News Sites• Newsletters• Social Media• Podcasts• eBooks• Special Reports• Infographics• Polls & Surveys• Video• Webinars
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www.curata.com/resources
Content Curation
“A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online.”
-Rohit Bhargava
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Distributing Content
"I have a lot of content now, what do I do with it all?"
"What are the right outlets for each piece of content I've created?"
Problem
#3
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Think of Your Content as a Meal
Appetizer- 140 Characters or Less
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest
EntreeBlog, Community, Forums,
Micro-sites
DessertWebsite
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Unlocking Content
“Our content is silo-ed within our organization."
"Not sure how to unlock the content we have within our organization."
"How do I empower contributors?"
Problem
#4
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Breaking Down the Silos
• Empower writers
• Write it for them
• Do Q/A posts
• Video?
• Teach writers about the benefits
• Enable contributores with topics, keywords, & messages
• Show them how their post did afterward…
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Quality vs. Quantity
"Do I spend the next 6 weeks writing an eBook, or writing 10 blog posts?"
"I feel like most of my content is regurgitation. I feel like I am in an echo chamber."
Problem
#5
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Measurement
"I'm doing all of this writing, is it working?"
"What Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) should I put in place for my content marketing efforts?"
"How do I justify my budget?"
Problem
#6
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Measurement: Beginner
• Content Throughputo Who is publishing?o How stale is it?o Where is it getting stuck in publishing
process?o How much content are we publishing?
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Measurement: Advanced
Engagement
• Tracking what content is gaining readers
• What blog posts get comments
• What is the average time on site
• What is the click path
• Top content themes that refer to your website
• What content items gain the highest bounce rate
Dashboard
• Pick 5 KPIs to measure against monthly
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Voice of the Content
"What is my voice?"
"Who are the voices?"
"What channels make sense per voice?"
Problem
#7
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Let Your Voice be Heard
YOUR MESSAGE
M O D E R N W E B M A R K E T I N G U N I V E R S E
CUSTOMER BASE
PEOPLE YOU MARKET TO
EVERYONE ELSE
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Finding Your Voice
• What does your brand stand for?
• What tone do you want to communicate?
• What do your prospects/buyers expect?
• What tone does your competitors use?
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Carry Your Style Throughout
Putting it to Work
“I can create content, but how can I get it to meet my marketing goals?”
“How can I get people to share it?”
“How can I get it to help with SEO?”
“How can I get more leads from it?”
Problem
#8
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Pick your battles
What is your goal?
o Is it to get more leads?
o Is it to get more followers?
o Is it to get press coverage?
o Is it to grow your email list?
o Is it to increase in search engine rankings?
Problem
#8
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Problem
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LeadsSharing
eBook
Long
Downloadable
Your Site
Infographic
Short
Online
Other Sites
What do I do now?
1. Unlock the hidden content gems
2. Develop your content marketing menu
3. Set Your Baseline Content Throughput and Goal
4. And Make it Work!
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Free eBook:5 Simple Steps to
Becoming Content Curation Rockstar
Download at
www.curata.com
New Video!Stop the insanity, get off the web content management
merry go round!
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View at www.percussion.com