Using Content Curation to Drive Marketing and Revenue
1. Using Content Curation to
Drive Marketing and Revenue
Matthew Kumin, CEO PublishThis
Bruce Clay, CEO Bruce Clay, Inc.
2. Every Brand is a
Publisher
#PublishThis –All organizations are now publishers...the company with the
most engaging and interesting content wins (Ann Handley) via
3. Fast and Frequent
“Many,
“Many lightweight
“Many lightweight
lightweight
interactions over
interactions over
interactions
time”
time”
over time”
-Paul Adams
Global Brand Manager
#PublishThis – We build relationships with brands the same way
we build relationships with people via @Padday
4. The Clutter Problem
The Rise of
Content…
The Need for
Curation…
#PublishThis – 7.3 million posts happen each week on WordPress.
Your customers are seeking a filter!
5. Content is King,
The Curator Rules
• Filters the Web
• Adds Commentary
• Builds Trust & Authority
• Filters the Web
• Drives Engagement
Rafat Ali
• Jason Hirschorn
Adds Commentary
• Builds Trust & Authority
• Drives Engagement
#PublishThis – @rafat @JasonHirschorn: Proven master curators.
@MediaReDEF @skiftnews
6. Wanted: Fresh
Content
#PublishThis – Regularly posting fresh, relevant, 3 rd party content causes 8x+
likelihood of visitor return via @Marketing Sherpa
8. Always Be Engaging
•
Engage without selling
•
Add Customer Value
•
Get Customer Opt-in
•
Create a Consistent
• Engage without Selling
Dialogue
• Add Customer Value
• Get Customer Opt-in
• Create a Consistent Dialogue
#PublishThis – Monologue has given way to dialogue via @briansolis
9. 5 Smart
Curation Strategies
1. Aggregation is Your New Best Friend
2. Focus on Loyalty not just Page Views
3. Be Your Industry’s Authority
4. New Mix: “Leverage the Lean Content
Factory”
5. Content Funnel: Drive Conversions
10. #1 Aggregation Is Your Friend
Lifestyle Example
•New Approach
•Test
•Automated & Curated
Topics
•No original content initially
•Test Audience Interests
•Data-Driven Planning
•Change/Publish Quickly
#PublishThis – During an average Web page visit, users read between 20% - 28%
of the words via Jakob Nielsen @NNGroup
11. #2 Loyalty Over Page Views…
Community Example
•Home Page for Accounting Industry
•Top New Online Community by
Accounting Today
•45-50 stories curated each day
•80% of Members visit each month
•Dwell time is 4x+ the average of other
community pages
•15% of Page Views
#PublishThis – iShade dwell time increased 4x
with the addition of curated content @iShade
12. #3 Be Your Industry’s
Authority
B2B Example
•Home Page for Travel
Industry
•The “Skift Take”
• < 5 minutes per curated item
• > 100’s per week
•A Reason to Come Back…
#PublishThis – A mixed content diet that combines brief overviews
and comprehensive coverage is often best via @NNGroup
13. #4 Create a Lean Content
Factory
Original + Curated + Licensed + Aggregated
14. #5 Building Your Content Funnel
eCommerce/Lead
Examples
•Track what content drives
Promo the conversion
•Drive contextual promos
•Optimize your mix
Sponsored Content
Content
Promo
18. #3 Collaboration
Curation
Curation Distributed
To Subject Matter
Experts (SME’s)
Employees, Freelancers,
and Partners.
Notas del editor
Content is exploding Consumers are overwhelmed with endless choices Users are fragmenting across multiple devices Establishing trust and loyalty with your brand is increasingly very hard We need filters – Curation is a Great Solution for This…
To be a successful advertiser on the web in the future, you will need to build content based on many, lightweight interactions over time…
Content is exploding Consumers are overwhelmed with endless choices Users are fragmenting across multiple devices Establishing trust and loyalty with your brand is increasingly very hard We need filters – Curation is a Great Solution for This…
To be a successful advertiser on the web in the future, you will need to build content based on many, lightweight interactions over time…
TRANSITION TO ADVICE ON IMPLEMENTATION
Use aggregation and curation technologies to quickly assembles web pages around topics you think your customers might be interested then watch what they click on. Don’ t have to hire or create tons of original (expensive) content up front. Send targeted emails isolating different content promotions See where/how people click after they land Search/Aggregation/Curation technology can be used to test content and audience interest before making huge investments in original content. Reverse the "Editor in Chief" paradigm Create test sites to inform the editorial/content strategy based on real customer engagement data. Faith.com mail campaigns revealed the audience most preferred content in the Inspiration category. Optimal SEO can be tested in this research phase and incorporated into content guidelines. Faith.com built for researching Christian market in categories of Family, Food, Wellness, Entertainment and Inspiration. Faith editors built curation playbook specifying target content, messaging, optimal topics and sources. Curation allows them manage, enhanced curate and refresh each week a 100+ page site with 1.5 full time team members.
Note on strikethrough: As mentioned before iShade is not curating out of results returned from PT. Affects spin/where we share this story during the preso.
Use aggregation and curation technologies to quickly assembles web pages around topics you think your customers might be interested then watch what they click on. Don’ t have to hire or create tons of original (expensive) content up front. Send targeted emails isolating different content promotions See where/how people click after they land Search/Aggregation/Curation technology can be used to test content and audience interest before making huge investments in original content. Reverse the "Editor in Chief" paradigm Create test sites to inform the editorial/content strategy based on real customer engagement data. Faith.com mail campaigns revealed the audience most preferred content in the Inspiration category. Optimal SEO can be tested in this research phase and incorporated into content guidelines. Faith.com built for researching Christian market in categories of Family, Food, Wellness, Entertainment and Inspiration. Faith editors built curation playbook specifying target content, messaging, optimal topics and sources. Curation allows them manage, enhanced curate and refresh each week a 100+ page site with 1.5 full time team members.
Your customers want diverse content from multiple sources. Curation allows you to bring in all forms of content and “mix” or organize around your customers interests…
Use aggregation and curation technologies to quickly assembles web pages around topics you think your customers might be interested then watch what they click on. Don’ t have to hire or create tons of original (expensive) content up front.
IQ is nice but isn’t the ultimate collaboration going to be by businesses who (through their content) are willing to collaborate (get feedback/engagement around content) with their customers and give their audiences a “share of, or seat at the content table”