5. Shared premises
Content is more than text, and content strategy should
be about more than just your website.
Your audiences need and want more than surface
marketing messages.
Storytelling allows your messages to come to life.
These are tips, and just the tip of the iceberg!
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6. #1: Take control of your message
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7. #1: Take control of your message
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8. #2: Take help where you can get it
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9. #2: Take help where you can get it
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11. #3: Know your goals
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12. #3: Know your goals
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13. #4: Know your project objectives
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14. #4: Know your project objectives
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15. #5: Avoid demands
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16. #5: Avoid demands
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17. #6: Know what you’re trying to say
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18. #6: Know what you’re trying to say
6 Key Brand Messages
1. Liberal arts & holistic education
2. Catholic identity
3. Personal, supportive & challenging
4. Service & social justice
5. Lifelong learning
6. Inclusive, friendly & comfortable
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19. #7: Define a tone
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20. #7: Define a tone
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21. #7: Define a tone
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22. #7: Define a tone
Tone: Snappy, humorous, tongue-in-cheek.
Like This: You say we’ve been around the block.
Those aren’t fighting words—that’s experience.
Not That: Our clients value the decades
of experience Zehno’s team has.
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24. #8: Do a content/story audit
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25. #8: Do a content/story audit
From http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000040.php
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26. #9: Find out who you’re dealing with
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27. #9: Find out who you’re dealing with
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28. #10: Audit for quantity AND quality
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29. {
#10: Audit for quantity AND quality
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30. #11: Identify the gap between what
you
have and what you need
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31. #11: Identify the gap between what
you
have and what you need
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45. #16: Conquer homepage politics
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46. #16: Conquer homepage politics
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47. #17: Use collaborative tools
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48. #17: Use collaborative tools
Page table example from Content Strategy for the Web
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49. #18: Create an editorial matrix
and calendar
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50. #18: Create an editorial matrix
and calendar
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51. #18: Create an editorial matrix
and calendar
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52. #18: Create an editorial matrix
and calendar
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53. #19: Curate, recycle and repackage
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54. #19: Curate, recycle and repackage
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55. #20: Get fresh!
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56. #20: Get fresh!
• witness.org
• mediastorm.org
• storycenter.org
• nppa.org
• thirdcoastfestival.org
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57. #20: Get fresh!
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58. #20: Get fresh!
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59. #20: Get fresh!
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60. #20: Get fresh!
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61. #20: Get fresh!
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62. #20: Get fresh!
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63. #20: Get fresh!
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64. #20: Get fresh!
From http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/good-thinking/
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65. #20: Get fresh!
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66. #20: Get fresh!
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67. #20: Get fresh!
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68. #20: Get fresh!
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70. More resources
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