As a tourism provider, it is easy to talk about what you do. But is that really what your audience wants to hear? Does it inspire your customers to spend their vacation time with you? In this presentation, Kathy Wagner shares five simple questions to ask your customers that will help you target content to their needs, and some easy tools for keeping your messaging focused on your customer. She also shares a quick trick for improving the odds that customers will provide positive online reviews. Throughout the presentation, Kathy share's illustrative examples from Tourism Saskatchewan’s recently adopted consumer-focused content framework.
This presentation was part of the 2017 HOST Saskatchewan Conference for tourism providers.
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The path to great content: Host Saskatchewan Conference 2017
1. The path to
great content
Kathy Wagner
Founder & Principal Strategist
Content Strategy Inc
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2. • Grew up reading and daydreaming
• Past careers in technical comms
& customer experience
• Have been doing content
strategy my entire life
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A bit about me
3. Today I change the way
companies make content
by shining a light in dark
corners and cleaning out
content cobwebs.
A bit about me
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11. 1. Take their perspective.
Commit to understanding
your audience.
Make sure your content
meets their needs.
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12. 2. Clarify their gain.
Not what you think they
want.
Find out what’s really
important to them.
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13. 3. Build trust & confidence.
Reflect your real,
authentic self.
Don’t over sell.
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14. The path to great content
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24. To connect with nature?
To get away from it all?
To have fun?
To relax?
To indulgence myself?
To create family memories?
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26. To feel accomplished
To feel recharged
To feel connected
To feel at peace
To feel invigorated
To feel interesting
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27. Target your message.
OK, but how does this help me?
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28. 2. How did you find
out about us?
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33. Think about your customer’s journey, and
how your content can shift to accommodate.
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Different information at different times.
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34. Different places for different information.
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35. Different places for different information.
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36. 3. Why did you
choose us?
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37. What made us
stand out?
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41. 4. Where do you hang
out online?
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42. Of people who are interested in traveling to or
within Saskatchewan:
• 48% prefer mostly or only online content.
• 40% prefer equally online and print content.
• 12% prefer mostly or only print content.
From a January 2017 Tourism Saskatchewan survey of over 1600 respondents.
And the survey says...
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46. Be part of their world.
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47. Find common:
• Travel or tourism topics
• Experiential topics
• Region or location topics
Where there’s also value for you
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48. 5. What inspires you
to share your
experiences?
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49. And the survey says...
51% of SK travelers
share their
experiences online
through social
media or reviews.
From a January 2017 Tourism Saskatchewan
survey of over 1600 respondents.
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50. • To share with family and friends (73%)
• To share a positive review of a place I visited (62%)
• To share my story or photos with the public (32%)
• To share a negative review of a place I visited (30%)
• To show people that I do things / my life is interesting (21%)
• To win something (8%)
From a January 2017 Tourism Saskatchewan survey of over 1600 respondents.
Reasons for sharing travel experiences:
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52. Provide more “Kodak moments”
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53. Five questions:
1. Why this type of experience?
2. How did you find out about us?
3. Why did you choose us?
4. Where do you spend your time online?
5. What experiences do you share online?
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54. Five tips for great content:
1. Use motivational messaging.
2. Get content where your audience is.
3. Showcase your unique differentiators.
4. Be online where your audience is.
5. Give people content to share.
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56. Tip for getting positive online reviews
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57. Just ask for one
in the right way,
at the right time.
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58. 1. When they arrive.
2. When they leave.
3. In your online thank-you
follow up.
Mention the importance of reviews:
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59. It’s for
“above and beyond”
experiences.
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60. Make it personal.
Make it easy.
Be respectful.
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