Creating content that can be reused is an effective way to extend the life of your content, increase its views, and reach your content marketing goals. Ashley will be demonstrating how to find the content which should be reused, the rules to follow when reusing your content, and how to analyze the effectiveness of this recycled content and which tools will best help us find ROI.
You can expect to walk out of this content session with a strategic plan to take back to your office with on how to recycle your content at low costs and achieve high ROI.
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SearchLove San Diego 2018 | Ashley Ward | Reuse, Recycle: How to Repurpose Your Content and Make the Big Bucks
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Reuse, Recycle:
How to Repurpose Your Content
and Make the Big Bucks
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Corporate Speaker
SEMrush
ASHLEY WARD
I N T E R N A T I O N A L S P E A K E R
W R I T E R F O R S E A R C H E N G I N E J O U R N A L
A G E N C Y O W N E R
D O G M O M , F I A N C E , B A C K P A C K E R , H I K E R , O F F R O A D E R ,
3. P O W E R
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Create less,
promote more.
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— Salma Jafri
4. P O W E R
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There’s SOO much
content out there.
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— Users
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The company is in
a boring industry.
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— Inhouse Marketers
6. P O W E R
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The company has no
budget to promote.
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— Agencies
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I don’t want to focus
on me as the story
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— CEO’s
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Recycling Content in 2018
T H E R U L E S Y O U R E X P E R I M E N T M E A S U R I N G C O N T E N TB U F F E R E X P E R I M E N T
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F I N A L T I P S
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The Buffer
Experiment
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The Buffer Experiment
No new content for 4 consecutive weeks
D o n ’t p u b l i s h a n y
b r a n d n e w c o n t e n t01
R e p u r p o s e e v e rg re e n
c o n t e n t i n t o e b o o k s ,
& S l i d e s h a re s02
U p d a t e o l d b l o g
p o s t s w i t h a u d i o
a n d g r a p h i c s03
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Content
Audit
• Top performing
• Most shared
• Backlinks
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From the audit,
they chose 10
pieces of content
and separated
them over 4 weeks.
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The Results..
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Blog Traffic
Went Down..
a little
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But Organic
Went Up..
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Slideshare
Views
Increased
• Added 3 new SlideShares
• Referral traffic from SlideShare
jumped from 50 visits to 90
visits
• Increased overall SlideShare
views by 380%
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2,397 ebook downloads
Created 1 new email drip campaign
And maintained less than 5% drop in unique visits to their blog
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Successful Experiment - Reusing Content is Possible
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The Rules to Follow
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C O N T E N T R U L E S Y O U R E X P E R I M E N T M E A S U R I N G C O N T E N TT H E B U F F E R E X P E R I M E N T
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Republishing
vs
Recycling
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B l o g P o s t
S o c i a l M e d i a
E m a i l N e w s l e t t e r
Republishing
Content
Publishing the same piece of content but
updating the info, images, or some of the
content.
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B l o g P o s t
A u d i o P o s t
I n f o g r a p h i c
Recycling
Content
Taking a content piece and reproducing the
content into new forms of content.
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Rule #1:
Don’t Republish All of
Your Content
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Buffer Chose ONLY 10 Pieces of Content,
Not All of 2017
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Rule #2:
Wait 2 Weeks to
Republish Content
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Rule #3:
Don’t Change the
URL if You’re
Republishing
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Unless You’re Going to Update URL on ALL Places…
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Your Buffer Experiment
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C O N T E N T R U L E S Y O U R E X P E R I M E N T M E A S U R I N G C O N T E N TT H E B U F F E R E X P E R I M E N T
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Step #1:
What Are Your
Content Goals?
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Buffer Defined Their Goals, Even Before the Audit
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blog posts
social media posts
email newsletters
infographics
videos
reviews
how-to guides
case studies
training courses
W E B S I T E
T R A F F I C
Different Content Achieves Different Goals
email newsletters
landing pages
social media ads
social media posts
N E W
L E A D S
guest posts
blog posts
infographics
videos
reviews
how-to guides
case studies
training courses
I N C R E A S E
R A N K I N G S
training courses
email newsletters
blog posts
how-to guides
C U S TO M E R
E D U C AT I O N
B R A N D
E X P O S U R E
guest posts
blog posts
infographics
videos
case studies
social media posts
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Step #2:
Audit Your Content
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Pro’s to Auditing Your Content:
W h a t w a s t h e
t o p i c ?
W h a t k i n d o f
c o n t e n t i s i t ?
Wa s i t h o w - t o ,
l i s t i c l e , e t c ?
W h o w a s t h e
a u t h o r ?
H o w d i d y o u
s h a re i t ?
H o w l o n g h a s i t
b e e n p u b l i s h e d ?
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Create a
Spreadsheet to
Track Metrics
1. Create spreadsheet or use this one: http://bit.ly/contentauditexcel
2. Run an audit for all 2017 content
3. Start tracking metrics weekly for new content
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Step #3:
Create Your “Gem List”
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Create Your “Top 10 Gems” List,
or Your Magic Number
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Choose 5 to ReCYCLE and 5 to RePUBLISH
Listicles Update
Infographic
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Step #4:
Distribute Wisely
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How we distribute the content makes or breaks the effectiveness of the content.
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Content Distribution Channels
• SEO
• Reviews
• Media Coverage
• Shares
• Mentions
• Paid Social Promotion
• NativeAdvertising
• DisplayAdvertising
• Retargeting
• PR
• Paid Influencers
• Website
• Blog
• Social Media
• YouTube
PA I D O W N E D
E A R N E D
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Play the Waiting Game - 4 Weeks
or Longer or Shorter…
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Measure the Results
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C O N T E N T R U L E S Y O U R E X P E R I M E N T M E A S U R I N G C O N T E N TT H E B U F F E R E X P E R I M E N T
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Define Your
Key Metrics
Website traffic is a metric, but it may
not be the most important metric for
each content type.
Key metric for blog posts:
Key metric for podcasts:
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What to Measure with
Content.. and the
Tools
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User
Behavior
Find user behavior
metrics using:
• SEMrush Reports
• Google Analytics
• SimpleReach
• Chartbeat
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STURDAY
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Engagement
Find user engagement
metrics using:
• Social media platform analytics
• SEMrush Social Media Tracker
• Mention
• Brand24
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STURDAY
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SEO
Metrics
Find SEO metrics using:
• Google Webmaster Tools
• SEMrush On Page SEO Tracker
• SEMrush Domain Analytics
• Google Trends
• Majestic
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C o n t e n t
M a r k e t i n g
I n s t i t u t e
B2B marketers report sales lead quality
as their #1 most important metric
for measuring content marketing success;
even more important than sales and conversions.
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M a y 2 6 t h 2 0 1 3
STURDAY
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Company
Revenue
Find company revenue:
• Track the number of returning
users in Google Analytics
• Check CRM for new leads /
existing leads
• Conversion rate =
Conversions / clicks
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Key Takeaways..
(write these down)
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R E U S I N G R U L E S C O N T E N T A U D I T M E A S U R I N G C O N T E N TW H Y R E P U R P O S E
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Don’t Be Afraid to
Update Your Old
Content
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Turn Text into
Video and Audio
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Put Your Content
on Slideshare and
Quora
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Turn Old Blog
Posts into eBooks
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Think Mobile-First
With Your Content
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S w e o r
Mobile devices are projected to reach 79% of
global internet use by the end of 2018
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S w e o r
Nearly 8 in 10 customers would stop engaging with
content that doesn’t display well on their device
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Responsive Content
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Text Size
Keep text at a readable size
Images
Keep image file sizes small and
loadable
Load Speed
Aim for load speed of less than
2 seconds
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Buzzfeed Desktop Keyword Positions
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Buzzfeed Mobile Keyword Positions
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G E T S L I D E S
ashley.ward@SEMrush.com
L I N K E D I N
Linkedin.com/in/ashleyward90
S E M r u s h D e m o
www.SEMrush.com
F O L L O W M E
@AshleyMadhatter