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CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR
STARTUPS

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About Me
 Head of Marketing & Partner at Zestard Technologies
 Full Service eCommerce Agency
 T-Shaped Marketer with a Huge Focus on SEO & Link Building
 Co-Founder of Flickstime - Movie Show Timing Comparison Website
 Appeared on Search Engine Journal, FitSmallBusiness, YourStory, Dzone, and many
more publications
 Hacked Knowledge Graph and is now an entity

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Summary
1. Examples of Two Indian Startups
2. What is Content Marketing?
3. Benefits of Content Marketing
4. How to Get Started:
 Part 1: Creation of Content
◼ How to come up with Content Ideas?
◼ 9 Different Forms of Proven Content
 Part 2: Content Promotion
◼ Different Types of Promotion Techniques
5. QnA

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Examples: Software Suggest
Traffic: 300k Per month

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Examples: Software Suggest
Huge Focus on
• Leveraging SEO from the Start
• Producing 2 – 3 Content Every Week around their Product Keywords
• Forms of Content: How to, Review Post, Infographic, Listicle Post, Ego Bait/ Expert Round Up, and Research Post

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Examples: Sales Handy
Traffic: 78k Per month

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Examples: Sales Handy
Huge Focus on
• Leveraging SEO from the Start
• Producing 1 – 3 Content Every Week around their Product
• Forms of Content: how to, Listicle Post, Exclusive Guides, Ego bait/ Expert Guides.

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What is Content Marketing?
A type of marketing that involves the
creation and sharing
of online material with an intend to
STIMULATE
interest in its products or services.

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Benefits of Content Marketing
 Cost Effective Marketing Technique
 Helps You Establish Yourself as an Expert & Authority
 Increases Brand Visibility & Trust
 Overall, Helps in GROWING Your Startup
&

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How to get Started with Content Marketing:
 Part 1: Content Creation
 How to Find Content Ideas
 9 Different Forms of Proven Content
 Part 2: Content Promotion
 Different Types of Promotion Techniques

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How to Find Content Ideas
Part 1: Content Creation

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How to Find Content Ideas?
1. Keyword Research
2. Ahref Content Explorer / Buzzsumo / Uber
Suggest
3. Competitor’s Top Performing Blogpost
4. Quora / Reddit
5. And many more..

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Keyword Research

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Ahref Content Explorer / Buzzsumo / Uber Suggest
Note: Ubersuggest is a free tool while Ahref and Buzzsumo are Paid

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Competitor’s Top Performing Blogpost
Tool: Uber Suggest

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Quora / Reddit

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9 Different Forms of Proven Content
Part 1: Content Creation

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9 Different Forms of Proven Content Format
1. Award Bait / Ego Bait
2. Comparison Post
3. Listicle Post
4. Exclusive Guide / Templates
5. How to Post
6. Video Content
7. Research Post
8. Infographic
9. Quiz

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Awards Bait/ Expert Round Up
 What
 Egobait is a content which is created to attract the attention of a specific person or group of people. It
is essentially producing something that strokes the ego of the person/people/company featured.
 Examples:
 24 Expert SEO Tips & Advice to Boost Your Traffic in 2019 (300 Shares)
 The Top 50 Social Media Influencers on Twitter (2k Shares)
 Why:
 You Get the Chance to ‘BUILD’ Relationship with Influencer
 You Make other Person Look Good
 The other Person Promotes Your Work
 Widens Your Reach

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Example:
Link

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Comparison Post
 What
 It’s basically a Format where you are comparing your SAAS Based Product with other Competitor
 Examples:
 5 Reasons You Should NOT Switch From MailChimp To ConvertKit
 Switch from Infusionsoft to ConvertKit
 Why:
 Lot of Big Companies do it all the time to differentiate their Product.
 Helpful in educating the customers

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Example:
Link

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Listicle Post
 What?
 A listicle is a blog post or article found on the web which is outlined in a bullet point or numbered
fashion.
 Examples:
 22 Everyday Things You Have Been Doing Wrong (219k Shares)
 44 Iconic photos every cricket fan should see (200k Shares)
 Why?
 List posts provide a specific number, and the brain loves specificity.
 People prefer numbered list headlines over any other type of headline.
 Longer lists make people feel like they’re gettin

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Example:
Link

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Exclusive Guide
 What
 A content that basically covers everything about a topic.
 It is a longer form of content
 Example
 WHAT IS CHANGE MANAGEMENT The Definitive Guide
 201 India Travel Tips: The Ultimate Free Beginners Guide (2017)
 Why
 The longer the content (3000+ words), the more shares it stands to gain. This is true because longer
content goes into deeper detail on the topic at hand.
 Easy to Earn/ Build Links (People can easily see value in it)

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Example:
Link

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Study of Words vs Social Media Shares
Longer Form of Content Results into Massive Shares (Source)

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How to Post (Evergreen Format)
 What
 Basically, a format in which the author tries to address one problem
 We have seen this form of content since the beginning of the internet and tons of website only around
this format like wikihow.com
 Example
 How to choose the best mobile phone?
 How to Buy Something Online Without a Credit Card
 Why
 Offers you the solution to your problem
 Specific to your need

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Example:
Link

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Video Content
 What
 Delivering Value through Video format
 Examples:
 Travel Tips for San Francisco
 How to Create a Website from Scratch in Under 10 Minutes!
 Why:
 Super Easy to Understand (Leverages our Senses)
 A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is ?

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Research Post
 What
 A content that is created that communicates a Promise/ solution/ ideas based on the real data/
research
 Examples:
 First Born Child Is Most Intelligent (5 M)
 Bald Men Are Sexier (2.1 M)
 Why:
 Based on Solid Data / Proof
 And we all love Proof & Logic & Explanation
 Top 10 Content Shared on Social Media in 2016 Included 3 Researched Post

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Example:
Link

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Infographic
 What
 Visual Form of Content. You communicate all the ideas via image
 Examples:
 Do You Have Allergies?
 Effects of Quitting Smoking
 Why:
 Super Easy to Communicate

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Example:
Link

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Quiz
 What
 Interactive Form of Content – where you are asked questions and often shown the result at the end
 Examples:
 Personality Quiz on Facebook
 Which Friend Character Are You?
 Which job should you really have?
 Why:
 People will use a quiz to get the number. It gives people something to look at, an object to think with.
 Sharing your results from a quiz is subtle way to say something about yourself without sounding vain

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Tools to Generate Titles
 Fatjoe Title Generator
 Title-Generator
 SEO Pressor
 Hubspot Blog Ideas Generator
 Portent Title Maker

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Different Types of Promotion Techniques
Part 2: Content Promotion

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Different Types of Promotion Techniques
1. Influencer Outreaching
2. Author Outreaching
3. Resource Page Link Building
4. HARO
5. Promotion on Social Media
6. Quora Answers
7. Forums/ Blog Comments
8. Guest Posting