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Content Marketing
• Best Practices in Development and Distribution
CONTENT MARKETING BEST
PRACTICES: DEVELOPMENT AND
+xxx
DIFFERENTIATORS
What We Plan to Show You Today
• Content marketing is a emerging ‘must-have’ channel
• Content delivers measureable ROI
• Building an effective content marketing plan
• Winning through advanced content distribution
• Measuring the success of your content efforts
What is Content Marketing?
A strategic marketing approach focused on
creating and distributing valuable, relevant,
and consistent content to attract and retain a
clearly-defined audience — and, ultimately, to
drive profitable customer action.
Creating Distributing Valuable Relevant Consistent
Source: Content Marketing Institute
THE BUSINESS
CASE
Top 4 Values of Content Marketing:
• Lasting and permanent
• Serves two masters
• Gains trust, trust gains customers
• Reaches Millennials better than advertising
Why Content Marketing?
A study by Kapost and Eloqua found that
content marketing ROI outweighed the ROI
of paid search by more than 3x.
• CPL from paid search was $111.11
• CPL for content marketing was $32.25
Sales Force Marketing reports on a study by TMG
Custom Media that found that 78% of consumers
believe that organizations that offer custom content are
interested in building good relationships with them.
Source: Content Marketing Institute
Customer
Information
SEO
Content
Top 3 goals of content marketing
Why Content Marketing?
Source: LinkedIn Technology Marketing Community
Lead
Generation
(59%)
Market
Education
(43%)
Brand
Awareness
(40%)
72% of marketers think that branded
content is more effective than magazine
advertisements.
69% say it’s superior to
direct mail and PR.
Why Content Marketing?
Source: The Content Council
70% of marketers lack a consistent or integrated
content strategy.
But…
Source: Altimeter Group: Content Marketing Software Landscape
What’s stopping you?
STRATEGY &
GOVERNANCE
Effective Content Marketing
STRATEGY
SCHED
ULE
Effective Content Marketing
Creating a Content Marketing Plan
Research:
• What are people saying
about your brand?
• How are people
interacting with your
brand?
• What is the competition
doing? Not doing?
• Find an external style guide
• Use as a template
• Highlight what makes you
different
• Clearly define your editorial
tone and brand voice
• Website ≠ Blog ≠ Social
• Define visual content guides
• 3 Vs: Volume, Value, Variety
• EVOLVE WITH TIME
Creating a Content Marketing Style Guide
Creating a Content Marketing Calendar
52% of marketers support 2 to 4 roles and
buyer personas with dedicated content.
48% of marketers support 3 to 5 buying stages with dedicated content.
Creating a Content Marketing Segmentation Strategy
Content
Segmentation:
• By Product/Service Category
• By Buyer Persona
• By Vertical
• By Buying Cycle Stage
• By Pain Point
Source: LinkedIn Technology Marketing Community
Effective Content Marketing
SEO
RELEVA
NCE
AUTHENTI
CITY
Includes:
• Information and ideas
• Relevance
Effective Content Marketing
Includes:
• Information and ideas
• Relevance
• Tell stories
• Authenticity
Effective Content Marketing
Includes:
• Information and ideas
• Relevance
• Tell stories
• Authenticity
• Text, photos and videos in combination
• Avoid click-bait, cheap or misleading information
Effective Content Marketing
Includes:
• Information and ideas
• Relevance
• Tell stories
• Authenticity
• Text, photos and videos in combination
• Avoid click-bait, cheap or misleading information
• Bite-size, sharable content
Effective Content Marketing
Edit your content into shareable “Social Objects”
Share 3rd party Bass Fishing
video with link to content piece
Creating “Social Objects”
“16 Great Bass Fishing spots. Did
your favorite spot make the cut?
#OnlyinMN”
“Best #Bass fishing in MN. Find
your new honey-hole. #OnlyinMN”
Bass Fishing Pinterest Board with
photos for each ranked spot
59% of content marketers repurpose the
average content asset 2 to 5 times.
Highlight one featured Location per
Monthly Newsletter
Content Creation vs. Content Curation
94% 73%
Content Curation Sources
National
• Travel Trades
• Brand USA
• Press
• Bloggers/Social
Influencers
State
• Travel Trades
• Tourism
• Press
• Visitors Guide
Local
• Attractions
• Hoteliers
• Restaurants
• Festivals/Events
• Neighboring
destinations
Social Channels
Website Content
Effective Content Marketing
Always include:
• Customer-centric keywords (text)
• Strategic third-party linking
• Skyscraper Technique
• Rich Meta-Data
• Page Title
• Page Description
• Page Keywords
• Image ALT tags
• Image Title
• Image Description
Write for SEO
Always:
• Push for regular engagement
• Budget for ‘boosting’
• Respond immediately
• Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right
• Think color theory
Write for Social
Always:
• Regular engagement
• Budget for ‘boosting’
• Respond immediately
• Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right
• Know your color theory
Write for Social
60% of the time,
people decide
whether they are
attracted to a social
media marketing
message or not
based on color
alone.
Red is great for promoting a sale or offer
Blue is better for getting likes
Black is best for images conveying luxury
Pink is popular for being romantic
Orange is best for getting attention
Green is best for conveying values/ethics.
Source: ColorMatters
Write for Social
Pinterest
• Reddish-orange
images get more
love, with twice the
repins of blue
images
• Users also prefer
images with
multiple colors
sharing the
spotlight – these
images receive
3.25 times the
number of repins
as those with only
one main color
Instagram
• Images that are
mostly blue get
24% more likes
than pictures
featuring red as the
dominant color
• Images with one
single color
dominating get
17% more likes
Facebook
• Images with a
dominant blue
theme
(complimenting the
Facebook color
palate) earn
greater
engagement scores
Source: ColorMatters
Always:
• Regular engagement
• Budget for ‘boosting’
• Respond immediately
• Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right
• Know your color theory
• Cross-pollinate social channels
• Facebook ≠ Twitter ≠ LinkedIn
• Drive to website, Drive to partners
• Drive to conversion points
Write for Social
Always:
• Dedicate SEM budget for
content promotion efforts
• A/B/N Test Headlines and
Content
• Deep link your Adwords
• Use campaign specific URLs
Paid Search Content Amplification
Native Content Amplification
Native Content Distribution
Distribute via Email
Email
boasts a ROI
of up to
44:1, more
than any
other
channel
Source: WhatCounts
Email’s Missed Opportunities
Best Practices:
• Build list segments
• At Opt-In
• Using Implied Interest
• Run Multi-variant Tests
• Retarget your lists
• Run Automation
Effective Content Marketing
Measuring Content Activities
Awareness
• Traffic / Page Views /
Time Onsite or
Onpage
• Content Downloads
• Inbound Links / Page
Rank
• Fans / Followers
• Mentions /
Comments / Shares
Consideration
• Opens / Click-
Throughs
• Visitors Guide
Requests
• Inquiries / Database
Growth
• eNewsletter Form
Submission Rate
• Funnel Conversion
• RFPs Received
Conversions
• Qualified Leads
• Sales Opportunities
• Day-Trippers
• Overnight Stays
• Festival Attendance
• ADR Increases
Define Appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Measuring Content Activities
Content Engagement – Completed Read Rate
17%
19%
18%
47%
21%
11%
11%
28%
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Measuring Content Activities
 Time on Page /  Bounce Rate
Person is exposed to your content
Person reviews content on your site
Person clicks on an embedded link out to a highlighted partner
Tracking captures
click out to external
partner site
Reporting ties ‘click-
out’ back to original
media impression
and attributes value
(ROI)
5
1
2
3
4
Measuring Content Activities
Partner ‘Click-Outs’
© 2015
Thank you !
Questions?

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ContentMarketing_BestPractices_small

  • 1. Content Marketing • Best Practices in Development and Distribution CONTENT MARKETING BEST PRACTICES: DEVELOPMENT AND
  • 2. +xxx DIFFERENTIATORS What We Plan to Show You Today • Content marketing is a emerging ‘must-have’ channel • Content delivers measureable ROI • Building an effective content marketing plan • Winning through advanced content distribution • Measuring the success of your content efforts
  • 3. What is Content Marketing? A strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience — and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action. Creating Distributing Valuable Relevant Consistent Source: Content Marketing Institute
  • 5. Top 4 Values of Content Marketing: • Lasting and permanent • Serves two masters • Gains trust, trust gains customers • Reaches Millennials better than advertising Why Content Marketing? A study by Kapost and Eloqua found that content marketing ROI outweighed the ROI of paid search by more than 3x. • CPL from paid search was $111.11 • CPL for content marketing was $32.25 Sales Force Marketing reports on a study by TMG Custom Media that found that 78% of consumers believe that organizations that offer custom content are interested in building good relationships with them. Source: Content Marketing Institute Customer Information SEO Content
  • 6. Top 3 goals of content marketing Why Content Marketing? Source: LinkedIn Technology Marketing Community Lead Generation (59%) Market Education (43%) Brand Awareness (40%)
  • 7. 72% of marketers think that branded content is more effective than magazine advertisements. 69% say it’s superior to direct mail and PR. Why Content Marketing? Source: The Content Council
  • 8. 70% of marketers lack a consistent or integrated content strategy. But… Source: Altimeter Group: Content Marketing Software Landscape
  • 13. Creating a Content Marketing Plan Research: • What are people saying about your brand? • How are people interacting with your brand? • What is the competition doing? Not doing?
  • 14. • Find an external style guide • Use as a template • Highlight what makes you different • Clearly define your editorial tone and brand voice • Website ≠ Blog ≠ Social • Define visual content guides • 3 Vs: Volume, Value, Variety • EVOLVE WITH TIME Creating a Content Marketing Style Guide
  • 15. Creating a Content Marketing Calendar
  • 16. 52% of marketers support 2 to 4 roles and buyer personas with dedicated content. 48% of marketers support 3 to 5 buying stages with dedicated content. Creating a Content Marketing Segmentation Strategy Content Segmentation: • By Product/Service Category • By Buyer Persona • By Vertical • By Buying Cycle Stage • By Pain Point Source: LinkedIn Technology Marketing Community
  • 18. Includes: • Information and ideas • Relevance Effective Content Marketing
  • 19. Includes: • Information and ideas • Relevance • Tell stories • Authenticity Effective Content Marketing
  • 20.
  • 21. Includes: • Information and ideas • Relevance • Tell stories • Authenticity • Text, photos and videos in combination • Avoid click-bait, cheap or misleading information Effective Content Marketing
  • 22. Includes: • Information and ideas • Relevance • Tell stories • Authenticity • Text, photos and videos in combination • Avoid click-bait, cheap or misleading information • Bite-size, sharable content Effective Content Marketing
  • 23. Edit your content into shareable “Social Objects”
  • 24. Share 3rd party Bass Fishing video with link to content piece Creating “Social Objects” “16 Great Bass Fishing spots. Did your favorite spot make the cut? #OnlyinMN” “Best #Bass fishing in MN. Find your new honey-hole. #OnlyinMN” Bass Fishing Pinterest Board with photos for each ranked spot 59% of content marketers repurpose the average content asset 2 to 5 times. Highlight one featured Location per Monthly Newsletter
  • 25. Content Creation vs. Content Curation 94% 73%
  • 26. Content Curation Sources National • Travel Trades • Brand USA • Press • Bloggers/Social Influencers State • Travel Trades • Tourism • Press • Visitors Guide Local • Attractions • Hoteliers • Restaurants • Festivals/Events • Neighboring destinations Social Channels Website Content
  • 28. Always include: • Customer-centric keywords (text) • Strategic third-party linking • Skyscraper Technique • Rich Meta-Data • Page Title • Page Description • Page Keywords • Image ALT tags • Image Title • Image Description Write for SEO
  • 29. Always: • Push for regular engagement • Budget for ‘boosting’ • Respond immediately • Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right • Think color theory Write for Social
  • 30. Always: • Regular engagement • Budget for ‘boosting’ • Respond immediately • Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right • Know your color theory Write for Social 60% of the time, people decide whether they are attracted to a social media marketing message or not based on color alone. Red is great for promoting a sale or offer Blue is better for getting likes Black is best for images conveying luxury Pink is popular for being romantic Orange is best for getting attention Green is best for conveying values/ethics. Source: ColorMatters
  • 31. Write for Social Pinterest • Reddish-orange images get more love, with twice the repins of blue images • Users also prefer images with multiple colors sharing the spotlight – these images receive 3.25 times the number of repins as those with only one main color Instagram • Images that are mostly blue get 24% more likes than pictures featuring red as the dominant color • Images with one single color dominating get 17% more likes Facebook • Images with a dominant blue theme (complimenting the Facebook color palate) earn greater engagement scores Source: ColorMatters
  • 32. Always: • Regular engagement • Budget for ‘boosting’ • Respond immediately • Remember…the customer is ALWAYS right • Know your color theory • Cross-pollinate social channels • Facebook ≠ Twitter ≠ LinkedIn • Drive to website, Drive to partners • Drive to conversion points Write for Social
  • 33. Always: • Dedicate SEM budget for content promotion efforts • A/B/N Test Headlines and Content • Deep link your Adwords • Use campaign specific URLs Paid Search Content Amplification
  • 36. Distribute via Email Email boasts a ROI of up to 44:1, more than any other channel Source: WhatCounts
  • 37. Email’s Missed Opportunities Best Practices: • Build list segments • At Opt-In • Using Implied Interest • Run Multi-variant Tests • Retarget your lists • Run Automation
  • 39. Measuring Content Activities Awareness • Traffic / Page Views / Time Onsite or Onpage • Content Downloads • Inbound Links / Page Rank • Fans / Followers • Mentions / Comments / Shares Consideration • Opens / Click- Throughs • Visitors Guide Requests • Inquiries / Database Growth • eNewsletter Form Submission Rate • Funnel Conversion • RFPs Received Conversions • Qualified Leads • Sales Opportunities • Day-Trippers • Overnight Stays • Festival Attendance • ADR Increases Define Appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • 40. Measuring Content Activities Content Engagement – Completed Read Rate 17% 19% 18% 47% 21% 11% 11% 28% } } } } } } } }
  • 41. Measuring Content Activities  Time on Page /  Bounce Rate
  • 42. Person is exposed to your content Person reviews content on your site Person clicks on an embedded link out to a highlighted partner Tracking captures click out to external partner site Reporting ties ‘click- out’ back to original media impression and attributes value (ROI) 5 1 2 3 4 Measuring Content Activities Partner ‘Click-Outs’
  • 43. © 2015 Thank you ! Questions?