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Matthew Grocki!
Grass Fed Content!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!




              THE POLITICS OF CONTENT !
#DCSC13!
                        @mgrocki!




Content is political!
#DCSC13!
                        @mgrocki!




Content is political!
#DCSC13!
                                         @mgrocki!




   “One of the biggest
contributors to poor quality
content is internal politics”!
             !
                           Rick Allen!
                        Meet Content!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
            @mgrocki!




$609,000!
#DCSC13!
         @mgrocki!




1,101,560!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                      @mgrocki!



Misappropriation of
money!
!
Redundant spending!
!
Bloated budgets!
!
Poor choices by key
decision makers!
!
Lack of accountability!
#DCSC13!
                                                   @mgrocki!




        The Politics of Content!

•  By the time we recognize we’re in a political
   struggle with content it’s often too late.!

•  Content is more than political. Deconstructing
   the processes that drive such heavily charged
   information can minimalize politics getting in the
   way of achieving your content goals.!
 !
•  The politics of content = $$$. The more politics,
   the more expensive your content objectives. !
#DCSC13!
                                 @mgrocki!




Navigating the Politics of Content!
#DCSC13!
                                         @mgrocki!




Navigating the Politics of Content!

•  Explore the warning signs!

•  Show the politics of content in action!

•  Show ways to mitigate politics
   derailing your content objectives!
#DCSC13!
                 @mgrocki!




Warning Signs!
#DCSC13!
                                           @mgrocki!




              Warning Signs!

•  Your content initiatives are crossing
   multiple lines of business!
#DCSC13!
                                            @mgrocki!




              Warning Signs!

•  Your content initiatives are crossing
   multiple lines of business!

•  Large organization (institution, non-profit)!
#DCSC13!
                                            @mgrocki!




              Warning Signs!

•  Your content initiatives are crossing
   multiple lines of business!

•  Large organization (institution, non-profit)!

•  Buy-in not high enough up the food chain!
#DCSC13!
                                            @mgrocki!




              Warning Signs!

•  Your content initiatives are crossing
   multiple lines of business!

•  Large organization (institution, non-profit)!

•  Buy-in not high enough up the food chain!

•  Assumed cost of business!
#DCSC13!
             @mgrocki!




Multiple lines
of business!
#DCSC13!
                @mgrocki!




Size of your
organization!
#DCSC13!
            @mgrocki!




Your clout is
buried!
#DCSC13!
               @mgrocki!




Ecosystem of
inefficiency!
#DCSC13!
                @mgrocki!




Cost of doing
business!
#DCSC13!
                @mgrocki!




Cost of doing
business!
#DCSC13!
                                               @mgrocki!




10 years ago a publically traded company was
making over 50 million in annual revenue creating
software and services for the banking industry. Much
like many successful growing companies, they
acquired companies to improve their organization. !
#DCSC13!
                                                  @mgrocki!




My job was to work with the content that came
along with those acquisitions. I wasn’t so much
writing content and managing writers, as I was
dealing with a content windfall. !
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                     @mgrocki!




        ?!
Keep!      Update!



Rebrand!   Retire!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                @mgrocki!




Multiple offices!
!
Integrated products!
!
Separate marketing
objectives!
!
Localization concerns!
!
Numerous content
producers!
#DCSC13!
                                                  @mgrocki!




Marketing – was content aligned with global brand?!
!
Sales - how will these products be sold in the future?!
!
Development – how will products or service be built?!
  !
Legal – does the product do what previously claimed?!
  !
Support – are we still supporting current features?!
!
Research – evolution into current business
ecosystem? !
 !
#DCSC13!
                           @mgrocki!




•  Brokering conversations!

•  Deal making between teams!

•  Lobbying for tools!

•  Drafting regulations!
!
!
#DCSC13!
                           @mgrocki!




•  Brokering conversations!

•  Deal making between teams!

•  Lobbying for tools!

•  Drafting regulations!
!
!
#DCSC13!
                           @mgrocki!




•  Brokering conversations!

•  Deal making between teams!

•  Lobbying for tools!

•  Drafting regulations!
!
!
!
#DCSC13!
             @mgrocki!




What does this
mean for you? !
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                             @mgrocki!



Your Product Description!
        Cocktail napkin!
               !
               !
          White board!
               !
               !
    Requirements document!
               !
               !
           Web site!
#DCSC13!
                                                @mgrocki!



     Your Product Description!
CEO needs a presentation!


                                   Sales training!


United lounge!



                            Product development!
#DCSC13!
                                                @mgrocki!



     Your Product Description!
CEO needs a presentation!


Training materials!
                                   Sales training!


United lounge!



                            Product development!
#DCSC13!
                                                     @mgrocki!



     Your Product Description!
CEO needs a presentation!


Training materials!
                                        Sales training!


United lounge!              Different   United lounge!


                                              !
                            Product development!
#DCSC13!
                                                     @mgrocki!



        Your Product Description!
CEO needs a presentation!
                      !
                      !
Training materials!
                                        Sales training!


United lounge!              Different   United lounge!


                                              !
 Bar!                       Product development!
#DCSC13!
                            @mgrocki!



Your Product Description!

    Marketing!
    !
      •  Brochures !
      •  Web Copy!
      •  Data Sheets!
      •  Micro sites!
      •  Sales sheets!
      •  White papers!
      •  Video content!
    !
#DCSC13!
                            @mgrocki!



Your Product Description!

    Marketing!
    !
      •  Brochures !
      •  Web Copy!
      •  Data Sheets!
      •  Micro sites!
      •  Sales sheets!
      •  White papers!
      •  Video content!
    !
#DCSC13!
                                             @mgrocki!



  Your Product Description!
•  Product is about to go to market!
          Marketing!
          !
•  Development can’t get a feature to work!
              •  Brochures !
•  Sales never hearsCopy!
              •  Web of this!
              •  Data Sheets!
•  Marketing •  Micro sites!
               and training aren’t communicating!
              •  Sales sheets!
•  Feature is •  White papers!
               dropped, but legal doesn’t review!
              •  Video content!
          !
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                                                   @mgrocki!



         Your Product Description!
       •  Product is about to go to market!
•                Marketing!
     Over 20 different versions of your product’s story!
                 !
       •  Development can’t get a feature to work!
•    Product has been live for 3! hours!
                     •  Brochures
       •  Sales never hearsCopy!
                     •  Web of this!
•                    •  Data Sheets!
     Your website isn’t optimized for SEO!
       •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating!
                      and training are
•                    •  Sales sheets!
     The phone starts to ring…!
!      •  Feature is •  White papers!
                      dropped, but legal doesn’t review!
                     •  Video content!
                 !
#DCSC13!
                                                  @mgrocki!



       Your Product Description!
       •  Product is about to go to market!
                 Marketing!
  •  Over 20 different versions of your product’s story!
   “What does yourcan’t get ado and how can it
       •  Development product feature to work!
                 !
  •  Product has been help me?”!
                     •  Brochures3! hours!
                          live for
!
       •  Sales never hearsCopy!
                     •  Web of this!
                     •  Data Sheets!
  •  Your website isn’t optimized for SEO!
       •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating!
                      and training are
                     •  Sales sheets!
  •  The phone starts to ring…!
  !    •  Feature is •  White papers!
                      dropped, but legal doesn’t review!
                     •  Video content!
                 !
#DCSC13!
                                                  @mgrocki!



       Your Product Description!
       •  Product is about to go to market!
            Without even realizing it, your
                 Marketing!
  •  Over 20 different versions of thousands – if
      company has just spent your product’s story!
    “Whattens of thousandsfeature to work!
       •  Development your product do and
          not
                does can’t get a of dollars –
                 !
               has been live for 3! hours!
                        Brochures
  •  Producthow•  can it help me?”!
!      • creating duplicate content they will
          Sales never hearsCopy!
                     •  Web of this!
  •  Yourspend over tens of thousands of
                     •  Data Sheets!
           website isn’t optimized for SEO!
       •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating!
                   dollars to clean up. !
                      and training are
                     •  Sales sheets!
  •  The phone starts to ring…!
  !    •  Feature is •  White papers!
                      dropped, but legal doesn’t review!
                     •  Video content!
                 !
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                                                @mgrocki!




       How did we get here?!
•  Content can be a very expensive version of
   telephone!

•  Lack of content strategy creates a
   preponderance of duplicity!

•  LOBs constantly battle for funding, profit
   margins, and resources!

•  We have created a landscape of cultural
   internal corporate competition, each vying for
   executive acceptance and MONEY !
#DCSC13!
                                                   @mgrocki!




    Mitigate the risks of politics!
•  Build politics into the cost of your project!

•  Ask the tough questions early in the project!

•  Align contentious groups for the sake of the
   project!

!
#DCSC13!
@mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
             @mgrocki!




Thank You!
 @mgrocki!
#DCSC13!
                                                                             @mgrocki!




                            Attributions!
http://thejesusvirus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coffeedonuts.png!
http://arnoud.vandelaak.eu/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/peacefully-asleep.jpg!
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/
m490314_60040199011_Warhammer40kRulebookOpen_873x627.jpg!
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance!
http://www.nathanmagnuson.com/the-value-of-asking-why/!
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/old-silos-david-paul-murray.jpg!
http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/images/2008/02/02/commerce02.jpe!
http://www.ci.carbondale.il.us/userfiles/organizationalChart.jpg!
http://blog.skillter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iStock_000004145220XSmall2.jpg!
http://firstamericanvaluation.com/images/2col_lg_industrial_building.jpg!
http://www.awidernet.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/dsc02638b.JPG!
http://www.thewb.com/media/b052f6d65a/batman_black_and_white_pc.jpg!
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/06/0601_indias_world_class_companies/image/
001_intro.jpg!
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/old-silos-david-paul-murray.jpg!
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/old-silos-david-paul-murray.jpg!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Uncle_Sam_(pointing_finger).jpg!
http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.htm!
http://www.kaybelsolutions.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/legal.jpg!
http://baddice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bad-Dice-Live.png!
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Politics of content 1.4

  • 1. Matthew Grocki! Grass Fed Content! @mgrocki! #DCSC13! THE POLITICS OF CONTENT !
  • 2. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Content is political!
  • 3. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Content is political!
  • 4. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! “One of the biggest contributors to poor quality content is internal politics”! ! Rick Allen! Meet Content!
  • 6. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! $609,000!
  • 7. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! 1,101,560!
  • 11. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Misappropriation of money! ! Redundant spending! ! Bloated budgets! ! Poor choices by key decision makers! ! Lack of accountability!
  • 12. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! The Politics of Content! •  By the time we recognize we’re in a political struggle with content it’s often too late.! •  Content is more than political. Deconstructing the processes that drive such heavily charged information can minimalize politics getting in the way of achieving your content goals.! ! •  The politics of content = $$$. The more politics, the more expensive your content objectives. !
  • 13. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Navigating the Politics of Content!
  • 14. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Navigating the Politics of Content! •  Explore the warning signs! •  Show the politics of content in action! •  Show ways to mitigate politics derailing your content objectives!
  • 15. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Warning Signs!
  • 16. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Warning Signs! •  Your content initiatives are crossing multiple lines of business!
  • 17. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Warning Signs! •  Your content initiatives are crossing multiple lines of business! •  Large organization (institution, non-profit)!
  • 18. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Warning Signs! •  Your content initiatives are crossing multiple lines of business! •  Large organization (institution, non-profit)! •  Buy-in not high enough up the food chain!
  • 19. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Warning Signs! •  Your content initiatives are crossing multiple lines of business! •  Large organization (institution, non-profit)! •  Buy-in not high enough up the food chain! •  Assumed cost of business!
  • 20. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Multiple lines of business!
  • 21. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Size of your organization!
  • 22. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your clout is buried!
  • 23. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Ecosystem of inefficiency!
  • 24. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Cost of doing business!
  • 25. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Cost of doing business!
  • 26. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! 10 years ago a publically traded company was making over 50 million in annual revenue creating software and services for the banking industry. Much like many successful growing companies, they acquired companies to improve their organization. !
  • 27. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! My job was to work with the content that came along with those acquisitions. I wasn’t so much writing content and managing writers, as I was dealing with a content windfall. !
  • 29. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! ?! Keep! Update! Rebrand! Retire!
  • 31. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Multiple offices! ! Integrated products! ! Separate marketing objectives! ! Localization concerns! ! Numerous content producers!
  • 32. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Marketing – was content aligned with global brand?! ! Sales - how will these products be sold in the future?! ! Development – how will products or service be built?! ! Legal – does the product do what previously claimed?! ! Support – are we still supporting current features?! ! Research – evolution into current business ecosystem? !  !
  • 33. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! •  Brokering conversations! •  Deal making between teams! •  Lobbying for tools! •  Drafting regulations! ! !
  • 34. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! •  Brokering conversations! •  Deal making between teams! •  Lobbying for tools! •  Drafting regulations! ! !
  • 35. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! •  Brokering conversations! •  Deal making between teams! •  Lobbying for tools! •  Drafting regulations! ! ! !
  • 36. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! What does this mean for you? !
  • 41. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! Cocktail napkin! ! ! White board! ! ! Requirements document! ! ! Web site!
  • 42. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! CEO needs a presentation! Sales training! United lounge! Product development!
  • 43. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! CEO needs a presentation! Training materials! Sales training! United lounge! Product development!
  • 44. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! CEO needs a presentation! Training materials! Sales training! United lounge! Different United lounge! ! Product development!
  • 45. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! CEO needs a presentation! ! ! Training materials! Sales training! United lounge! Different United lounge! ! Bar! Product development!
  • 46. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! Marketing! ! •  Brochures ! •  Web Copy! •  Data Sheets! •  Micro sites! •  Sales sheets! •  White papers! •  Video content! !
  • 47. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! Marketing! ! •  Brochures ! •  Web Copy! •  Data Sheets! •  Micro sites! •  Sales sheets! •  White papers! •  Video content! !
  • 48. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! •  Product is about to go to market! Marketing! ! •  Development can’t get a feature to work! •  Brochures ! •  Sales never hearsCopy! •  Web of this! •  Data Sheets! •  Marketing •  Micro sites! and training aren’t communicating! •  Sales sheets! •  Feature is •  White papers! dropped, but legal doesn’t review! •  Video content! !
  • 50. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! •  Product is about to go to market! •  Marketing! Over 20 different versions of your product’s story! ! •  Development can’t get a feature to work! •  Product has been live for 3! hours! •  Brochures •  Sales never hearsCopy! •  Web of this! •  •  Data Sheets! Your website isn’t optimized for SEO! •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating! and training are •  •  Sales sheets! The phone starts to ring…! ! •  Feature is •  White papers! dropped, but legal doesn’t review! •  Video content! !
  • 51. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! •  Product is about to go to market! Marketing! •  Over 20 different versions of your product’s story! “What does yourcan’t get ado and how can it •  Development product feature to work! ! •  Product has been help me?”! •  Brochures3! hours! live for ! •  Sales never hearsCopy! •  Web of this! •  Data Sheets! •  Your website isn’t optimized for SEO! •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating! and training are •  Sales sheets! •  The phone starts to ring…! ! •  Feature is •  White papers! dropped, but legal doesn’t review! •  Video content! !
  • 52. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Your Product Description! •  Product is about to go to market! Without even realizing it, your Marketing! •  Over 20 different versions of thousands – if company has just spent your product’s story! “Whattens of thousandsfeature to work! •  Development your product do and not does can’t get a of dollars – ! has been live for 3! hours! Brochures •  Producthow•  can it help me?”! ! • creating duplicate content they will Sales never hearsCopy! •  Web of this! •  Yourspend over tens of thousands of •  Data Sheets! website isn’t optimized for SEO! •  Marketing •  Micro sites! communicating! dollars to clean up. ! and training are •  Sales sheets! •  The phone starts to ring…! ! •  Feature is •  White papers! dropped, but legal doesn’t review! •  Video content! !
  • 54. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! How did we get here?! •  Content can be a very expensive version of telephone! •  Lack of content strategy creates a preponderance of duplicity! •  LOBs constantly battle for funding, profit margins, and resources! •  We have created a landscape of cultural internal corporate competition, each vying for executive acceptance and MONEY !
  • 55. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Mitigate the risks of politics! •  Build politics into the cost of your project! •  Ask the tough questions early in the project! •  Align contentious groups for the sake of the project! !
  • 57. #DCSC13! @mgrocki! Thank You! @mgrocki!
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