Content Strategy: Long Live the King

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For years we’ve been saying “content is king” … but many of us have been treating it like a pauper. Find out why we can no longer afford to leave our online content as an afterthought, and how the new and growing field of content strategy is paving the way for a new era of powerful, vibrant, impactful websites.

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Content Strategy:Long Live the King

Rachel ParkerLyrica Copywriting

Hat tips

Richard Sheffield

contentstrategyweblog.com

@richardlol

Kristina Halvorson

braintraffic.com

@halvorson

Hat tips

• Rachel Lovinger rachellovinger.com, @rlovinger

• Rahel Anne Bailie intentionaldesign.ca, @rahelab

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By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon

my cost;

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon

my cost;

And they all And they all

lived happily lived happily

ever afterever after

ContentContent

SearchSearch

Social Social mediamedia

Content Content

StrategistStrategist

So … how did we get here?

Pay-per-Click

Pay-per-Click

SEOSEOInformatio

n Architectur

e

Information

Architecture

User ExperienceUser Experience

AccessibilityAccessibility

InteractivityInteractivity

E-Commerce

E-Commerce

Dude, where’s

my content?

Dude, where’s

my content?

Enter theEnter the

Content Content

StrategistStrategist

What is content?

Content Strategy

The practice of planning for the creation, delivery, and governance of useful, usable content

- Kristina Halvorson

Content Strategy

The nuts and bolts

Phase 1: Audit

Phase 2: Analysis

Phase 2: Analysis (cont’d)

Phase 3: Strategy

Phase 3: Strategy (cont’d)

Phase 4: Workflow

Phase 5: Writing

Phase 6: Delivery

Phase 7: Measurement

Phase 8: Maintenance

The Content Cycle

Content Strategy

Who’s doing it … and how’s it

going?

IBM• Dedicated

Editor-in-Chief• Large staff of

Web content professionals

Wells Fargo• Staff of Content

Strategists• Content

Effectiveness Program to ensure ongoing content assessment across the site

REI• Staff of Content

Strategists, Editors, and Writers

• Vibrant “Expert Advice” section of informative articles and videos

Mint.com• Investment in

content as key driver to online success

In summary …

• Our content is hurting

• There is a solution

• The solution takes commitment, time, talent, energy, resources, and SUPPORT

• … but ignore it at your own risk

Hail to the king, baby.