Content Marketing Superstars

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A presentation about some of the leading practitioners of content marketing - what are their secrets, their lessons and their hacks.This presentation was delivered at a webinar for BrightTalk in March 2012.

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Welcome, FutureContent MarketingSuperstars

Me VContent MarketingDigital CampaignsStrategic Consulting• Salesforce• NetSuite• Econsultancy• dotMobi• Ciena• Cisco• Marketo• App-DNA• Canonical

Who are theContent MarketingSuperstars?

Content MarketingSuperstars!

Making of theContent MarketingSuperstars

Lessons

StartA Smart MarketerHumbleUsed to “the way of doing things”

The MotivationA pretty boring arrangementShut off from everything interestingTired of making the arrangements

StartA Smart MarketerHumbleUsed to “the way of doing things”

The RealizationHoly s*@t! I can engage with themarket directly

Great content leads to real leads,which lead to real business

Marketing can actually driveour business

The RealizationHoly s*@t! I can engage with themarket directly

Great content leads to real leads,which lead to real business

Marketing can actually driveour business

The Series of Revelations

Revelations

People went this way before

People went this way beforeFlattery, or just recognition ofgreat work?

Gaining implicit buy-in frominfluencers

Seeking out input fromknowledgeable sources

Building back links

Show you know your audience

Map your content to your audience

Show you know your audience…but what kind of an audienceare they?

What do they love? Hate? Fear?Hope for?

Show you know your audience…but what kind of an audienceare they?

What do they love? Hate? Fear?Hope for?

What are their scenarios?

Situational content

Utility beats naked promotion

Utility beats naked promotionSometimes it doesn’t have to beabout youIt’s enough that it’s from you

Help contacts into a positionto buy from you

Get the most from content

Get the most from contentOne content marketing superstarcalls it “Pimping your content”

Repurpose content for differentcontext, different channels,different audiences

Think about on-site & off-site

Online, it’s all connectedIf you can, avoid entanglements

Use a CMS, track on GA,consider freeware

Online, it’s all connectedIf you can, avoid entanglements

Use a CMS, track on GA,consider freeware

Preach what you’re doingacross the org

Get buy-in from IT & dev resources

Tell them what you need

Go rogue

Just made for DIY

Love your vertical

Loving their domains

Nothing’s safer than testingchange

Nothing’s safer than testingchange

How can change be the mostconservative?

Isn’t it safer to stay put?

Nothing’s safer than testingchange

How can change be the mostconservative?

Isn’t it safer to stay put?

What’s the likelihood you’redoing things wrong?

It’ll always make more sense todiscover waste,than to continue with it.

Manage expectations

Not a commonimmediateresponse

Manage expectationsEstablish a baselineFlag honesty

Measure what makes senseto measure

Google Analyticsis the contentmarketer’s best friend

Measure what makes senseto measure

Link metrics to actions orresponses

Don’t be afraid to change course,or abandon

Content doesn’t sell itself

Content doesn’t sell itselfThink distribution and promotion

What channels will your contenttake to market?

Including influencers

SEO-friendly Landing Page

PPC Campaign

Webinar

Guest posts

Blogging on own site

Slideshare

Twitter

Merchandising on own site

Email newsletter

Mix it up yourself online

Mix it up yourself onlineThe age of the behind-the-scenesoperator is over

Get social skills under your skin

Do your research.

Do your research.If you’re not the data superfreakabout your own business,who will be?

Your data = great content

Move fast and break things

Move fast and break things

Measure

Where is our humblemarketer now?

Content MarketingSuperstars

Where is our humblemarketer now?

Still smart

Still humble

Still used to “the way of doingthings”

Where is our humblemarketer now?

Still smart

Still humble

Still used to “the way of doingthings”

So what’s changed?No longer boredNo longer shut offNot “making the arrangements”

Thanks! Hope you enjoyed it!Would love to hear from anyoneon the journey to contentmarketing superstardom!

Up for a chat?I’m on twitter @rskin11Or email:ryan@velocitypartners.co.uk