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Interac)ve Session: Build a PerformanceDriven 2015 Content Calendar #CLEHUG Cleveland HubSpot User Group

Interactive Session: Build a Performance-Driven 2015 Content Calendar

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Interac)ve  Session:      

Build  a  Performance-­‐Driven  2015  Content  Calendar  

#CLEHUG  

Cleveland  HubSpot  User  Group  

Dia  Dalsky  

@DiaDalsky  

Sandie  Young  

@SandieMYoung  

consultant,  PR  20/20  senior  consultant,  PR  20/20  leader,  Cleveland  HubSpot  User  Group  

• HubSpot  Updates  • Best  Prac)ces  in  Content  Marke)ng  +  Calendar  Planning  • Group  Brainstorm  • Brainstorm  Regroup  • HubSpot  Content  Marke)ng  Tools  • Ques)ons  +  Closing  Thoughts  

#CLEHUG  

Agenda  

HubSpot  Updates  

#CLEHUG  

• INBOUND  2014  Recap  • HubSpot  IPO  • Cer)fica)on  Expira)ons    • CRM  +  Sidekick  • Tally  [beta]  

Build  a  Performance-­‐Driven  2015  Content  Calendar  

What  qualifies  as  content  marke)ng?  

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

#CLEHUG  

Content  Marke)ng  Basics  

Photo  cred:  Christopher  Penn  

•  Beyond  a  blog  •  Case  studies,  check  lists,  ebooks,  guest  posts,  infographics,  

podcasts,  video,  white  papers  •  Build  a  comprehensive  content  calendar      

Have  a  strategy  in  place.    

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

#CLEHUG  

From  Content  MarkeAng  InsAtute’s  2015  B2B  Content  MarkeAng  Benchmarks,  Budgets  and  Trends  Report:    

“…as  research  shows,  it  pays  to  take  the  9me  to  write  it  down.  60%  of  those  who  have  a  documented  strategy  rate  themselves  highly  in  terms  of  content  marke9ng  effec9veness,  compared  with  32%  of  those  who  have  a  verbal  strategy.”  

Where  do  you  start?  

 

         

Source:  CMI  2015  B2b  Content  Marke9ng  Benchmark,  Budgets  and  Trends  Report  

Define  your  buyer  personas.      

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

#CLEHUG  

•  Who  are  you  wri)ng  for?  •  What  are  their  pain  points?  Success  factors?  •  What  are  they  reading?  •  What  social  networks  are  they  using?  

Tip:  For  calendar  build  out,  determine  what  topics,  themes  or  keywords  are  most  relevant.    

Map  out  the  customer  journey.      

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

Determine  the  sales  cycle,  specific  to  your  persona(s),  and  iden)fy  key  touch  points  along  the  journey.        Tip:  Find  out  how  personas  interact  with  current  content  offerings.  Pull  a  benchmark  for  performance  metrics,  like:   •  Top  visited  pages  •  Popular  keywords  •  Most  downloaded  pieces,  etc.  

Execute  full-­‐funnel  content  marke)ng.    

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

#CLEHUG  

Include  strategic  content  pieces  for  every  stage  and  persona  along  the  purchase  path.    

Organize  your  calendar.    

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

#CLEHUG  

•  Include  a  publishing  calendar.  •  Add  a  producAon  pipeline.    •  Build  idea  tabs  (themes,  

campaigns)  •  Map  out  the  buying  cycle  to  each  

persona.  

Determine  KPIs.    

Content  Marke)ng  &  Calendar  Planning  

•  Iden)fy  top  metrics  to  measure  success.  •  Use  data  to  drive  change.    •  Look  for  trends,  points  of  fric)on  and  opportuni)es.  •  Connect  content  to  results.  

Sample  KPIs  might  be:  subscribers,  comments,  website  visits,  )me  on  site,  bounce  rate,  etc.    

Brainstorm  Session!  

•  15  minute  breakout  session  

•  Group  #1  —  The  Palace  (glass  conference  room)  

•  Group  #2  —  The  Jake  (conference  room  over  looks  The  Jake)  

•  Group  #3  —  The  Cloud  (wri)ng  corner  with  fluffy  white  couches)  

•  Group  #4  —  The  Q  (conference  room  across  from  the  cloud)  

Brainstorm  Session  

#CLEHUG  

Brainstorm  Regroup  

HubSpot  Content  Tools  

HubSpot  Persona  Tool  

#CLEHUG  

Resource  ar)cle:  How  to  create  personas  

HubSpot  Content  Calendar  

#CLEHUG  

HubSpot  SEO  Tool  

#CLEHUG  

QuesAons?  

•  Remember  to  sign-­‐in!  

•  #CLEHUG  on  Twiler  

•  LinkedIn  Group  

•  cleveland.hubspotusergroups.com  

•  Next  mee)ng—January  2015!  

Closing  Thoughts  

#CLEHUG