Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

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With customers paying less and less attention to traditional marketing messages, smart marketers are harnessing the power of value-focused content to attract and retain business. Are you?

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Content:Secret Sauce of the Marketing BossWednesday, June 13, 2012

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

AGENDA

11:00 – 11:15 Network, get food, grab a seat

11:15 – 11:30 •Introductions•Your Marketing Challenges

11:30 – 12:00 •Marketing: Then and Now•Who Is Today’s Consumer?•Bridging the Gap With Quality Content

12:00 – 12:15 Break

12:15 – 12:45 •Content Marketing Case Studies•How to Get Started

12:45 – 1:00 •Q&A•Door Prizes!•Next Steps

Welcome!

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

YOUR MARKETING CHALLENGES

What brought you here today?

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

MARKETING: THEN AND NOW

Marketing … Then

Interruption-based

Focused on features and benefits

High-pressure

Marketing … Now

Interruption-based?

Marketing … Now

Features and benefits?

Marketing … Now

High-pressure?

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WHO IS TODAY’S CONSUMER?

Who is Today’s Consumer?

Informed

Skeptical

Goes out of his way to avoid marketing messages

Trust first, business later

Who Is Today’s Consumer?

“In the new reality, customers choose which messages to

listen to and which marketers to let in the door. The days of … ‘interruption marketing’ are over. The future is in ‘invitation

marketing.’”- Get Content, Get Customers by Joe Pulizzi and Newt Barrett

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BRIDGING THE GAP WITH QUALITY CONTENT

What Is Content Marketing?

“Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to

attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target

audience—with the objective of driving profitable customer action.”

- Content Marketing Institute (emphasis mine)

What Is Content Marketing?

“Basically, content marketing is the art of

communicating with your customers and prospects

without selling.”- Content Marketing Institute

Other Names for Content Marketing

• Custom publishing• Custom media• Customer media• Customer publishing• Member media• Private media• Branded content• Corporate media• Corporate publishing• Corporate journalism • Branded media

Traditional vs. Content Marketing

TraditionalBillboardsPrint Ads

Direct MailOnline AdsPromotional

Emails

Content Marketing

How-To VideosWebinars

White PapersBlogs

E-Newsletters

Traditional vs. Content Marketing

Traditional“Buy my

stuff”

Content Marketing“I’m here to

help”

Traditional vs. Content Marketing

Traditional

Content Marketing

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BREAK

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

CONTENT MARKETING CASE STUDIES

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

CASE STUDY: US ARMY

US Army

US Army

armystrongstories.com

Over 170 bloggers

Over 10,000 visits per month

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

CASE STUDY: BLENDTEC

BlendTec700% increase in sales

revenue

Over 419,000 YouTube subscribers

Over 194 million video views

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

CASE STUDY: HUBSPOT

HubSpot

HubSpot

HubSpotBlog is their third-biggest

source of leads

Webinars attract between 5,000 and 12,000 attendees

YouTube videos generate 20,000+ views

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GETTING STARTED IN CONTENT MARKETING

Step 1: Know Your Customer

Their needs

Their challenges

Their frustrations

Their knowledge gaps

Step 2: Know Your Content Sources

Your team

Your frequently asked questions

Your experience

Your customers

Step 3: Choose Your Media

Text

Step 3: Choose Your Media

Video

Step 3: Choose Your Media

Audio

Step 3: Choose Your Media

Interactive

Step 4: Choose Your Delivery Methods

Website or Microsite

Step 4: Choose Your Delivery Methods

Blog

Step 4: Choose Your Delivery Methods

Social Media

Step 4: Choose Your Delivery Methods

Email

Step 5: Make a PlanWhoWhatWhenWhereHow

Step 6: Execute, Measure, Revise

Follow your planMeasure results

Revise as needed

Rinse … repeat!

If you like what you heard today …

rachel@resonancesocialmedia.com

713-595-6639

Content: Secret Sauce of the Marketing Boss

THANK YOU!