Content Marketing Through a PR Lens (GroupHigh #OutreachMarketing Summit)
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Heather Whaling • @prTini#OutreachMarketing
Content Marketingthrough a PR lens
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PR “nuts and bolts” media relations
community relationspublic affairs
eventscrisis communication
Photo credit: Sgrizzo
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PR “nuts and bolts” media relations
community relationspublic affairs
eventscrisis communication
social media
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PR outcomes
PR “nuts and bolts” media relations
community relationspublic affairs
eventscrisis communication
social mediacontent marketing
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PR-centric content:• drives web traffic
• establishes thought-leadership• manages reputations
• builds stakeholder relationships
• generates leads• … and so on.
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examples of PR-driven content marketing6
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GOALS:• Change perceptions
• Build collaboration• Innovate best practices
• Educate the industry
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Content buckets:• Innovation in action• Relationship-driven
business• Cleveland (Ohio) rocks
• Paving the way through leadership
• Madison: Up close & personal
Photo credit: changeable_fate/
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Sparks Innovation Center: Crowdsourced
product development
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Through content, we reinforced positioning and promoted Sparks.
Relevant buckets:Innovation in actionUp close & personal
Paving the way
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Through content, we reinforced positioning and promoted Sparks.
Relevant buckets:Innovation in actionUp close & personal
Paving the way
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Results: • Hundreds of submissions
• 17% company growth• 37% new sales growth
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ShotTrackerwearable basketball tech
GOALS:• drive website traffic
• reinforce positioning as shooting resource
• secure media coverage• spark social chatter &
participation opportunities
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Outcomes:• CBSSports.com & niche
basketball sites• viewed ~90,000 times
• increased web traffic• social interactions with fans, players & reporters
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SeenInstagram marketing platform
GOALS:• drive website traffic
• generate leads in sports industry
• secure media coverage• demonstrate platform
power
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Outcomes:• ESPN.com, Mashable, Yahoo! Sports + more
• increased web traffic 360%
• 50+ viable leads
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Marketwired: #CMADMonitoring platform
GOALS:• reintroduce brand to community managers• drive website traffic
• establish thought-leadership
• spark social chatter & participation opportunities
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Outcomes:• ~30,000 views
• generated new influencer relationships
• strengthened partnership• spike in web traffic
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Marketwired: SEC RulingNews release platform
GOALS:• Establish IR leadership
• Differentiate from competition
• Generate new leads
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Outcomes:• Major media coverage,
including WSJ and IR pubs• Multiple speaking
engagements• Generated new leads
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GOALS:• facilitate collaboration among industry leaders
• build/nurture new relationships
• reinforce industry leadership
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Outcomes:• Achieved goals
• Laid foundation for future collaborations
• Enhanced Madison’s standing among its peers
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tips to help content marketing succeed8
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Pre-Launch:• Plan, plan, plan
• Gauge interest in advance• Build relationships with
naturally aligned communities
• Seed content with media, influencers to provide
early “lift”Photo credit: nicholas_t
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Post-Launch•Repurpose to extend
timeliness • Leverage content for
additional PR opps• Amplify with paid social
• Maximize impact via email and social
Photo credit: andy_tinkham
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Disrupt the status quo. Build awareness.
Acquire customers. Excel in the social world.
Increase sales. Innovate best practices.
Heather Whaling • @[email protected]
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