Help Not Hype: How To Create Content Your Customers Actually Want
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Help Not Hype: How to Create Content Your Customers Actually Want #HelpNotHype
March 25, 2014
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Consumers. The big idea. ethology
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Jay Baer New York Times Best-Selling Author, Youtility @jaybaer
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Anna Hrach Content Strategy Manager, ethology @annabananahrach
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Our personal and commercial lives have merged.
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You are competing for attention against everything.
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Today, everyone is a content creator.
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You must do more than create content. You must make content that matters.
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Youtility is content so useful, people would pay for it.
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We crave Youtility
“Useful articles are forwarded 30% more
than average.”
-- Jonah Berger, in Contagious
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We need more information than ever
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If you make a bad decision, you’re just lazy.
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If you make a bad decision, you’re just lazy
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“I don’t know” is no longer an acceptable answer.
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The power of useful content
Average new customer reads 105 pages 75% of customers never have a sales conversation
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You must atomize your content.
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Be a digital dandelion.
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Embrace cooperative content.
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Content can be amazingly powerful for both brands & customers.
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But only if it’s done the right way.
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Today, 90% of B2C marketers use content marketing.
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/B2C_Research_2014-withlinks.pdf #HelpNotHype
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But only 34% believe they are effective at content marketing.
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/B2C_Research_2014-withlinks.pdf #HelpNotHype
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Yet 60% plan to increase their content marketing budget,
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…while only 39% admit to having a content strategy in place.
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Content costs organizations a lot
Time – Hours, days, weeks, months or years
Money – Salaries, investments
Resources – Physical, digital
People – Someone has to create it all
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The fix is easy. Start with strategy.
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But, before we talk strategy, we need to talk about your website.
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First, fix what’s broken
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Get rid of what you don’t need
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Get Organized
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So, now that that’s out of the way…let’s talk strategy.
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3. Gap Analysis Categories & Topics
4. Plan Creation Tactics & Prioritization
2. Content Audit Quantitative & Qualitative
1. Audience Intelligence Vernacular & Demand
5. Plan Execution Analysis & Agility
Content strategy: the ethology process
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BRAND
VISITORS ROBOTS
Identify the players…
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BRAND
VISITORS ROBOTS ✓
What are the business objectives?
What topics match business & user
interests?
What do our audiences need & want?
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…and understand their needs.
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Sounds like a brochure Ignores user questions Not findable Weak user experience
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Too search-focused = Not the most qualified traffic
Content doesn’t nurture
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Too brand-focused = Sounds like a brochure
Doesn’t meet user needs
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Too user-focused = No benefit for brand Still doesn’t answer questions
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Understand business goals & user needs
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Business Goals Brand Customer User Needs
Sell discounted rooms nights during off-peak times
Find discount rates during off-peak vacation times
Sell conference packages, with catering service upsells
Find a full-service conference location
Grow email registration list for ongoing marketing purposes
Research rates to find cheapest rates on third-party travel site
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Get to know your audience: gather data
On-Site Search: What users want, in their words
Social: Real-time conversations with real customers
Website Content: What’s performing, what’s not
Search Demand: Align with like topics
Consumer Research: Round out unattainable data
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Branded content needs brand guidelines
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Answering “How are we going to do this?” always comes before “What are we going to write?”
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Create clear, repeatable workflows
Plan Create Approve Publish/Govern
Content Strategist
Content Creator
Content Strategist
Guide Strategy
Submit Internally
Subm
it Internally
Director of Operations
Account Manager
Approval
Request
Client Team
Request
Revisions
Content Creator Submit
Internally
Request Revisions
Request Revisions
Approval Given
Content Creator
Client Team
+
Content Strategist
Reporting
Search Specialist
Client Team
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Get approvals. Get all the approvals.
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