HOW TO MAP CONTENT TO THE BUYER'S JOURNEY & THE MARKETER'S FUNNEL [INBOUND 2014]
Transcript of HOW TO MAP CONTENT TO THE BUYER'S JOURNEY & THE MARKETER'S FUNNEL [INBOUND 2014]
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How to Map Content to The Buyer’s Journey
Julie KukeshSenior Inbound Marketing Consultant, HubSpot
A 3 Step process for creating the right content, for the right person, at the right time
• 7.5 Years experience• 2+ years at HubSpot• 200+ customers consulted• Fun fact: I married my
husband in January & honeymooned in the Swiss Alps
Principal Inbound Marketing Consultant@juliespatola
JULIEKUKESH
1 What is The Buyer’s Journey?
2 Content Mapping Methodology
3 Map an Individual Content Offer
4 Map Entire Content Library - Content Offer Inventory
AGENDAPart I – Learn & Organize
5 Content Matrix - Analysis
6 Content Roadmap
7 Customizing The Buyer’s Journey for your Persona
8 Use what you have in your Inbound Marketing
AGENDAPart II – Apply, Brainstorm & Create
THE BUYER’S JOURNEY
The Buyer’s Journey is the active research process a potential buyer goes through
leading up to a purchase.
A model to help keep the
prospect’s behavior,
information needs and
problems central to anything
sales and marketing does.
The Buyer’s Journey
“I AM…A bride making a long list of potential destination wedding venues, whittling that long list to a short list and ultimately making a decision”
THE BUYER’S JOURNEY
Prospect has now decided on their solution strategy, method, or approach. Is compiling a long list of all available vendors and products in their given solution strategy. Is researching to whittle the long list down to a short list and ultimately make a final purchase decision.
Prospect has now clearly defined and given a name to their problem or opportunity. Is committed to researching and understanding all of the available approaches/methods to solving their defined problem or opportunity.
Prospect is experiencing and expressing symptoms of a problem or opportunity. Is doing educational research to more clearly understand, frame and give a name to their problem.
“I am a buyer experiencing symptoms
of a problem”
WHAT IS A KEYWORD? PERSONAS
Depict a static picture of your ideal buyer, their habits and needs in general.
56% of U.S. email users unsubscribe from a business or nonprofit email subscription because of content that is no longer relevant. (Source: ChadwickMartinBailey)
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Leverage relevant terms in each Buyers Journey Stage in: Offer Title & Abstract, Landing Page, CTA
Buttons, Email Copy & Subject Line
Map each Content Offer:1. Identify 3 Key Content Mapping Fundamentals: Content Type, Keywords and Terms, User Behavior
• Have a problem with Landing Page Performance
• Have low conversion rate on LPs• Likely have a problem with leads
• eBook• Expert Advice
• Optimize• Improve (“for conversions” implies
“to improve conversions”)
Map each Content Offer:2. Evaluate alignment of each to Buyers Journey Stages
• Have a problem with Landing Page Performance
• Have low conversion rate on LPs• Likely have a problem with leads
• eBook• Expert Advice
• Optimize• Improve (“for conversions” implies
“to improve conversions”)
Content MatrixAnalyze Entire Content LibraryMap & Analyze Overall Content Mix, holes opportunities, overall content alignment with market maturity
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Title ATitle BTitle C
Title 1Title 2Title 3
Offer XOffer YOffer Z
Map & Analyze entire Content LibraryMap & Analyze Overall Content Mix, holes, opportunities, overall content alignment with market maturity
OVERALL CONTENT MATRIX ANALYSIS OBSERVATION
EX 1
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Content offer has unclear Buyer’s Journey stage
Revise content offer title and context to fit specific stage
OVERALL CONTENT MATRIX ANALYSIS OBSERVATION
EX 2
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Content offer contains information aligning with multiple stages
Split Content offer into 2 offers, each distinctly aligned with 1 stage only
OVERALL CONTENT MATRIX ANALYSIS OBSERVATION
EX 3
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Not enough content offers
Repurpose content
Buyer Persona 1 Content Offers
We Have:
Content Offers We Need:
Buyer Persona 2 Content Offers
We Have:
Content Offers We Need:
Content Matrix – Persona EX 1
Buyer Persona 1 Content Offers
We Have: 5 offers 3 offers 2 offers
Content Offers We Need:
Buyer Persona 2 Content Offers
We Have: 0 offers 0 offers 1 offer
Content Offers We Need:
Content Matrix – Persona EX 2
10offers
1offers
Buyer Persona 1 Content Offers
We Have: ? ? ?Content Offers
We Need:
Buyer Persona 2 Content Offers
We Have: ? ? ?Content Offers
We Need:
Content Matrix – Persona EX 3
Topic 1Content Offers
We Have:
Content Offers We Need:
Topic 2Content Offers
We Have:
Content Offers We Need:
Content Matrix – Topic EX 1
Topic 1Content Offers
We Have: 12 offers 7 offers 5 offers
Content Offers We Need:
Topic 2Content Offers
We Have: 0 offers 0 offers 1 offers
Content Offers We Need:
Content Matrix – Topic EX 1
Topic 1Content Offers
We Have: 12 offers 7 offers 5 offers
Content Offers We Need:
Topic 2Content Offers
We Have:
Content Offers We Need:
Content Matrix – Topic EX 2
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What Observations did your Content Matrix Analysis Produce?
Compile a list of the Logical Correlating Recommendations for each Observation
1. Revise Titles
2. Create Landing Pages for new
content found on your website
3. Split Content Offer XYZ that tries
to cover multiples stages into 2
Content Offers: i.e 1 Awareness
Stage PDF and 1 Consideration
Stage Webcast
1. Create Awareness stage White Paper
for Persona A
2. Identify and create more Decision
Stage Content Offers
3. Build up library of Content Offers in all
3 Buyers Journey Stages for Topic #2
4. Repurpose Content Offers in each
Buyers Journey Stage to message to
Persona C where content is lacking
Content RoadmapItemize Next Steps – Separate Short & Long Term Action Items
Short Term Action Items Long Term Action Items
I AM A BUYER _____________• I am a buyer with a problem. • I am a buyer aware of a problem.• I am a buyer aware of a problem/opportunity.• I am a buyer becoming aware of my problem.• I am a buyer seeking (greater) awareness of my problem.
I AM A BUYER _____________
• I need to improve _________________________
• I need to prevent __________________________
• I need to learn more about_________________________
• I want _____________________________
the size of my home for my familyoverspending and going into too much debt
Upsizing my home or if I should renovate my home or buy a new home
Nicer features in my home
I AM A BUYER _____________• I am a buyer considering solutions for my problem.• I am a buyer considering strategies to solve my problem.• I am considering my problem solving options.
I AM A BUYER _____________
• What tools are available for ___________________ ?
• What is an ___________________?
• What is a ___________________?
• What are my _________________________ options?
Calculating a mortgageAdjustable Rate Mortgage
mortgage
Fixed Rate Mortgage
I AM A BUYER _____________• I am a buyer deciding on a specific product and vendor.• I am a buyer trying to make a decision between vendors and products.
I AM A BUYER _____________
• I need _____________________________
• I need to _____________________________
• _________________________
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Bank Independent Mortgage
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1 Inventory your current content, mapping each existing offer to the
appropriate stage in The Buyer’s Journey – Awareness,
Consideration, Decision
2 Analyze your current content to identify holes and content gaps
3 Build out your Buyer Persona’s Buyer’s Journey
4 Create your Short and Long-Term Content Roadmaps
Next Steps
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