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The agenda
• Why content marketing fails
• 5 steps to a content marketing strategy
• BREAK
• Selling content marketing to your
colleagues
• Measuring success
• Organizing your content marketing team
• Choose your tactics: ”Juleribba”, Angler,
Curator or Mailbox
• Summing up
Who is Joakim Ditlev, anyway?
• Author of Content Marketing Bogen
• 6 years content marketing experience
• I help companies:
– Change the way they act and think about
marketing
– Create longterm customer relations
through useful or entertaining content.
180 blog posts later
When we wrote the book we
realized that…
When we wrote the book we
realized that…
• Some of the best cases is driven by
gut feelings. They don’t call it
”content marketing” themselves.
When we wrote the book we
realized that…
• The best cases have one thing in
common: They really want to know
what matters to their customers.
When we wrote the book we
realized that…
• Done is better than perfect
Frequent content marketing fails
• Content excitement without a
documented strategy
• Focusing on several markets or
business lines at once
• Lack of commitment from the boss
• Lack of focus for distributing content
• Time optimism
Can you avoid obstacles?
Without a strategy…
It’s very hard to find the treasure
Content Marketing – strategiseminar av Joakim Ditlev på Epic Content Marketing 2015
5 steps to crack the content
marketing nut
The 5 steps for your strategy
1. Purpose
2. Business goals
3. Target audience and persona
4. Organization and implementation
5. Content distribution
The Golden Circle
Quiz: Name this company!
Name another one!
Find your ”why”?
• Ask your neighbor:
”What is your workplace doing?”
• Then ask:
”Why?”
Your business goal:
• What kind of business goal are you
trying to achieve?
• Sales
• Savings
• Sunshine
Look for actual strategies
• ”Our goal is to increase
sales in offshore by 50%”
(Sales)
• ”We need to cut costs per
customer by 20%”
(Savings)
• ”Our ambition is to
become the most known
brand in the UK market”
(Sunshine)
Did your boss ever say anything
like that?
What you want to say
!=
What your customers want to hear
• But there is an overlap. Find
it by asking:
– How can your content create
value to your customers?
– What matters to the customers
related to your products?
Who are you reaching out to?
From target audience to persona
Persona 1: Persona 2:
Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Personality:
Prefered media / devices:
Getting advice from:
Pain:
Goal:
How to get customer insight
• Surveys
• Focus groups
• Interviews
• Insights from sales / customer
service
Organizing the effort
How the media is organized
Boss
Journalist Photographer Video creator
Editor
The editor’s role
• Manage the project
• Set deadlines
• Ensure content quality
• Contact to external content providers
• Permission to be annoying…
Become the editor!
• Who can you include in the content
creation process?
Nature calls for Aarstiderne
Unisport. Dependent on events
and the big brands
Ensure an editorial line and fixed
deadlines
What’s the point if noone ever
sees your content?
Is a ”content shock” coming up?
Mix the channels - but focus on
Owned Media
Content Marketing =
Marketing Content
• Spend the same effort promoting as
producing content
• Start with your colleagues
• Your best content
deserves a bit of your
advertising budget
Content Marketing – strategiseminar av Joakim Ditlev på Epic Content Marketing 2015
Let’s talk!
• Are your colleagues in favor of
content marketing?
• What kind of challenges do you
expect, when rolling out a content
marketing program?
You need to get the boss on
board, because
• Lack of buy-in is a main reason, why
content marketing fails
• Easier access to time and knowledge
• Reduce risk of being just another
campaign
The boss: ”Show me the money!”
Usually the boss doesn’t like
content marketing
• It’s hard to fit into the quarterly
budgets
• It’s hard to document the results
Show the long term wins
• AdWords vs. content marketing
Make sure to highlight the
business goal
• How does your content support the
company’s business goals?
Brand manager: ”Say what?”
Talk about brand exposure
• How big is the potential target
audience we are focusing on?
• How do we ensure that the target
group recognizes our brand while we
are talking less about ourselves?
Sales director: ”Where are my
leads?”
Talk about the new buying process
• Sales may get less leads, but they
are better educated and easier to
close
• Focusing on content marketing
doesn’t mean that traditional lead
gen activities end overnight
Speak the right language
If your colleagues don’t buy in:
• Convince them through results
4 kinds of metrics
What should you report?
Does calculating ROI have a ROI?
Calculate your audience value
What’s the value of MY audience?
When measuring the results it…
• Is easier to know if you’re on the right track
• Is easier to demonstrate value for the
business
• Is easier to get rid of vanity metrics
• Feels like you’re earning money for every new
piece of content you publish
Chicken and egg
• How do I know the results before I
get started with content marketing?
Find the lowest hanging fruits and
demonstrate that it pays off
• Start a pilot project
• Underpromise and
overdeliver
• Use the pilot as a
crowbar to get more
budget
• Expand by 1 market /
business line at the time
Time-out: Are we still on track?
• Strategy
– Purpose
– Business goals
– Target audience and persona
– Organization and implementation
– Content distribution
• Boss is ok
• We found a pilot project
• We know what to measure
Choose your tactic
What do you eat in Norway for
Christmas?
Juleribba-taktikken
1. Create an eBook/guide
about a specific topic (din
juleribba)
2. Create a gated landing
page for your guide.
3. Slice the roast by creating
blog posts of small parts
of the guide. Include the
entire guide as CTA.
4. Create and autoresponder
including tips to everyone
signing op for the guide.
(rib-sandwich)
The mailbox tactic
Any answer is a piece of content
You answer more than 1 person
The mailbox tactic
1. Collect all incoming questions.
2. Find out what your customers ask
about the most related to your
products.
3. Create a series of blog posts /
videos answering the questions.
4. Keep an eye on SEO
Do like Blacksnow
The angler tactic
The Angler tactic
1. Create infographics /
videos / calculators or
similar.
2. Place on your own
website.
3. Spend time ”fishing for
links.” Ask relevant sites
to use and link to your
infographics.
4. The tactic also works for
PR outreach.
The curator tactic
The curator has a good taste
• Selecting and
serving the best
content
• Curated content
pays the
recognition forward
– you build
relations.
Curated content adds value
Let’s talk!
• Are you using any of the tactics
today?
• Anyone that could work for you
tomorrow?
Time for thoughts
Action!
Please write!
1. What is the most important learning
from this session?
2. What is the next thing you have to
do in your content marketing
efforts?
To get content marketing right
you need to
• Make sure your boss
understands how you
content can drive
business
• Have a documented
content marketing
strategy
• Soft launch a pilot
project with just one
tactic / channel
Thanks for listening!
• www.contentmarketing.dk
• www.cmbogen.dk
jditlev
joakimditlev

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Content Marketing – strategiseminar av Joakim Ditlev på Epic Content Marketing 2015

  • 2. The agenda • Why content marketing fails • 5 steps to a content marketing strategy • BREAK • Selling content marketing to your colleagues • Measuring success • Organizing your content marketing team • Choose your tactics: ”Juleribba”, Angler, Curator or Mailbox • Summing up
  • 3. Who is Joakim Ditlev, anyway? • Author of Content Marketing Bogen • 6 years content marketing experience • I help companies: – Change the way they act and think about marketing – Create longterm customer relations through useful or entertaining content.
  • 5. When we wrote the book we realized that…
  • 6. When we wrote the book we realized that… • Some of the best cases is driven by gut feelings. They don’t call it ”content marketing” themselves.
  • 7. When we wrote the book we realized that… • The best cases have one thing in common: They really want to know what matters to their customers.
  • 8. When we wrote the book we realized that… • Done is better than perfect
  • 9. Frequent content marketing fails • Content excitement without a documented strategy • Focusing on several markets or business lines at once • Lack of commitment from the boss • Lack of focus for distributing content • Time optimism
  • 10. Can you avoid obstacles?
  • 12. It’s very hard to find the treasure
  • 14. 5 steps to crack the content marketing nut
  • 15. The 5 steps for your strategy 1. Purpose 2. Business goals 3. Target audience and persona 4. Organization and implementation 5. Content distribution
  • 17. Quiz: Name this company!
  • 19. Find your ”why”? • Ask your neighbor: ”What is your workplace doing?” • Then ask: ”Why?”
  • 20. Your business goal: • What kind of business goal are you trying to achieve? • Sales • Savings • Sunshine
  • 21. Look for actual strategies • ”Our goal is to increase sales in offshore by 50%” (Sales) • ”We need to cut costs per customer by 20%” (Savings) • ”Our ambition is to become the most known brand in the UK market” (Sunshine)
  • 22. Did your boss ever say anything like that?
  • 23. What you want to say != What your customers want to hear • But there is an overlap. Find it by asking: – How can your content create value to your customers? – What matters to the customers related to your products?
  • 24. Who are you reaching out to?
  • 25. From target audience to persona Persona 1: Persona 2: Name: Age: Occupation: Personality: Prefered media / devices: Getting advice from: Pain: Goal:
  • 26. How to get customer insight • Surveys • Focus groups • Interviews • Insights from sales / customer service
  • 28. How the media is organized Boss Journalist Photographer Video creator Editor
  • 29. The editor’s role • Manage the project • Set deadlines • Ensure content quality • Contact to external content providers • Permission to be annoying…
  • 30. Become the editor! • Who can you include in the content creation process?
  • 31. Nature calls for Aarstiderne
  • 32. Unisport. Dependent on events and the big brands
  • 33. Ensure an editorial line and fixed deadlines
  • 34. What’s the point if noone ever sees your content?
  • 35. Is a ”content shock” coming up?
  • 36. Mix the channels - but focus on Owned Media
  • 37. Content Marketing = Marketing Content • Spend the same effort promoting as producing content • Start with your colleagues • Your best content deserves a bit of your advertising budget
  • 39. Let’s talk! • Are your colleagues in favor of content marketing? • What kind of challenges do you expect, when rolling out a content marketing program?
  • 40. You need to get the boss on board, because • Lack of buy-in is a main reason, why content marketing fails • Easier access to time and knowledge • Reduce risk of being just another campaign
  • 41. The boss: ”Show me the money!”
  • 42. Usually the boss doesn’t like content marketing • It’s hard to fit into the quarterly budgets • It’s hard to document the results
  • 43. Show the long term wins • AdWords vs. content marketing
  • 44. Make sure to highlight the business goal • How does your content support the company’s business goals?
  • 46. Talk about brand exposure • How big is the potential target audience we are focusing on? • How do we ensure that the target group recognizes our brand while we are talking less about ourselves?
  • 47. Sales director: ”Where are my leads?”
  • 48. Talk about the new buying process • Sales may get less leads, but they are better educated and easier to close • Focusing on content marketing doesn’t mean that traditional lead gen activities end overnight
  • 49. Speak the right language
  • 50. If your colleagues don’t buy in: • Convince them through results
  • 51. 4 kinds of metrics
  • 52. What should you report?
  • 53. Does calculating ROI have a ROI?
  • 55. What’s the value of MY audience?
  • 56. When measuring the results it… • Is easier to know if you’re on the right track • Is easier to demonstrate value for the business • Is easier to get rid of vanity metrics • Feels like you’re earning money for every new piece of content you publish
  • 57. Chicken and egg • How do I know the results before I get started with content marketing?
  • 58. Find the lowest hanging fruits and demonstrate that it pays off • Start a pilot project • Underpromise and overdeliver • Use the pilot as a crowbar to get more budget • Expand by 1 market / business line at the time
  • 59. Time-out: Are we still on track? • Strategy – Purpose – Business goals – Target audience and persona – Organization and implementation – Content distribution • Boss is ok • We found a pilot project • We know what to measure
  • 61. What do you eat in Norway for Christmas?
  • 62. Juleribba-taktikken 1. Create an eBook/guide about a specific topic (din juleribba) 2. Create a gated landing page for your guide. 3. Slice the roast by creating blog posts of small parts of the guide. Include the entire guide as CTA. 4. Create and autoresponder including tips to everyone signing op for the guide. (rib-sandwich)
  • 64. Any answer is a piece of content
  • 65. You answer more than 1 person
  • 66. The mailbox tactic 1. Collect all incoming questions. 2. Find out what your customers ask about the most related to your products. 3. Create a series of blog posts / videos answering the questions. 4. Keep an eye on SEO
  • 69. The Angler tactic 1. Create infographics / videos / calculators or similar. 2. Place on your own website. 3. Spend time ”fishing for links.” Ask relevant sites to use and link to your infographics. 4. The tactic also works for PR outreach.
  • 71. The curator has a good taste • Selecting and serving the best content • Curated content pays the recognition forward – you build relations.
  • 73. Let’s talk! • Are you using any of the tactics today? • Anyone that could work for you tomorrow?
  • 75. Action! Please write! 1. What is the most important learning from this session? 2. What is the next thing you have to do in your content marketing efforts?
  • 76. To get content marketing right you need to • Make sure your boss understands how you content can drive business • Have a documented content marketing strategy • Soft launch a pilot project with just one tactic / channel
  • 77. Thanks for listening! • www.contentmarketing.dk • www.cmbogen.dk jditlev joakimditlev

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