does content marketing really work?
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Does Content Marketing Really Work?
James Ellis @TheWarForTalent #ContentJam
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Data! (Don’t be scared)
People who saw content…
Were 31% less likely to apply for a job
Does Content Marketing Really Work? NO.
james ellis VP, Inbound Marketing TMP Worldwide @TheWarForTalent saltlab.com
Thank you!
sorry.
Does Content Marketing Really Work?
Not the way most people do it.
Content Marketing Is Not Pixie Dust
You can’t just sprinkle it on your site and make magical things happen.
There’s a simple way to make it work
It’s not about the writing
There’s a simple way to make it work
It’s not about the creativity
There’s a simple way to make it work
It’s not about the design
There’s a simple way to make it work
It’s not about the social strategy
You only need to know one thing:
Whoever knows their audience better wins.
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Know your audience?
• What do you know about that person? • Do you know how old they are and where
they live? • Do they surf on their laptop or phone more? • When they are on their phone, are they
more likely to be playing Pokemon Go or listening to a podcast?
• When do they need your product? • When do they usually realize they need your
product? • When they need your product, is your name
top of mind? • When someone needs your product, what
do they do next? Google? Consumer Reports? TheWirecutter? Their friends? Facebook and Twitter? LinkedIn? Yelp? Google Maps? Indeed?
• Is there a long sales cycle? Do you need to focus on the top of the funnel or farther down?
You can’t talk to a million customers
You can only talk to one person
Super Bowl ads suck
It’s like pitching
• Mid-wife services to a retirement community
• iPhones to a Google conference • Fiats at a NASCAR race • Trump to Mexicans • Cowboy boots to Toronto • Drake music at a rodeo • Trump at the Source Awards • Hillary on Fox News • Skydiving lessons to people scared of
heights • Mops to people with maids • Trump at a grammar convention • Birth Control Pills at an LGBTQ rally • OJ at a Bronco convention • Taylor Swift at Kanye’s house • Snowden to the CIA • Sunlamps to goths • Calm rational Twittering to Trump
Knowing your audience means:
Understanding the need, the tools, their process
Take a moment
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What you want is Relevance
Right message Right person Right time
Content is not aggregate
People don’t read your whole site. They read a page and then make a decision.
Which is another word for Intent
Who was the message intended for? What was it intended to make them do?
If you know the intention You can measure
the outcome
Attraction
Build consideration
Validate decision
Intent: Attract readers
Metric: Incoming traffic
Intent: Build consideration
Metric: New visit % Pages/visit Micro-conversion
Intent: Validate Decision
Metric: Conversion rate
Please note! One piece of content does ONE THING
Attraction content doesn’t convert Validation content doesn’t attract
james ellis VP, Inbound Marketing TMP Worldwide @TheWarForTalent saltlab.com
Thank you!