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Pamela KosturParallax Communications
Toronto Content Strategy Meetup GroupFeb. 20, 2014
Connecting Content to the Customer Experience
Parallax CommunicationsContent first.
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Content strategyis the new black
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Content first.
But you’d never know it.Just take a look through some
of your customer-facing content, or browse through
the internet.
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Free, but what to choose?
I won’t be Bach for more!
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Content first.
How do customers perceive their interactions with your company?
Customer experience is about their perception,
not company intent.
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Content first.
You need to know
Who are your customers, really?What are they trying to do?How do they use your content?Where do they use your content?What content do they need?How much content do they need?
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Shopping for gifts at Best Buy can be quite an eye-opener!
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Do you think Best Buy talked to any female customers when compiling this gift guide?
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Why honey, thank you for the digital scale and fitness tracker. Just what I wanted!
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Way cooler toys, but…
Who decided what’s appropriate for whom?
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Content first.
Personas are a critical component of every
content strategy.Make them matter.
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Content first.
When’s the last time your company talked to a
customer, or watched them use your product, or your
website, or any of your content for that matter?
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Content first.
You are not your customer
Your employees are not your customers
Your organization is not your customer
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Content first.
Consistency is also a critical component of a content
strategy.Consistency serves as a guide
to customers.
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Inconsistent ways of describing product features make it impossible for me to compare.
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Focus is on who it’s for, what it does, and what it contains
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Focus is on benefits and directions for use
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Focus is on product description
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Content first.
Content has to be more than just pretty.
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Content first.
Content strategy requires that you anticipate what customers
are doing, and guiding them through their task.
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Content first.
Connecting content to customers means providing
them with useful information along their path.
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I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this information!
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A little more guidance here would be useful!
May exist?
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Content first.
Seems simple.
Who is your content for?What are they trying to do?
How does your content help them?Is it consistent?
Is it useful?Is it driven by need, and not design?
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Customer
Content
Needs, wants, expectations
Context
Consistency
And remember, the customer is not you
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This presentation is really a plea to…
Make content the new black
(Meaningful, customer-centric)