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Page 1: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Tips Tools And Templates To Help You

Build Your Content Marketing Strategy

Michael Brenner

Head of Strategy NewsCred

BrennerMichael

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Agenda

bull The key factors for content marketing success

bull The core components of a content marketing strategy

bull How to utilize content across the buyer journey

bull Companies doing it right

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Just 3 Things

The world has changed

Most content stinks

Attract people through stories they love

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content today must compete with pictures of babies and

kittens

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 2: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Agenda

bull The key factors for content marketing success

bull The core components of a content marketing strategy

bull How to utilize content across the buyer journey

bull Companies doing it right

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Just 3 Things

The world has changed

Most content stinks

Attract people through stories they love

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content today must compete with pictures of babies and

kittens

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 3: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Just 3 Things

The world has changed

Most content stinks

Attract people through stories they love

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content today must compete with pictures of babies and

kittens

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 4: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content today must compete with pictures of babies and

kittens

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 5: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 6: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content marketing trends

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 7: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 8: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 9: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 10: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 11: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 12: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

12

I have no patience for useless things BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 13: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 14: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 15: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

We tune out

the noise

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 16: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 17: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content Marketing is all the marketing

thatrsquos left

Seth Godin 2008rdquo

ldquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 18: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

18

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 19: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

ldquoThe buyer journey is nothing more than

a series of questions that must be

answered

- IDC -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 20: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Awareness Consideration Preference

Online Communities

Search Engines

eBooks

Email Newsletters

Editorial Articles

White Papers

Podcasts

Case Studies

Online Videos

Webcasts

Virtual Trade Shows

Product Literature

Trial Software

Online Vendor Demos

Begindecision process

Makedecision

Identify business problem Establish

requirements build RFP

Align IT with business

objectives

Explore technology

options

Research solutions

Determine solution strategy Assess ROI

Research products vendors

Build short

list

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 21: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 22: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Ann Handley ldquoTake your brand out of the story

Make your customers the herordquo

Our Natural Instinct

ContentMarketing

WhatBrandsPublish

WhatCustomers

Want

Charity

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 23: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

ContentMarketing

YourBrand

Purpose

WhatCustomers

Want

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Why does your brand exist

What purpose does it serve

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 24: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

ldquoContent marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing

relevant and valuable content to attract acquire and engage a clearly defined and

understood target audience ndash with the objective of driving profitable customer actionrdquo

-Content Marketing Institute

bull Not advertising or PR

bull It is continuous not campaign-based

bull Customer-focused not brand-focused

bull Seeks to answer customer questions across the buyer journey

bull Owned media = An asset for your business with LTV and ROI

Content Marketing Defined

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 25: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Joe Pulizzi

ldquoDonrsquot build your house on rented landrdquo

- Publish On Your Own Content Hub -

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 26: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

The Promise of Content Marketing

To earn your audience

versus buying it

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 27: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

How brands can become consumed with their

story not their customers

Unique Point of View Trap

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 28: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

ldquoWe need to stop interrupting what

people are interested in and be what

people are interested in

- CRAIG DAVIS -rdquo

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 29: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

29

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 30: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Key factors to content marketing success

1 Documented content strategy and mission statement

2 Have someone accountable for content

3 Consistently publish quality content

4 Map content to consumer journey

5 Paid Distribution

6 Focus on Content Subscribers

7 Track Content Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 31: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Give yourself a grade

Best Practice R Y G

Have a documented content strategy

Have someone managing content

Content hub maps to the consumer journey

Publishing quality volume and variety

Social activation of content

Paid distribution

Focus on Content Subscriptions

Measurement template ROI defined

Overall

D

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 32: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 33: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Why is it Important to Have a Documented

Content Marketing Strategy

Source CMI

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 34: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

bull Thinking and acting like a publisher

bull Delivering content your audience wants

bull Managing content as an asset (with an ROI)

What is a Content Marketing Strategy

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 35: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

3 Steps to Building a Content Strategy

1 Why

Whatrsquos the Business Case

3What

Show results tied to your business

objectives

2 How

Team actions and budgets needed

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 36: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a destination for [target audience]

interested in [topics] To help them

[customer value]

This will help us [content marketing goals]

bull Earn your audiencersquos attention vs just

buying it

bull Reach engage and convert NEW buyers

AmEx Open Forum Example Help Small

Businesses Do More Business To become

the largest source of inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 37: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

What Is Your Content Marketing Mission Statement

Become a (premier) destination

for [target audience]

interested in [topics]

to help them [customer value]

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 38: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Steps to crafting a content strategy

DiscoveryDestinationBranding + Design

Roles + Responsibility

Editorial Strategy

Distribution + Optimization

Measurement

bullCurrent State

bullTarget Audience

bullBusiness Case

bullMission

Statement

bullBudget

bullBranding

bullUX

bullPlatform

bullWho does what

bullNewsCred

bullAgency

bullYou

bullStructure

bullTopics

bullTypes

bullSources

bullSEO

bullSEO

bullPlatforms

bullPaid

bullOwned

bullEarned

bullEmail Newsletter

bullBusiness Case KPIs

bullDefine report

bullHow often

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 39: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Building the content marketing business case

1 Reach early stage buyers

2 Engage new buyers with your brand

3 Conversions you would have never reached

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 40: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Define Content Marketing Roles and Functions

Content

Marketer

EditorStrategizes

writes

and oversees

content projects

to ensure brand

consistency and

alignment with

business

objectives

Community

ManagerDistributes content

across social

channels engages

online communities

and contributes to

content projects

DesignerBrings content to life

through the user

experience and rich

visuals

ContributorsAny content creator-

blogger

photographer

designer mdash who

contributes to your

project

SEO Paid

SpecialistManages the paid

distribution of

content online

AnalyticsDefines best worst

performers

conversion

optimization and

measurement

communications

CurationFines and re-

purposes the best

content from your

business and from

around the web

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 41: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Consider Your Destination and Branding

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 42: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Design Structure

1) Categories across the top show visitor what space you are in

2) Images help humanize the site and break text

3) Published content horizontally shows frequency (add dates and authors)

4) Share buttons encourage social sharing

5) Mid-stage offer on right6) Newslettersubscription sign up

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 43: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 44: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

60-70 of marketing contentgoes completely unused

Sirius Decisions

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 45: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 46: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Behind every piece

of bad content

is an executive

who asked for it

TWEET THIS

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 47: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Conduct A Content Audit

bull Content Typebull Audience Targetbull Buyer Stagebull Primary Destinationbull Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 48: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Look at Content by Buyer Stage

Early Stage

Middle Stage

Late Stage

66 28

Early-Stage Content

Late-Stage

Content

Middle-Stage

Content

6

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 49: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Reach Engage and Convert

the Right People

Early-stage Searches

Middle-stage

Brand Searches

Searc

h S

ocia

l Vo

lum

e

What is Content Marketing

(10-3000 X)

Who is the best Content

Marketing provider

(2-10 X)

NewsCred Content

Marketing software

is how awesome

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 50: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

What Are We Going to Write About

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 51: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Publishers publish everyday on each topiccategory

bull Organic Traffic goes up with each new article published

bull Diminishing return (see below)bull Optimize content budget vs paid distribution budget

bull Increasing frequency will increase Organic + Social of Total PVs

A few times a year

1-2X permonth

lt monthly 1-2X perweek

1 per day More than 1 per day

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 52: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 53: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 54: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 55: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 56: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 57: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Xyz Early Xyz

Late Xyz Xyz

Persona QuestionsConcerns

Xyz

Middle Xyz Xyz

Keywords

Stage

Stage

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Research Keywords Then Filter By Personas

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 58: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Utilize the Right Mix of Content

Custom Content

Share on-brand stories and recipes which are created

specifically for your brand

Community Content

Leverage content from customers employees

influencers that grows and engages your community

Licensed Content

Boost credibility publishing cadence and direct traffic

with a high-volume of fully-licensed compliant

content

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 59: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Content Mix (Monthly Average)

LicensedCustomSocial

Custom Content

20

User

Employee

50

Licensed Content

30

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 60: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

How To Rank For SEO The 3 Vs (Content Mix)

Volume

Number of posts

on the topic

Value

The best answer

on the internet

Variety

Text images

video slides

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Even great content needs a pushThe average Hollywood movie spends 50-60 of production budget on distribution

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Show me the moneyBrennerMichael bull CMWorld

3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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3 Components of Content Marketing ROI

1 Cost 2 Utilization 3 Performance

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Proving Content Marketing ROI1 Reach early stage buyers

bull Fair ldquoShare of Conversationrdquo

bull Unbranded Search traffic on your website

bull Banner effectiveness at driving brand visits

bull Cost of advertising search landing pages with low organic and social traffic

bull Cost of organic and social website traffic vs paid

2 Engage new buyers with your brandbull Time spent Bounce rate on content vs advertising landing pages

bull Cost Repeat visits Time engaged with your brand

bull Subscribers value per subscriber

3 Conversions you would have never reachedbull Cost per lead Pipeline touched Cost per registration (content or events) Cost per sale

bull Content source of leads

bull ROI vs Avg Marketing ROI

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend

rdquo

ldquo

Julie Fleischer Kraft

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Define Key Measures and Targets

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Organic and Social Up and to the Right

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Un

iqu

e V

isit

ors

Traffic from Organic Social amp Referrals

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 68: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Content MarketingSuccess

Building a SuccessfulContent Strategy

Companies Doing It RightUtilizing Content Across

the Buyer Journey

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 70: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

AMEX OpenForum

Mission Help Small Businesses Do

More Business

Approach Publish every day

authoritative voices build community

Outcome The largest source of

inbound leads

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 71: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BufferApp Blog

Lesson for Brands

Think bigger than yourself and

what you sell Help people with

their biggest problems and you

will earn their attention

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 72: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

bull Effortlessly combines national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design celebrity homes and company updates

bull Up to 6 new posts per day

bull Distribution and large audiences across Facebook Pinterest Instagram Twitter and Google+

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 73: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Casperrsquos Van Winkles

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 74: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

Red Bulls Red Bulletin

ldquoTurning brand love

into can loverdquo

Lessons for Brandsbull Take the buzz phrase act like a

publisher literally

bull Divert paid media dollars to earned and owned value

bull Build in-house production resources

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Page 75: Tips, Tools, And Templates To Help You Build Your Content ...… · “Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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A Successful Content Marketing Strategy Key Takeaways

1 Commit to publishing content that your customers actually want

2 Figure out what questions your customers ask (Google) what content they share (Social) and what channels they use

3 Start publishing content

4 Distribute the winners (paid email and organic social)

5 Measure and optimize what works

6 Thank Michael Brenner (Your Welcome) jk

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld

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Michael BrennerHead of Strategy

NewsCred

BrennerMichael bull CMWorld