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Presentation to Business League Falmouth 22/10/09 - importance of having a consistent and engaging content strategy built using stories.

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Page 1: Whats Your Story Presentation to Business League Falmouth 22/10/09

What's your story?What's your story?

Andy Coote

Bizwords

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Marketing has always been Marketing has always been

a CONa CON

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In factIn factMarketing has always been Marketing has always been

TWO CONsTWO CONs

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CONtentCONtent

CONtextCONtext

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ContentContent

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ContextContext

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Now a third CON is importantNow a third CON is important

CONversationCONversation

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ConversationConversation

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Common Issues with Content Common Issues with Content

TacticalNo common themes/approachesDry ‘essay’ EnglishInconsistent

– message– tone – image

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Common Issues with ContentCommon Issues with Content

Content fragmented; audience is notDifferent messages coming through these

uncoordinated channelsBrand gets muddied and confused.Customers don't buy Because they don't understand what the

business is about

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CommunicationCommunication

Instantaneousunlimited reach.Your message can be broadcast across the

world in secondsworth investing time into putting some

basics in place.

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Just what IS the story?Just what IS the story?

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ContentContent

Critical part of Brandneeds to be

– Consistent– Effective– Engaging– Hence 'stories‘

Must contribute to building the right image Sustained by the actions and behaviours of the

business

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AudienceAudience

What interests them and what they know already

how they talkwhat they are talking aboutwhat we want them to knowwhat you want them to DOwhere we can reach them

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What you want them to DOWhat you want them to DO

Not all hard sell Possible outcomes may be that they

– read more– share information with others– give you feedback– start a conversation with you– express an interest in your product or service– Qualify out or Buy

Important to be clear what you want And have a fallback outcome

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Generating ContentGenerating Content Stories Themes Orient to Audience Sequence of Communications Articles - Press Releases – Collateral Conversations Signposting (Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin) Measure Revise story/new audience Do it over again

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Example StructureExample Structure

Opening – set the scene and engageProblem – why should you read this?Options – what might we doSolution – what you recommend is doneCall to action – offer the next steps

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ContextContextand Conversationand Conversation

Delivery across multiple platforms/channels – The reader chooses how to interact with your

content – Gives permission to develop your conversation

So mix and match the delivery methods Ensure the story and the tone

are delivered consistently.

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Writing OptionsWriting Options

Book – 30 – 80K words

Blog – 100 words Web Page – 300 words

Article – 1000 words

White Paper – 3000 words

ebook – 5 –10k words

Tweet – 140 characters

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Questions?Questions?

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Thank you for listeningThank you for listening

ContactAndy Coote

[email protected]

www.bizwords.co.uk

07949 813784