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How content strategy  supports communications strategy Diana Railton Content Strategy Forum 2011
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THE COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSION
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41,000 members
‘ The Never-Ending Turf War between PR and Marketing’
Call for ‘integrated communications’  ‘Peanut butter and jelly’
Call for ‘integrated communications’   ‘The director should be a Communicator 360° with sufficient knowledge of all parts involved’
Call for ‘integrated communications’  ‘If we persist in this argument, we will never be able to set in place a sound communications strategy ’
Call for ‘integrated communications’  ‘United we stand, divided we fall’
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Business  strategy Corporate communications strategy External communications strategy Internal communications  strategy
 
 
 
 
 
Professional communications  teams Other  departments Content  teams Communication management
Need to share  communications strategy Professional communication  teams Other  departments  Content  teams Communication management
Provide a template  to integrate strategies Professional communication  teams Other  departments  Content  teams Communications strategy
 
The mind-set of senior managers
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CONTENT STRATEGY RESULTS + ACTIVITY
 
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‘ Do-ability’
Producing a strategy
 
 
 
What do strategies look like?  PASTA   P urpose / Vision / Mission  A ims / Objectives / Goals S trategy T actics A ctivities
VISION Where you want to get to
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Which organisation?  To be earth’s most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online .
Which organisation?  To be earth’s most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online .
Which organisation?  To organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Which organisation?  To organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Which organisation?  To be the fabric of real-time communication on the web.
Which organisation?  To be the fabric of real-time communication on the web.
GOALS What you want to achieve / outcome VISION
Critical success factors Key performance indicators GOALS What you want to achieve / outcome VISION
STRATEGY GOALS VISION
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STRATEGY How you’re going to meet the goals GOALS VISION
Goal
Response  ‘It would be an inspiring goal if there was a serious strategy.  ‘But there isn’t. Even with the best will in the world, it is not going to happen.’ Guardian
TACTICS Short-term actions STRATEGY GOALS VISION
 
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STRATEGY ROBUST, LONGER TERM TACTICS CHANGE RAPIDLY
Schedule:  action plans ACTIVITY Day to day  TACTICS STRATEGY GOALS VISION
Budget COST ACTIVITY TACTICS STRATEGY GOALS VISION
Cost Measurement ROI  COST ACTIVITY TACTICS STRATEGY GOALS VISION
 
 
 
What does a basic strategy look like?  P urpose / vision. What is it for? A ims / goals. Max of 7?  S trategy. How will you do this? T actics. What’s your action plan? A ctivities. Day to day. Who, when, where?  Budget Measurement ROI
What does a communications strategy look like?
What should a communications strategy include? Principles
Where does content strategy start? Principles
Can content strategy stand alone?
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Content strategy Communications strategy Channels  strategy Business strategy
Content strateg ies Communications strategy Channels  strateg ies Business strategy
Communications channels matrix Web Electronic Broadcast Paper Phone Face to face
Communications channels matrix Websites Intranets Social media Tablets Email E-readers TV Radio Billboards Video Audio Letters Print Landline Mobile Meet Visual aids Web Electronic Broadcast Paper Phone Face to face
Digital (‘web enabled’) Websites Intranets Social media Tablets Email E-readers TV Radio Billboards Video Audio Letters Print Landline Mobile Meet Visual aids Web Electronic Broadcast Paper Phone Face to face
New channels, new techniques  Twitter is  awesome. Only 140 characters so say what you mean. Google+ is  awesome. More than 140 characters so proper content.  Adapted from Shel Holtz’s original
Content ‘shifting’ July 2011, Digital Media 3.0, http://blogs.forbes.com
Which do we go for? Website content strategy Website comms strategy Website strategy Twitter content strategy Twitter comms strategy Twitter strategy Social media content strategy  Social media comms strategy Social media strategy Digital content strategy Digital comms strategy Digital strategy
Which do we go for? Website content strategy Website comms strategy Website strategy Twitter content strategy Twitter comms strategy Twitter strategy Social media content strategy  Social media comms strategy Social media strategy Digital content strategy Digital comms strategy Digital strategy
INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS  MANAGEMENT
 
A central team of content strategists Advise on content creation,  delivery and governance Coordinate between teams  Monitor channels Keep track of what’s showing User-generated content Standards Brand tone of  voice  Messaging Audit Refine strategies  and action plans Recommend best  channels for tasks Share advanced techniques MEASURABLE  RESULTS
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How content strategy supports communications strategy, by Diana Railton