Content Marketing is often referred to as marketing by sharing knowledge and creating value for the audience. The audience can be end customers, influencers, employees or any other stakeholders. Over the past seven months since the launch of Kamakshi Media LLP (www.kamakshimedia.in) we have created content in the form of audio, images, infographics and blog posts. Through our Podcasts- MyKitaab (www.mykitaab.in) and Digital PowWow: Digital and Social Media (www.digitalpowwow.net) we have talked about book publishing, social media, digital marketing. More recently, through Baalgatha, which are Children's bedtime stories (www.gaatha.co). Based on our learnings, I thought of sharing my acquired and practiced knowledge in the form of this short overview.
I am writing about my next book that’s titled “Social Media Alphabet”. This premise of the book is that there is tales one social media site or an app for each letter of the English Alphabet (sometimes more!) This book will walk the readers through some of the major sites or apps, and what are the top two or three “wow” factors about them. Back in April I had released a podcast episode titled “Alphabet for the Social Media Manager”. You can listen to it https://goo.gl/I3XJXG . This book builds on that work.
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3. The Telegraph (UK), March 2016
“Humans have shorter attention span than Goldfish,
thanks to Smartphones”
4. “Table of Contents”
What is content?
Types of content
Content plan and Marketing
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5. Created to provide information.
Major types of content
Text
Audio
Image
Video
What is Content?
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6. What is Content? (Contd.)
Mix of two or more types. e.g. video + blog post + image
Content can be distributed across multiple platforms.
Can be repurposed (i.e. re-used at more than one location)
Changed from one format to another (e.g. audio to text
summary)
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7. Book and eBook Audiobook
Infographic
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8. Creating Content
Original Content (created by self)
Derived Content (based on content created by self or others)
Curated (created by others)
Commissioned (made through third parties)
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10. Lets’ Talk About Text, Baby
Types of Text Content
− Interviews
− Blog Posts
− Essays
− Analysis
− Reviews
− Reports
− Newsletter
− ……
Sites/ Platforms
− Blog (website, wordpress, etc.)
− LinkedIn
− Quora
− Medium
− Reddit
− Facebook Posts
− Forums
− Tumblr
− ……..
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12. Formats
− Interviews
− Discussion (two or multi)
− Opinion/ Analysis
− Live streaming
− Pre recorded
Major sites
− iTunes *
− Soundcloud *
− Stitcher Radio *
− Spotify *
− Spreaker *
− Google Play Music *
− Anchor
* These are mainly music sites that also distribute podcasts
India has 1000’s of years of Oral Tradition
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14. Formats
− Infographics
− GIFs
− Drawings/ Paintings
− Charts
− Profile Pictures
Major sites
− Instagram
− Pinterest
− Google Plus
− Tumblr
− Snapchat
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
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18. Next Steps
Develop Content Plan
Content Marketing/Distribution Plan
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19. Content Plan
Objective:
Increase visibility of the brand by creating and
distributing the content in a well planned manner
Content can be
Created or Curated;
new or repurposed
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21. Content Marketing
Self
By Third Parties (e.g. agencies)*
Through fans/ followers
Through Aggregators*
Via Curators/ influencers*
* In many cases these will be on payment basis
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22. Points To Remember
Do not create new content everytime
• Curation is effective (sometimes better)
Use a content calendar to manage
• Use scheduling tools (Hootsuite, Buffer, etc.) to execute
Be prepared for a long journey, hard work
• Use analytics to gauge engagement
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23. So, who are you?
Amar Vyas
amar@amarvyas.in
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