"A Powerful Partnership: How Content Put Public Relations Back in Style" With more and more companies doing content marketing, it becomes increasingly harder do stand out from this content overkill. So, how do we make sure our content gets in front of the right audience? How do we create synergies throughout all of our content and how do we eventually get legendary links and mentions? In this session I gave at the SMX 2016 in Munich I focussed on how SEO's and Content marketeers could and should leverage the power of Public Relations within their daily work and vice versa in order to achieve great results.

1. A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP
How Content Put Public Relations Back in Style
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

2. Dutch
Munich based
Leading our international
Brand Marketing team at Stylight
@Martijnburgman
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016
MARTIJN BURGMAN

3. STYLIGHT
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

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WHAT DOES A BRAND MARKETING TEAM DO?
Social Media
Public
Relations
Content
Marketing
Design Events
15 Countries

5. What defines killer content?
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016
SMX 2015
Slides available at http://stylig.ht/SMX15
Investment
Branding
User Value
Shareability
Targeting
Planning
Goal
Engagement
Lifespan

6. HOW GREAT CONTENT CAN LAND YOU LEGENDARY LINKS
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7. HOW GREAT CONTENT CAN LAND YOU LEGENDARY LINKS
HOW WE LEARNED BY MAKING MISTAKES
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8. HOW GREAT CONTENT CAN LAND YOU LEGENDARY LINKS
HOW WE LEARNED BY MAKING MISTAKES
ACTIONABLE TAKE-AWAYS YOU CAN IMPLEMENT TOMORROW
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

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STANDING OUT WITH YOUR CONTENT
Source: http://www.internetlivestats.com/ - 12:00

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THIS USED TO WORK….

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SO DID THIS….
Source: http://www.skyscanner.com/

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AND THIS ….
Source: http://www.stylight.co.uk/

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CUTTING THE CLUTTER IS THE CHALLENGE
Source: http://www.buzzsumo.com/
75%
ZERO referring root domains
50% -
8 Shares or less

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE BRING
Search engines are getting smarter and smarter
More and more algorithms
Increased focus on paid promotion
Focus on getting brand mentions
Become a brand – be the best in what you do

17. HAVE A GOAL
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

18. HAVE A GOAL
UNDERSTAND YOUR AUDIENCE
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

19. HAVE A GOAL
UNDERSTAND YOUR AUDIENCE
BE CONSISTENT
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016

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OUR MAIN PROBLEMS
We lack focus
We lack resources (and we will always do)
How we are measuring our success and ROI

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HOW CAN WE TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS?
GOAL
(why)

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HOW CAN WE TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS?
TEAM
(who)
GOAL
(why)

25. what – when – whom - where
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016
HOW CAN WE TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS?
TEAM
(who)
GOAL
(why)
WORKFLOW
(how)

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ONE OF THE MISTAKES WE MADE
GOAL
(why)
CONTENT
(what)
AUDIENCE
(whom)
CHANNELS
(where)

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ONE OF THE MISTAKES WE MADE
GOAL
(why)
CONTENT
(what)
AUDIENCE
(whom)
CHANNELS
(where)

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OUR APPROACH AT STYLIGHT
Roles, Responsibility & Ownership
&
Workflow

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WHAT DOES A BRAND MARKETING TEAM DO?
Public
Relations
Social Media
Content
Marketeers
Design
Listen & Promote Understand & Create

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OUR WORKFLOW
PromoteIdeate CreateValidate Monitor

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HOW WE FAILED
Source: http://www.stylight.de/

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HOW WE FAILED
Source: http://www.stylight.de/
0 Links
0 Likes
0 Shares

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MINIONISTA CAMPAIGN

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LEAD UP
• Monitor industry
• Listening to you audience
• Identify news stories
• Find an angle

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IDEATION PHASE
How can we leverage to Minions hype within our industry?

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VALIDATION PHASE
Grooming
Treasure Hunting
Competitive Content

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CREATION PHASE
Tweaking Visuals
Evaluate Initial Concept
Find Angles and Channels
Prepare for Promotion

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PROMOTION PHASE
Define your promotion strategy per campaign
Owned Earned Paid
Website
Blog
Social Channels
Newsletters
Shares
Mentions
Display Ads
Social Media Ads
Content Promotion
Platforms
Target Audience

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PROMOTION PHASE
Define your promotion strategy per campaign
Owned Earned
Website
Social Channels
Shares
Mentions
Target Audience

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MONITORING PHASE
Go full NSA!
Spot social ripples
React within minutes

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REACT AND REPURPOSE

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WHAT DID WE MESS UP
In the middle of the CMS Shift
Branding our content smart

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WHAT DID WE MESS UP
In the middle of the CMS Shift
Branding our content smart

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WHAT DID WE MESS UP
No paid promotion
Monitoring set-up could not
handle the capacity.

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WHAT DID WE PLAN

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WHAT DID WE END UP WITH

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RESULTS
+700 linking root domains
Spread over 35 landing pages
Most linked page
200+ Linking root domains
850+ Backlinks

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YES… THAT IS HIS CAT…

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WHAT DID WE LEARN?

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HAVE CLEAR WORKFLOWS
PromoteIdeate CreateValidate Monitor

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MAKE COMMUNICATION #1 FOCUS

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LAYER YOU CONTENT
Make sure your campaigns match
Build on previous successes and nurture relations

54. Listen Automate Analyse & Document
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AUTOMATE YOUR MONITORING
R
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A
C
T

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MEASURE EVERYTHING – REAL TIME

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UNDERSTAND YOUR AUDIENCE
Even if those are pets…

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LET YOUR TEAM OWN THE CONTENT & GOALS

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INCLUDE YOUR PRS FROM DAY ONE

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ONE SIZE FITS ALL CONTENT IS A MYTH

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TEST YOUR CONTENT
Mom – Coffeemachine – A/B

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HIGH RISKS = HIGH REWARDS

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DON’T MAKE MORE CONTENT
MAKE BETTER/SMARTER CONTENT

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BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU MAKE

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HAVE FUN IN DOING SO!

65. THANK YOU
Slides available at Stylig.ht/SMX16
@MartijnBurgman at @smxmuenchen SMX MUNICH 2016
@MartijnBurgman
Martijn.burgman@stylight.com