Content marketing strategy success plan

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7 Steps to your content
marketing success plan
Presented by Stephen Bateman

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-b2b-content-marketers-carlos-hidalgo

It’s not human to plan (for many.)
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2015/12/uk-2016-content-marketing-research/

POLL
Poll question
DIGITAL WEEK SMARTINSIGHTS.COM SUCCESSFLOW.CO.UK • 0845 680 5409
Poll #1
Do you have a content marketing strategy?
1. Yes, and it is documented.
2. Not yet.
3. Unsure.
4. Yes, but it is not documented.

My early experimentation with content marketing.
I started blogging here in early 2012For a year, I didn’t break 100 visits/dayThen a post got some attentionBut visits flatlined againMost people would have given up hereBut I’m glad I saw it through
Analytics

The Hype Cycle concept is an
accurate way to follow the adoption
curve of a disruptive technology.
1. The technology trigger
point for content marketing:
Any business can publish on
the web. Big platforms, huge
audiences. No fees.
Aspirant status
2. Content marketing seen as
shiny, amazing, and novel.We
all jump on the wagon.
Explorer status.
3. Slide into trough.This isn’t
as easy as we thought. It
doesn’t work. Blame the tool.
Disillusioned status. Most
give up here.
4. With expert help we can
learn the process. Find the
optimal way. Enlightened
status.
5. This works. Great ROI.
Experienced, knowledgeable
status.
Content Marketing Through the lens of Gartner’s Five Step Hype Cycle
Gartner Five Step Hype Cycle

http://bit.ly/Content-Marketing-Strategy-e-Learning-Course
What’s your content marketing maturity level?
Assess your capability.

USAGE & EFFECTIVENESS
How would you describe
your organization’s content
marketing maturity level?
This was a new question this year. In general,
effectiveness levels are greater among marketers
with higher levels of content marketing maturity.
Among those who reported being the
most effective:
• 78% were in the sophisticated/mature phase
• 22% were in the adolescent phase
• 0% were in the young/first steps phase
SAY SOPHISTICATED
OR MATURE
32%SOPHISTICATED
MATURE
ADOLESCENT
FIRST STEPS
YOUNG
Providing accurate measurement to the
business, scaling across the organization
Finding success, yet
challenged with integration
across the organization
Have developed a business case,
seeing early success, becoming more
sophisticated with measurement and scaling
Growing pains, challenged
with creating a cohesive strategy
and a measurement plan
Doing some aspects of content,
but have not yet begun to make
content marketing a process
9%
14%
23%
30%
23%
How UK Marketers Assess Their
Content Marketing Maturity Level
Content Marketing in the UK 2016: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Content Marketing Institute
SPONSORED BY
7
http://bit.ly/cmi-uk-benchmarks-2016
Content marketing maturity levels in the UK 2016

The return on
content
marketing lags,
and the
benefits aren’t
apparent until
later.
Rule 1.
http://bit.ly/content-roi-webinar

30 day trials don’t work.
Content marketing is a marathon, not a sprint.
Don’t give up too soon.
Takeaway #1

For more on costs, KPIs, measurement and ROI.
ROI =
Return
Investment £ cost of producing content
£ cost of sourcing content
£ time planning / managing strategy
£ time distributing content
£ paid promotion
£ software and tools
£ visibility in search
£ share of voice, brand uplift
£ thought leadership, mentions
£ conversions
£ leads and revenue
http://bit.ly/Content-ROI-Guide

http://bit.ly/curata-ultimate-tool-list

Let’s untangle the distortion.
In seven interdependent steps.

Work on
4 Manage the
editorial.
4 Themes, topics,
12 month
calendar,
production plan,
content hub.
5 Create great
content.
5 Writing,
headlines,
formatting, on-
page SEO,
curation,
atomisation.
6 Market your
marketing.
6 Channel
management,
influencers, paid
promotion.
Non-negotiable
1 Audit and set
clear goals.
1 Capability
assessment,
content audit,
smart goals,
metrics.
2 Define
audiences and
personas.
2 Customer
segments, ideal
buyer personas,
buying cycle,
keywords.
3 Create a
strategy.
3 One pager:
Mission
statement, value
proposition,
sweet spot,
governance.
7 Evaluation and
measurement
ROI.
7 Costs, metrics,
analytics,
reporting.
My 7 Step Content Marketing Success Plan.
http://bit.ly/cm-strategy-guide

POLL
Poll question
DIGITAL WEEK SMARTINSIGHTS.COM SUCCESSFLOW.CO.UK • 0845 680 5409
Poll #2
What is your primary content challenge?
1. Producing a variety of content.
2. Producing engaging content.
3. Producing content consistently.
4. Measuring content effectiveness.

http://bit.ly/cmi-uk-benchmarks-2016

4 Manage the
editorial.
4 Themes, topics,
12 month
calendar,
production plan,
content hub.
5 Create great
content.
5 Writing,
headlines,
formatting, on-
page SEO,
curation,
atomisation.
6 Market your
marketing.
6 Channel
management,
influencers, paid
promotion.
1 Audit and set
clear goals.
1 Capability
assessment,
content audit,
smart goals,
metrics.
2 Define
audiences and
personas.
2 Customer
segments, ideal
buyer personas,
buying cycle,
keywords.
3 Create a
strategy.
3 One pager:
Mission
statement, value
proposition,
sweet spot,
governance.
7 Evaluation and
measurement
ROI.
7 Costs, metrics,
analytics,
reporting.
Challenge #1 - Producing Engaging Content.
#1Producingengagingcontent

Three-step content marketing mission statement

Persona Profile: Laura | Age: 24 – 34 years old | Demographic: B or C1
Job: Laura is employed within the same sector in which she did her degree. Either an office based,
professional services job or a nurturing role such as a teacher or healthcare. Laura is determined to
keep climbing her chosen career ladder and is currently working toward a promotion into middle
management, if she isn’t there already!
“I wish there was an
extra hour in the day!”
Between organizing her active social life,
staying late at work, catching up with mum,
reviewing the wedding budget with her
fiancé and replying to numerous WhatsApp
messages from her bridesmaids – Laura
finds herself saying this phrase often!
Anything that can help her spend her time
more efficiently, is King.
Her main online frustration is:
“There is a glut of
information available
online, but most of it isn’t
relevant to me. I haven’t got
time to wade through it all!”
Laura loves visual,
graphical and
concise content!
Laura knows her Facebook usage is out of control! She can’t
help checking Facebook on her smartphone throughout the
working day. She also uses her smartphone to browse
Pinterest and wedding blogs during her commute to work. In
the evening, if she isn’t out at the latest bar or restaurant in
town, she curls up on the sofa with her tablet or laptop to
continue her Pinterest search, whilst checking in on
Facebook and Instagram throughout the evening.
Family, friends and social acceptance are
central to Laura’s decision making process.
Laura has a realistic, but not
bottomless, budget. She wants
to avoid cutting corners so will
invest her precious time in
ensuring that she is spending
her money wisely.
In her spare time,
Laura catches up with
friends at local foodie
establishments. She is
prepared to pay for
quality food and drink
if she has heard
positive reviews from
her social circle.
Customer Persona
For B2B Buyer Persona generation visit:
http://bit.ly/B2B-Buyer-Persona-Generation

Three-step content curation system
Select the most important evergreen content.
Organise / tag and file it in a content repository.
Filter-out the mediocre stuff. Act like a museum
curator working on an outstanding exhibit.
Curation is a human practice.
Identify big trends from small musings.
Mash up / merge content to create fresh
perspectives. Publish to your social
networks.
Distribution is semi- automated.
Use a combination of tools to grab / trap /
scoop gather content from scattered places
and bring them into one place.
Aggregation is a technology.
Content
Curation
I
Adapted HiveFire Inc
I
Content
Elevation

A great content creation checklist
Attractive1
Discoverable2
Consumable3
Understandable4
Shareable 5
Actionable 6

Takeaway: Spend minimum 20% of your time researching and testing headlines
Pay special attention to headlines
On average, five times as
many people read the
headline as read the copy
body. When you have written
your headline, you have
spent eighty cents of your
dollar.
David Ogilvy
80% of people make a decision about whether or not they should check out
an article based on the headline.
Attractive1

Personalise
Words that stand out from the crowd
You and Your
• “You” is the 5th most popular word in viral
headlines.*
• “Your” is in the Top 20.
• Combined, these two pronouns appear in 16
per cent of all the headlines in the study.*
Takeaway: Use You and Your to signal your content is about the reader, not about the writer.
*Rippen survey: http://bit.ly/viral-headlines
Attractive1

Test your headline for attractiveness
http://bit.ly/headline-analyser
Attractive1

4 Manage the
editorial.
4 Themes, topics,
12 month
calendar,
production plan,
content hub.
5 Create great
content.
5 Writing,
headlines,
formatting, on-
page SEO,
curation,
atomisation.
6 Market your
marketing.
6 Channel
management,
influencers, paid
promotion.
1 Audit and set
clear goals.
1 Capability
assessment,
content audit,
smart goals,
metrics.
2 Define
audiences and
personas.
2 Customer
segments, ideal
buyer personas,
buying cycle,
keywords.
3 Create a
strategy.
3 One pager:
Mission
statement, value
proposition,
sweet spot,
governance.
7 Evaluation and
measurement
ROI.
7 Costs, metrics,
analytics,
reporting.
2 critical focus areas.
#2Measuringcontenteffectiveness

A goldmine of data
Content analytics

POLISH / optimiseKEEP / do
more
3 TRASH
4
Spreadsheet
Existing Content Assets
1
RubbishStar content Moderate
2
Gaps
Ideate /CREATE
A content auditing system

A simple reporting system

http://bit.ly/Content-Marketing-Strategy-e-Learning-Course
Plan your journey to content marketing excellence
Assess your capability.
• What’s my capability?
• Is content marketing right
for me and my business?
• How much does it cost?
• How do I get buy-in?
• How do I decide what skills
and disciplines to focus on?
• What techniques can I learn
to improve my content
marketing ROI.
• What tools will help me
promote my content and
increase my reach?

My 10 departing best practice tips for content marketing success
1. Ideal buyer personas are non-negotiable: we can only create content that works when we understand what out target
audience is looking for.
2. Understand your buyers issues and challenges: Define eight category themes and topics in your sweet spot, stick to
them, relentlessly, if you want search engines to index and rank your content as expert and authoritative.
3. Know your buyer cycle intimately: There are 6 phases and 13 touch points in the buying cycle (funnels) where your
potential buyer is open to influence. This is where your content marketing can win or lose the battle. This is where you pick
your formats. It’ your marketing, but it’s their time. Have you got the formats that are required for the job, or are you leaking
profit?
4. It’s better to publish one truly excellent post per week than five mediocre posts every week.
5. If you’re creating great content, but have poor on-page SEO, you might as well not be creating content.
6. If you’re still in the early stages of earning your domain authority and page rank, use programmatic paid solutions to
promote your content.
7. Allocate 25% of your time and budget to paid promotion.
8. Define your process. At Concentric Dots / Smart Insights we use a seven step process.
9. Don’t aim for perfection with your strategy, rough is enough. Create a simple one-page content marketing strategy which
has your goals, metrics, mission statement, target audiences, editorial ideas, frequency, and channel management plans.
10.Get specialist training and support in creating great content that has the six attributes, without which you will just waste
your precious time and money.

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