content marketing | the power in your digital marketing campaign
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Content Marketing is a powerful way to build relationships with your target market. This presentation explains what content marketing is, why you should care, and how to approach content marketing strategy. Contact Ann Druce for more information: @AnnDruce www.octarine.co.za Presented at the Durban Marketing Indaba in August 2013,TRANSCRIPT
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Marketing Indaba Durban 2013
Content Marketing The Power in your Digital Campaign
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Potential of Digital Marketing
Already seeing success
Want to get more involved
No potential
70% of SA Marketers claim to use it
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Level of confidence Social Networking
Web analytics
Banner Ads
SEO
Content Marketing
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What is content marketing?
And why should I care?
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What it’s not …
or making the sale
social media, SEO, advertising
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… for your customer “ ”
Useful content
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A new approach Rapid growth over last two years
The focus is online
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Publish Content Website is the hub
Other channels
Content people want to read and share
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Dual benefits Builds relationships with your brand
Builds search rankings
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48x more traffic For companies with 51 – 100 pages
Compared to those with <50
Hubspot Marketing Benchmarks 2013
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Impact of Posts on Leads
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Index
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Impact of Landing Pages on Leads
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Number of posts
Index
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Internet Access
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2009 2010 2011 2012 Axis Title
World Bank South Africa
% Population
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Google Trends
Content Marketing Map
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Advertising is not dead
Some interruptions are great!
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The battle for attention
And your competitor knows it too
Your target doesn’t buy the way they used to
Or consume media as they did
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More connected More empowered
A receptive audience
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Give them a reason
Be useful or be entertaining
Build a relationship or they won’t care about you
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It’s not about you People care about their own needs
Me, me, me is just plain off-putting
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Begin with strategy
what, to whom, where and how?
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Commit to the long term
You won’t build a relationship overnight
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Objectives
Integrate into the Marketing strategy
• Develop customer relationships
• Build brand values
• Establish credibility & reputation
• Create thought leadership
• Build web traffic
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Evaluate the options
Align format of content to brand strategy
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Don’t just add
to the noise Quality Rules
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Plan content
Integrate into the Marketing Strategy
• Unifying themes
• Message reinforcement
• Quality
• Frequency
• Content extension
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Content development
Create content for people, not search engines
• Driven by brand values
• Optimise language for SEO
• Research targeted words and phrases
• Include “meaty” content
• Calls to Action
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… where your expertise
meets your target’s needs “
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The sweet spot
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Allocate resource
Outsourced vs Internal
• Strategic understanding
• Multiple contributors
• Single co-ordinator
• Writing & organisational skills
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Don’t wink in the dark
Promote content – email and social media
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A Sears website
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Content Marketing Like fresh fruit and vegetables
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• Keep it fresh
• Make it look appealing
• Handle it with care
• Give your market what they’re looking for
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@AnnDruce