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4 KEY STEPSTO CREATING A CONTENT STRATEGY WORTHY OF EARNING LINKSPresented by Monique Pouget | March 12, 2014
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First Off – Who am I?
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Monique Pouget
Director of Content Strategy
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KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
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Content Types• Articles / blog posts / lists• Videos and images• Virtual worlds
Content Topics• Industry trends?• Current events?
Devices• Mobile or desktop?
What’s Getting Shared?
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Who Are You ChasingBots or Humans?
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GAMEPLAN
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CONTENT STRATEGY“Plans for the creation, publication, and
governance of useful, usable content.”
- KRISTINA HALVORSON, CONTENTSTRATEGY.COM
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ANALYZE & OBSERVE
BUILD ONLINE COMMUNITY
ESTABLISH GOALS
DEVELOP STRATEGY
CREATE VALUE
SPREAD THE WORD
AKA Content Marketing
MONITOR & ENGAGE
MEASURE
Content Strategy Framework
Start here
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WORKFLOW
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BRAINSTORM
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Topic Writer AudienceDue
DatesUTMs
SCHEDULE
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SPELL IT OUT
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COLLABORATE
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HEAVYWEIGHTS
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Tell Your Brand’s Story
50,000 Links
1,050 FB Shares & Likes
772 Tweets
7 Google +1s
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Inform and Delight
45,000 FB Shares & Likes
9,600 Links
6,000 Tweets
464 Google +1s
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Inform and Delight
8.2 Million YT Views
10,000 FB Shares & Likes
130 Links*
308 Tweets
12 Million YT Views
3,000 FB Shares & Likes
2,600 Links
695 Tweets
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Visualize Data
1,831 FB Shares & Likes
2,000 Tweets
1,050 Links
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Visualize Data
292 FB Shares & Likes
410 Tweets
220 Links
85 Google +1s
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Visualize Data
6,500 FB Shares & Likes
533 Tweets
48 Links
22 Google +1s
43 FB Shares & Likes
24 Tweets
9 Links
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Answer FAQs
2,700 FB Shares & Likes
859 Tweets
771 Links
350 Google +1s
13,700 FB Shares & Likes
10,000 Tweets
2,400 Links
2,200 Google +1s
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Give Away Free Stuff
2,300 FB Shares & Likes
6,900 Links
1,500 Google +1s
974 Tweets
1,490 FB Shares & Likes
1,700 Links
1,700 Tweets
1,300 Google +1s
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IF ALL ELSE FAILS…Try One of These Methods
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OR…
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Action Items
• Know your audience. What will they devour?
• Identify a plan of attack – AKA Content Strategy
• Manage the content creation process efficiently
• Create content that naturally attracts links
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MONIQUE POUGET
Director of Content Strategy
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