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Secrets To Successful Content Marketing Content is the new currency in marketing. It has the power to drive traffic, to build instant rapport, to simultaneously nurture an infinite number of qualified but not-yet-ready-to- buy prospects. Good content flows quickly and easily from organizations that are already, organically customer-centric. If you know your customer—who they are, what they care about, what they want—you have a limitless source of inspiration for new content to capture, cultivate and convert prospers into loyal, passionate customers. This series of short articles was designed to help you conceive, create and leverage content for your business, brand or organization. We’ve organized this content into three parts: • Content Strategy • Content Creation • Content Leverage The potential for content is enormous. Done correctly, an effectively executed content strategy can mobilize and capitalize on your market potential at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising, and with residual benefits. I hope this set of best practices helps get you on the right track to success. Content Strategy 2 Five Common Content Marketing Mistakes (And How To Fix Them) 2 How To Blog More 2 Six Tips To Increase Comments On Your Blog 3 The Three Types Of Content You Need To Be Successful With Social Media 3 Social Media Editorial Calendar Template 4 Different Buyers, Different Needs, Different Stories 5 Content Creation 6 How To Identify And Create More Dynamic Content 6 Three Questions All Content Must Answer 6 10 Proven Sources Of Blog Post Inspiration 6 The Three Elements Of Every Good Story 6 10 Tips For Writing A Great Press Release 7 Content Leverage 9 Using Content To Improve SEO, Attract Customers and Capture Leads 9 How To Revive Dormant Newsletter Subscribers 9 The Difference Between Publicity And PR 10

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  • 1. Secrets To Successful Content MarketingContent is the new currency in marketing. It has the power to drive traffic, to build instant Content Strategy 2rapport, to simultaneously nurture an infinite number of qualified but not-yet-ready-to-Five Common Contentbuy prospects.Marketing Mistakes(And How To Fix Them)2Good content flows quickly and easily from organizations that are already, organicallyHow To Blog More 2customer-centric. If you know your customerwho they are, what they care about, whatthey wantyou have a limitless source of inspiration for new content to capture, cultivateSix Tips To IncreaseComments On Your Blog 3and convert prospers into loyal, passionate customers.The Three Types Of ContentThis series of short articles was designed to help you conceive, create and leverage contentYou Need To Be Successfulfor your business, brand or organization. Weve organized this content into three parts:With Social Media 3 Content StrategySocial Media Editorial Content CreationCalendar Template4 Content LeverageDifferent Buyers, DifferentNeeds, Different Stories 5The potential for content is enormous. Done correctly, an effectively executed contentstrategy can mobilize and capitalize on your market potential at a fraction of the cost ofContent Creation 6traditional advertising, and with residual benefits. I hope this set of best practices helpsHow To Identify And Createget you on the right track to success.More Dynamic Content 6Three Questions All ContentMust Answer 610 Proven Sources Of BlogPost Inspiration6The Three Elements OfEvery Good Story 610 Tips For WritingA Great Press Release7Content Leverage 9Using Content To ImproveSEO, Attract Customers andCapture Leads9How To Revive DormantNewsletter Subscribers 9The Difference BetweenPublicity And PR 10

2. Content StrategyFive Common Content Marketing Mistakes How To Blog More(And How To Fix Them)Many people often ask me good questions about how toDont overthink your content marketing strategy. Itsactually get more blogging done. Some of this has to domore important to have a bias for action and get rolling.with simply setting aside and being disciplined about theThat said, when getting started with content marketing time required to create good content. But there are otherfor your organization or brand, there are a few things totactics you can use to jump-start that time to be more pro-make sure youve thought through up front. Here are five ductive and efficient at driving more shipped content.mistakes I see organizations making most often.Here are a few suggestions.1. Not having a plan up frontWrite more ideas down. When you have an idea for goodBefore you start any marketing activity (no matter how content, write it down immediately. Keep paper and penstrategic or tactical), you have to know why youre do-close by, or use a service like Dial2Do to quickly recording it. What does success look like? How does this activityan idea that can be translated to text and email for reviewtranslate to immediate or eventual sales and revenue?later. If youre like me, a good idea that sits in your head unrecorded for too long (and when I mean too long, I2. Writing for the company instead of for the customer mean more than 1520 seconds) gets lost to the nextToo many content programs focus on new features, chest-thought. The more you document, the more blog postsbeating on company milestones, and otherwise weaving youll have to choose from.strong product tie-ins into every new piece of content cre-ated. That content has its place, but your readers (customersKeep a single, ongoing list of those ideas. I use Outlookand prospects) will gravitate towards content that inde- Tasks, and have a category called Pending Blog Posts.pendently provides value. What are your customers issues? When I have time to write something new, I go to thisWhat do they need help with, right now? Thats the content list and find something to get started. Ideas are constantlythat will spread like wildfire for you.coming and going from this list. Whether you use Outlook or Evernote or Moleskine, keep them somewhere together.3. Not encouraging and participating in two-way com-munication Ideas, then outlines, then drafts. Dont sit down and intend to write a blog post in one swoop. Start with theCreating content isnt enough. To really accelerate your core idea, then jot down primary points and themes relatedaudience and impact, you must devote time to respond- to that idea. Sometimes this starts with nothing more thaning, commenting, engaging questions and so on. If youre the title. Then it will eventually become a short bullet listjust a one-way communication channel, even with good of points you want to make. Eventually, you sit down andcontent, your prospects will go elsewhere for the interac- write the context and deeper context behind each of thosetion they crave. points. By doing it this way, you produce the final post4. Not promoting, aggregating and curating great more quickly. Breaking new blog posts down into indi-content from othersvidual steps makes the whole process more accessible (andIts not all about you. And frankly, you can drive significant more likely to happen).audience volume (and accelerated awareness and positiveWrite ahead of time. Dont write today with the inten-brand impressions for your business) by simply aggregat- tion of posting today. Thats only going to make youing and promoting great content from others. By doinganxious. Work on something today with the intentionthis, youll create awareness and interest from other contentof posting later. Tomorrow, next week, whatever makesoriginators as well as demonstrate to your growing audi- sense. By writing content in advance and setting it up toence that youre filtering great content from numerous post later, you can also block time to write several posts atsources for them.once. Take your ideas and outlines of primary points, and5. Only producing written contentlock yourself in a room for a couple hours to bang out newWritten content may be the core of your content strategy,content while youre focused and on a roll.but dont forget video. Or podcasts. Or short, embeddedUse guest bloggers. You dont have to write everythingslide presentations. Or whatever other formats your audi-yourself! Others you work withpeers, colleagues, part-ence naturally gravitates towards. ners, customers, etc.can create content thats just as good, just as relevant, and just as magnetic to drive more2 3. traffic and interested readers. It takes the full burden off of but asking questions will help convert more lurkers intoyou, and will drive new people to your content from the responders.original writers set of channels and networks. 5. Send new posts to specific people andWhat are your tricks for producing more blog content? ask for their reactionWhat tips do you have to help spark activity? Oftentimes when I write something new, Ill send a linkto the post to people I know specifically will enjoy it and/Six Tips To Increase Comments On Your Blogor have an opinion or rebuttal. Sometimes Ill do this topeople I know have a different opinion, and encourageEver feel like youre writing and writing, and nobodysthem to share their perspective in the comments. Greatlistening?way to spark the discussion.If youre not getting a lot of comments, it may feel like6. Be your most active commenteryoure talking to an empty room. But oftentimes, youdo have the traffic and readership, but arent doing a fewYou dont need to respond to every post with I agreesimple things to encourage faster, easier and more frequent or thank you, but if someone shares an opinion andcommenting by your readers. you have a response, share it. Let your commenters knowyoure listening and appreciate their time and perspective.And with more comments, youll show new readers thattheres an active community on your blog, increasing over-What other advice or best practices would you share withall traffic, new readers and repeat visits as a result. other bloggers? Whats working for you?Here are a few basic tips to get more of your readers toparticipate.The Three Types Of Content You NeedTo Be Successful With Social Media1. Allow comments and make them prominent rightafter the postSocial media is nothing without content. The contentI still meet bloggers who dont have comments enabled,what you say, how you say it, where you say itis at theor dont realize that their comments are disabled. This isheart of a great community engagement strategy.basic, but do me a favor and check. And there really are just three types of content you need to2. Use a cross-platform service like Disqus focus on to be successful:Lowering the barrier to entry is key. Some blogs requirePlanned/Proactive Content: You need an editoriallogin to comment. Thats a high bar and will discourage calendar, something that plans out for the next severalparticipation. At minimum, let people make comments weeks (even months) what you want to say. You wontwith a simple name and linking URL. Better yet, let themstick to this calendar exactlyyou may skip a week, flipuse a common blog commenting and profiling tool suchstuff around, add ideas, etc. But if you dont plan whatas Disqus. Thousands of blogs use this service in particularyou want to say, theres no way you can string togethernow, and help those commenting to link their thoughts a narrative that tells the story you want to tell. Withoutacross blogs. Fast, easy, branded. These services will also planning and executing content based on a predeterminedoften alert commenters when someone else has responded, strategy, theres no way youll be able to consistently standwhich further encourages them to come back and continue for something that engages the right audiences, the rightthe conversation. prospects, the right customers with your business or brand.3. Moderate comments (if you must) after the fact Start with your customers. What do they want to hear,Occasionally you might find commenters go over the line.what are they interested in, what are they seeking. YoullIf theyre being libelous or profane, by all means take the write about that. Then think about how that content man-comments down and block them. But when blogs requireifests itself into a handful of themes, or common threadsmoderation before something is posted, you lose the in- of content. As you build your editorial calendar, plan forstant gratification effect of letting the commenter see their different angles or approaches to helping your customerswords immediately on the page. Many readers will retweetsolve or address issues related to those themes. With thisor share your story only after their own name and com-approach, youll quickly become an expert and go-toments are added (so others see that as well). If you requireresource for value-added information that draws prospec-moderation, you lose a lot of that traffic and pass-along.tive and current customers closer to you.Impromptu/Reactive Content: Theres no amount of4. Ask questions to invite conversationsplanning in the world that can prepare you for the storyHow often do your blog posts end with a question? How that will show up tomorrow. The issue in your industryoften do you proactively invite opinions or disagreementthat will dominate your headlines. The customer problemsfrom your readers? You dont need to do this every time, 3 4. that didnt exist yesterday. These are immediate opportu- No matter how much proactive content you create, the ma-nities, often where little to no other content exists, that jority of your online community-building will be participa-become an instant and highly-valuable opportunity for you tory, even reactive. But the more you participate, the moreto address, write about and own a topic that is at its peak people see you out there creating value, the more they seeof interest among your customer and prospect community. youre helping them succeed independent of what youreYou need to have your ear to the ground daily to know selling, the more theyll gravitate toward you to learn more.when and where these opportunities come up. You needto be ready to quickly create and publish content (writ-Social Media Editorial Calendar Templateten, video, audio, etc.) that quickly becomes part of whatA great way to be more proactive and frequent in publishingeveryones reading, how theyre addressing the latest news,new content is to start with an editorial calendar (see below).and what theyre sharing with others on how to deal with it.It doesnt have to be complicated or take a lot of time.Participatory Content: Youre not the only one creatingJust start with a handful of themes that are relevant tocontent intended for your target audience. Plenty of othersyour audience, and list them down the left-hand side of aare doing it too. In these cases, theyve created an anchorspreadsheet. Then, over the course of the next few weeksof content that will drive a mini-conversation. In these(listed across the top of the spreadsheet), identify 12cases, its your job to lend your voice to the fray. Becomespecific topics youll address and write about that week.an active part of the conversation. Not as a seller, not as avendor. As a peer.Even if you dont follow the calendar exactly every week,I guarantee this will help you feel more confident and pre-pared to get something published.Download the template at: www.heinzmarketing.com/resources/free-resources/4 5. Different Buyers, Different Needs, Different Stories Do this once (either for your product overall or by uniqueIf youre selling into an organization with multiple deci- vertical into which youre selling) and the messaging willsion-makers and/or influencers, youll need to customize likely work again and again, especially if you operationalizethe story youre telling for each recipient. it into sales scripts, marketing content, etc.What youre selling stays the same, what it does stays the Start with prospective customers in a given vertical (or anysame as well. But each individual involved in the buying grouping that makes sense for you), and then move toprocess likely cares about slightly different things. Theindividual roles within the organization.CFO, for example, is going to bring a different worldviewFirst you map out what they care abouttheir priorities,to the relationship than the CIO, or CMO, or VP of Sales.needs, and pain independent of your sale. You can thenTo sell effectively in this increasingly-complex environ-convert that fundamental, individual understanding intoment, you need to customize your story not just for themessages that more directly and successfully combine theirorganization and its vertical industry, but for each indi- needs with your potential.vidual as well.Give it a shot (if you know your customer, I bet its faster to complete than you think) and let me know what you think.Download the template at: www.heinzmarketing.com/resources/free-resources/ 5 6. Content CreationHow To Identify And Create More Dynamic Contentfew of the benefits regular bloggers enjoy.Great content is built with three things in mindwhatA primary hurdle I hear from many would-be bloggers isthey want you to know, what they want you to think, andcontent inspiration.what they want you to do.So where do you find new blog post ideas? The answerDynamic content does all three of these things, with a is all around you. Experienced bloggers will tell you thatfocus on the third componentdriving action. theyre bombarded with possible blog topics. Their chal-Dynamic content should stir your emotions, and make youlenge isnt finding topics, but choosing the best on whichwant to do something. This isnt just direct-response wereto focus.talking about. Dynamic content can make you forwardHere are the ten sources of blog post inspiration I usean article to 10 friends, change the way you think and/ormost often. Some I do actively seek out, but all of themact, and impact long-term behaviorboth yours and thosetake very little time and produce an ongoing source ofaround you.inspiration and content.Dynamic content, in short, makes you want to do some-Customer questions. Every day youre answering ques-thing about it.tions from customers and prospectsvia email, phone,Look through the content youve created recently, and thein-person, and in your social networks. Inherent in manycontent on your plate in the near future. What is its pur- of your answers is the subject-matter expertise that peoplepose? What do you want from the audience? How can youwant from you. Every time you answer a question, its aadjust the topic, the tone, the approach or the message so potential blog post. Think about it.your readers do more than just read and think. Stuff you read. Doesnt matter what youre reading.Get them to act. Books, other blogs, magazines, even advertisements. Whats your reaction? Do you agree or disagree? Whats your take? Blog post.Three Questions All Content Must Answer People you disagree with. Someone says something in aI think we all generally understand and accept that contentmeeting you think is wrong. Why do you disagree? Blogneeds to do something. It needs to speak to and influencepost. You read about a business or business leader whoan intended audience or else its really a waste of every- prioritizes something you think is taking them down theones time. This applies to a wide range of content in a wrong path. Blog post.variety of formatsWeb pages, whitepapers, blog posts,videos on YouTube, etc.Your customer-facing teams. If youre not on the daily front lines with your customers, someone at your organi-But it strikes me that, although content can be audience-zation is. Your sales team, customer service team, supportcentric, its not always complete. Well-designed content isteam. What are they hearing from customers? What issues arebuilt by answering three questions:affecting their lives or businesses? Whats keeping them up at1. What do I want people to see, hear and/or learn?night and getting them up in the morning? Blog posts.2. What do I want people to think? Trade press. You dont have to read everything. Just flip3. What do I want people to do?through the magazines, scan the online headlines. YoullNotice the progression of audience understanding and find news stories, features, opinion pieces, trends, quotesaction here: Awareness, interpretation, response.from other thought leaders. Just keep asking yourself: What do I think of this? What would my customers think?That doesnt always mean a direct response call to action. How could I help my customers understand or navigateBut if your audience reads or experiences your content and this issue?moves on without any change in perception or behavior, Idargue something was missing and your content didnt work.Conferences, panels and Webinars. I come back from conferences with pages of potential blog posts. Not just from the speakers and panels, but from the trade show10 Proven Sources Of Blog Post Inspiration floor, the sales and marketing techniques other exhibitorsFew people argue with the value of creating regular con- use to try and woo me, and the new people I meet.tentmore prospects, more Web traffic, more thoughtTwitter hashtags. Take a keyword relevant to you, yourleadership and a better-educated set of prospects are just a business or your customers. Put a hashtag in front of it, 6 7. and do a search on search.twitter.com. See what other 1. Develop a boilerplatepeople are talking about, right now.Press releases often contain a brief paragraph that describesLinkedIn Answers. Find the topics and sub-topics most your company, known as a boilerplate. This informationrelevant to your business and customers, and sign up forhelps journalists familiarize themselves with your business,daily email summaries. Its like getting a whole list of pos- and adds to the professional presentation of your media re-sible blog posts in your inbox every day. lease. Boilerplates are usually placed at the end of the bodyof the content, before the contact information.The news. Scan MSNBC.com. Have the local news on inthe background as you make dinner. I cant remember the 2. Stick to newsworthy contentlast time I read (or even scanned) the Wall Street JournalAlso known as a media release or news release, make surewithout coming up with at least 34 topics to blog about. that the content in your press release is really newsworthy.Things you see that are dumb. Other peoples market-You need to convince the reader that your informationing. Management mistakes. Examples of inefficiency or is news and not marketing copy. Remember that report-thoughtlessness or lazy execution. Some people donters are not interested in promoting your latest product orknow better. Help them get better.service; they want content that is news.You may need to be proactive and intentional about us-3. Answer the five Ws and howing some of these sources at first. But once you buildWrite your press release like a news story. Your headlinethe habit, itll become natural. The day you see or readand first paragraph should include the most important factssomething and automatically think to yourself, wow, that and figures, followed by supporting information. Be surewould make a good blog post, youre in.to answer who, what, when, where, and why, as well ashow, in your press release. It can be helpful to brainstormThe Three Elements Of Every Good Storythe answers to these questions when developing a roughdraft or outline for a media release.What story are you telling your customers?4. Avoid technical jargonArdath Albee has shared the three components of anyRemember that your target audiences are journalists, blog-good story (including the story youre telling your custom-gers, and other media members who may not be experi-ers and prospects). That story needs:enced in your industry. Use plain language when describ- A Hero (thats your customer) ing technical terms and processes that can be understood A Villain (thats the problem or pain theyre addressing) by the public, because reporters are unlikely to spend time A Mentor (thats you) researching complicated concepts and ideas to interpretthe meanings for their readers.These elements have been core components of effectivestorytelling for centuries. So tell me: 5. Use quotes from real people Are you making clear that your customer or prospect Newspapers and media outlets love to use quotes, so makeis the hero?sure to use quotations from a spokesperson who is availableand willing to conduct follow-up interviews. Never invent a Have you clearly articulated who or what is the villain?fictitious person to attribute quotes to in a press release.Does your customer or prospect see that villain as well?6. Write 400 words or less Does your customer or prospect trust you as theirmentor to vanquish the villain? The purpose of a press release is to generate interest fromthe media, and inspire journalists and bloggers to contactyour company for more information. Keeping your con-10 Tips For Writing A Great Press Releasetent short and to the point makes it more likely to be readAs a pseudo-news story, a press release is an important and shared through blogs and social media. Reporters aremarketing tool for businesses seeking to gain publicity busy people, and they do not have the time to read lengthythrough the media (in addition to driving awareness and articles in search of their next story.traffic from across the Web). Writing a great press release7. Use perfect spelling and grammaris challenging, but can pay off with both increased mediainterest and online sharing of the content through social Nothing undermines the credibility of a press releasemedia sites and blogs.quicker than misspelled words, incorrect grammar and justplain poor writing. Use a good word processing program,Here are ten tips for writing press releases that grab theand have another person proofread your release beforeattention of journalists and reporters. publishing. 7 8. 8. Create a headline and above the contact information. Using these symbolsOnce you have completed your press release, create a short will increase the professional appearance of your release,and interesting headline that both grabs attention and making it more likely that professional journalists will findtells the reader what your press release is about. Writing your information credible. Alternatively, some writers usethe headline after the content is complete is a good idea, the symbol -30- or -end- to tell the reader the releasebecause writers can develop a headline that fits the story is ended.instead of trying to fit the story to a headline.10. Include contact informationIf possible, keep the headline short enough to be shared The final bit of information following the ### symbolson Twitter along with a link to the story. Press release should be a one or two-line statement inviting journalistsheadlines are normally written in full capital letters, rather to contact your company for more information. This is thethan simply capitalizing the first letter of each word.place to include the name, title, phone number, and email9. End the article with ###address of the media liaison for your business.The end of a press release is usually signified with threehash marks, or number signs, placed below the boilerplate 8 9. Content LeverageUsing Content To Improve SEO, relevant topics and keywords are already being used byAttract Customers and Capture Leads searchers on Google. You need to map content to searchIve been asked many times how best to use an existing setvolume, and ensure theres a certain keyword density ofof content to drive more natural search traffic and, ulti-those terms in the article itself.mately, lead capture. Heres an edited version of the adviceI give. How To Revive Dormant Newsletter SubscribersFor maximum SEO value, the content needs to be hosted With any email, newsletter or nurture campaign, thereson your domain. It needs to be organized in a clear, dis- going to be a sizeable portion of your list that just doesntcoverable way (there are some basic SEO best practices forrespond. They dont click, they rarely if ever open. So howhow to do this based on site architecture, mega tag work, do you get them to become more active again? The answerkeywords in the URL, etc.). is more complicated than just a set of reactivation tactics.Many companies worry about how discoverable thisFirst off, make sure theyre dormant and not dead. Andcontent is from the home page. Navigation discoverability make sure you regularly clear out the dead.from the home page actually isnt as relevant for SEO asmaking sure Google can see the pages clearly. If Google Very few newsletter or nurture marketing managers activelycan see them, theyll send traffic directly to those subpages clean their databases of regular hard-bounce addresses. Ifno matter how buried they are on the site. If you havean email hasnt been delivered to a particular address forGoogle Analytics or CoreMetrics or some other goodseveral sends in a row (meaning you get a hard-bouncetracking tool on your site, you can probably get a good back from the recipients server), its best to take thatindication of which content is already driving naturalemail out of future sends. Too many hard bounces will tellsearch traffic today. Internet service providers that youre a possible spammer,and can get the rest of your emails blocked.Once you have the traffic, you need to think about whatyoud want that person to do next. If the content repre-Also, dont assume that dormant means no value issents a prospective customer farther back in the decision being delivered. Just because I didnt click doesnt meanprocess (i.e. just educating themselves, learning about the I dont want the next issue. Just because I didnt engagefactors at play in what later will become an active decision, this time doesnt mean I didnt appreciate a heads-up onetc.), then the call to action might be to subscribe to anwhatever the content was. What if I was just too busy to-email newsletter. Something light that gets the prospectday? What if I really want that sweater but dont have anyregistered and doesnt require high commitment, but gives money until next payday?you direct access to communicate with them moving for-Depending on the nature and objective of your email cam-ward, profile them down the road for more active offers, etc. paign, the quantity and quality of impressions you generateHowever, if the content theyre seeking is clearly closer toby putting another permission-based email in someonesthe decision point, you can more directly upsell with calls inbox may be enough. At least for now. I assume that you,to action directly into your lead gen engine with bettertoo, get plenty of email newsletters and dont read themresults. To drive even greater discoverability of your con- all. Dont click on them all. Probably dont even opentent, use a network of social media and content discovery them all. But you definitely want to keep getting them,tools (StumbleUpon, Digg, etc.) to help make the contentand theres a branded, contiguous relationship that still ex-easier to find. ists there. A healthy portion of your dormant subscribersare getting the same value from you today.Id also consider building a content network directly withpartners, bloggers and anyone else who speaks to your tar-Of course, for those recipients who truly arent paying asget audience. Give them co-branded pages on the site fea- much attention, there are a few tactical things you can tryturing the same content, so that they share those links withas well.their own networks. The more inbound links you have toFirst, consider changing the domain, IP address or eventhe site, the better your SEO value and the more naturalemail service provider from which youre sending. Thesetraffic Google will give you in addition to those links.changes can make the email appear different to the hostingAs far as overall content triage and creation, you want toserver, and can either help with deliverability or get thatmap that both to your understanding of the buyer timeline email out of the spam filter where its been languishing for(way back, before theyre actively looking), as well as whatseveral issues now.9 10. Also play with how the email appears to the recipient whenPublicity is about getting coverage for yourself. Its aboutfirst received in their inbox. Is the from name and address pushing your story, your agenda to the masses. Its notinviting? Are you using the same subject line over and over necessarily a bad thing. Publicity for a political candidatevs. highlighting some content that drives more opens? is critical. For a new movie or TV show, important. ButConsider these and other more active/aggressive tactics publicity is mostly about me, not you.for a segment of your list that you think might be dor- Effective PR is about telling storiesunique, compellingmant. If active subscribers already have you on their safestories that attract people to you. PR isnt about you, itssender list, theres no reason to switch up the domain or about the broader connections, trends, innovation andIP address on them. But by testing these and other tacticsvalue being created in the ecosystem in which you workon a subgroup of potentially dormant subscribers, you may and operate.find a mix of strategies and tactics that increase engage-Successful PR can be as much if not more about your cus-ment and performance of the entire list in short order. tomers and partners as it is about you. Your role as theimplied enabler of success, your role as the originator andThe Difference Between Publicity And PR owner of the story, gives you the credibility and leadership youSeth Godin has spoken about this before, and it bears need to further your own agenda in a more authentic way.repeating.Again, both are fine and in many cases both can be lever-Publicity is very different from PR. Theyre related, but aged in parallel. Just make sure you understand which isdifferent in their execution, objectives and value to yourwhich as you plan and execute.brand and organization.More Information About UsAbout Matt Heinz8201 164th Ave. NE, Suite 200Matt Heinz is the Founder and President of Heinz Marketing Inc. Matt brings moreRedmond WA 98052Ph. 877.291.0006than 12 years of marketing, business development and sales experience from a variety of www.heinzmarketing.comorganizations, vertical industries and company sizes. His career has focused on deliver-ing measurable results for his employers and clients in the way of greater sales, revenuegrowth, product success and customer loyalty.About Heinz MarketingHeinz Marketing is a Seattle marketing agency focused on sales acceleration. HeinzMarketing helps clients achieve sustained sales success by growing revenue from existingcustomers and cost effectively identifying and winning new customers.Contact Heinz MarketingHeinz Marketing Inc.8201 164th Ave NE, Suite 200Redmond, WA 98052877.291.0006www.heinzmarketing.comacceleration@heinzmarketing.comLearn More About Heinz MarketingInterested in learning more creative ways to make the most of your marketing?:Request your FREE 10-minute brainstorm at www.10minutebrainstorm.comJoin our newsletter:www.heinzmarketinginsights.comCheck out our blog: www.mattonmarketingblog.comFollow Matt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/heinzmarketing10