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Without Content, we are Nothing
Mike McGrail
@mike_mcgrail
Content marketing is nothing new…
So why all the fuss?
We have the tools
A need to stand-out
Search is key
What makes great content?
Inspire people
Be helpful
Make them feel something
Spark conversation
What makes bad content?
Bad content is content that achieves nothing for
your business.
If it’s achieving nothing for your business, it’s
likely it’s achieving nothing for your customers
Nothing
What can we talk about?
Heritage and history
Your team
Your processes
Your customers
Content planning
Customer Profiling Exercise
As a customer of…. The Great Outdoors
Clothing Company
I want to… wear your product while climbing
So I can… push myself further
Map out content across…
• Themes
• Days, weeks and months
• Platforms - blog, video, Facebook, Twitter
etc etc etc
• Author – who is responsible?
Remember to assess your needs as an overall
business.
The power of reactive content
525 million impressions 38,000 re-tweets
Is my content performing?
• Google Analytics is your best friend
• What are people reading and acting on?
• Ask your audience what they want
• Focus on the wins
• What platforms are generating the most
traffic and action?
• Remember to use ‘goals’
• Beware the threat of stagnation!
What’s the future of
content marketing?
• All businesses will be publishers
• Consumers will expect more
• But they’ll also contribute more
• Purchase trigger-points will be wider
• Re-active will continue to grow
• We’ll all have jetpacks, hover boards and
wear stupid glasses with computers built
in…
Thanks for listening! Give yourselves a clap…
If you liked it, please tweet me! - @mike_mcgrail

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Mike McGrail - OTE London - Without Content, We are Nothing