Matthew Clyde founded Ideas Collide Marketing Communications in 2005. The document discusses how content marketing is evolving and must be personalized, valuable, and anticipated across all channels of the customer journey. It emphasizes putting content at the center, and focusing on the right content delivered instantly wherever customers are engaged. The discussion recommends treating data as another form of content to tell stories, and shifting metrics to better measure engagement and attention. Content marketing must now grow up by becoming more data-driven, using marketing automation to unify planning and execution, employing visual and sensory storytelling, and delivering consistently across all omni-channel touchpoints.
12. content itself is the fuel that
powers the entire
modern marketing
engine.
Brands MUST NOW put content at
the center of the holistic
customer experience they
provide — every channel, every
Source, Mashable
16. The focus will be shifting from simply
creating ‘more’ content to
serving the ‘right’ content; hyper-
relevant content delivered instantly
to them wherever they are engaging
— social, email, or any channel…
– Amanda Todorovich,
content marketing director, Cleveland
Clinic
17. photo sourced from shutter stock
70% of consumers prefer
Getting to know a company
via articles
rather than ads.
20. 74% of online
customers frustrated
with brands
that deliver content
that appears to have
nothing to do with
their interests.
JanraiN, 2015
photo sourced from shutter stock
28. Customer Journey
intersection points / path to connect and
influence
• RETAIL
• WEB
• SOCIAL
• EMAIL
• EVENTS
• GAMING
• WEBINAR
• CATALOG
• MASS MEDIA
• KIOSK
• mobile
30. Content Marketing Planning
& Marketing automation
4. Create content
• Map content to the journey
• Address persona pain points
• Provide value ( don’t just ask or remind: drink
more ovALtine)
• Identify / use tools to prep publish &
37. • Explore and set a TOOL: from
SIMPLE to complex enterprise
systems
• DEFINE YOUR OBJECTIVE &
CUSTOMER JOURNEY
• Develop Personas
• HAVE CLEAR Road Map –
HOW WILL YOUR
CUSTOMER CHOOSE THEIR
Take Note
MARKETING Automation
39. Brands will need to experiment with just
about any form of digital storytelling as the
competition for attention time only
gets fiercer.
—Ari Kepnes, Content Strategist
Visual IMPACT
56. It doesn’t have to be
studio produced to get big
results• Film studio in hand via mobile
devices
• Visually present your concept,
storyboard, bring to life/market
• Constantly FEED YOUR
content FLIGHT PLAN
65. • 3- 8 second engagement
• Integration of platforms
FOR MULTI-TOUCH:
Periscope to snap chat
• Virtual reality / 360 Video
expansion & growing
OPPORTUNITIES
• What can you do to make
Take Note
81. • Invest in the data to extract
the story
• DATA Elevates your
engagement, response to
deliver enhanced content
marketing
• TARETING: Right
MESSAGE, RIGHT MEDIUM
• BETTER PINPOINTING
Take Note
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
Whatever method used to “touch” a prospect could be counted towards nurturing them and keeping them in the buying cycle.
APPROXIMATELY 6 EMAILS PER PHASE:Each email has an accompanying landing page to download asset, progressive profile questions and scoring mechanism, along with a “Raise Your Hand” question.
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
NOT LINEAR
MULTI_DEMENSIONAL
DESPITE COMLEXITIES, SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
CAN MAP TO BASIC STEPS
A foundational STEPS to deliver
mapped for any size of organization from start up, non-profit to multiple-stakeholder enterprise
REFLECT THE PASSION IN THE CONTENT YOU ARE CREATING – REFLECT THE PASSION in the CONTENT, it will INSPIRE YOUR CUSTOMERS and ENGAGE THEM FURTHER
DRIVE THE PASSION CONVERSATION
FIND THE THING THAT WILL INSPIRE PASSION
CREATE CONTENT THAT WILL IGNITE PASSION and BUILD PASSION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
IN this case from Paul
When fans use #givingismystyle on Instagram and Twitter, the brand donates $1 to the charity of their choice.
The prize was for the fan and their friend to share the
In total, the hashtag generated more than 45,000 impressions in December
REFLECT THE PASSION YOU HAVE FOR THE PRODUCT IN YOUR CONTENT TO IGNITE YOU CUSTOMERS
IF they CARE – THEY WILL SHARE
Update content, format to new look feel:
1 Concept / 1 Presentation
1 - 30 Second Videos – Used in Pre-Roll Ads on Hulu
2 - Mini-short videos: 6-seconds for Vine, 15 Second for Instagram
4 – Short blog posts
6 – infographics
12 – Series of Printables
TO BETTER DETERMINE FUTURE
MORE DATA DOESN’T MEAN THERE IS BETTER DATA
STACK SOLUTIONS
Mashable http://mashable.com/2015/12/18/content-marketing-predictions/#k8sOl7SRtuqd
New:Traffic sources (perhaps profiling your sources of who and where they're coming from)
New: Bounce Rate
New: Qualitative - Comments and negative feedback on social media and creating model where these can be tagged and weighed.