20. What do we mean by „content‟?
• words
• pictures
• video
• audio
• tools
• data
• [etc]
21. What do we mean by „content‟?
• words
• pictures
•
•
•
•
video
audio
tools
data
}
• [etc]
22. What do we mean by „content‟?
• words in short:
• pictures
•
•
•
•
video
audio
tools
data
}
• [etc]
23. What do we mean by „content‟?
• words in short:
• pictures
•
•
•
•
video
audio
tools
data
} The assets
with which we
communicate with
• [etc] our users
26. Who creates content online?
2001: IT, SEO, early e-commerce
2006: IT, SEO, e-commerce, customer
services
27. Who creates content online?
2001: IT, SEO, early e-commerce
2006: IT, SEO, e-commerce, customer
services
2012: IT, SEO, e-commerce, customer
services, brand, PR, CSR, the CEO,
six different retained agencies, that
bloke down the street, your gran, etc.
28. That means, in 2012:
Content is political
It‟s often expected to achieve
multiple objectives
„Great content‟ is expensive
49. Image credits
Satsuma image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 License by the Soil-Net Library at
Cranfield University http://www.soil-net.com/album/Plants/Fruit_Veg/slides/FruitVeg%20Satsuma.html
Cliché swear box and Lorem Ipsum t-shirt images by @cpev
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpev
Sparrows at table – “Feeding frenzy” by photogramma1, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogramma1/4002693159
Editor's Notes
Arriving at an SEO agency in 2007
Found out stuff about how Google & search marketing worked
Shocking
Shocking
Shocking
But social media (aka Web 2 point Toto) has pulled back the curtain on this and lots of other behind-the-scenes practices
And we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Speech bubble: “I like to pull back curtains”“If you look dodgy when I pull that curtain back…”“Everyone will see”“Woof”
Speech bubble: “I like to pull back curtains”“If you look dodgy when I pull that curtain back…”“Everyone will see”“Woof”
Speech bubble: “I like to pull back curtains”“If you look dodgy when I pull that curtain back…”“Everyone will see”“Woof”
Speech bubble: “I like to pull back curtains”“If you look dodgy when I pull that curtain back…”“Everyone will see”“Woof”
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Add tick boxes on right
I can’t remember what the third one was. “Get Justin Bieber to link to you on Twitter”, probably. I was too distracted by the ‘Great content’ line. [Add tick boxes on right]
OR A SHARK WILL BITE YOU ON THE ARSE
I know I should do transitions but that’s some kind of witchcraft.
Ergo, it’s not the kind of thing you’re going to tick off in a checkbox.If we continually to treat content as though it is a fix, we will get bitten on the arse by the great white shark of reality. [Add tick boxes on right]
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Note: that’s ‘content’ – not ‘content for links’ or ‘content for landing pages’
Words that should be banned #1.‘Linkbait’ could make the person you’re talking to a little bit sick in the mouth.If you make the person you’re talking to a little bit sick in the mouth, they may not be able to talk to you very well, as they’ll be holding sick in their mouth.
Optimisation = to make the best. Over-optimisation: making stuff *too* good? Will Google penalise you for being *too good*?
Does this really need any explanation?
Read ‘Content Strategy for the Web’
Read ‘Content Strategy for the Web’
Read our iCrossing ebook… ‘How to plan a content strategy: a guide for online marketers’
From keyword research and obstacle analysis, through planning and creating content to evaluation….
SEO is now one of many voices around the same table
This is my stupid T-shirt. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpev/6123443244/in/photostream