2. SPEAKERS
Maggie Crowley
Stephanie Holmes
Marketing Coordinator
Advisorwebsites.com
CEO
The Money Finder
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3. AGENDA
Consumer
What
Risks
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behavior is changing
is content marketing?
& rewards
ways to create valuable content
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4. GOOGLE IS THE NEW YELLOW PAGES
% OF PEOPLE WHO DO
INTERNET SEARCH
91
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5. WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR ONLINE?
70%
would rather learn about your firm
reading an article rather than an
advertisement
68%
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6. WHAT IS CONTENT MARKETING?
Creating and distributing relevant and
valuable content to attract, acquire, and
engage a clearly defined and understood
target audience – with the objective of
driving profitable customer action.
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10. REWARDS – VAST NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Top 3 rewards:
1.
Build your brand
2.
Establish credibility
3.
Become an expert
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12. COMPANIES THAT BLOG
57%
of marketers acquired
customers from blogging
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, Hubspot, March 2012
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13. 3 ways to create valuable content
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14. BEST PRACTICE TIP #1
Curate
Comment
Craft
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15. CONTENT CURATION
Action steps:
• Start once per month
• Find and share relevant pieces
• Write a few sentences on why
you thought it share worthy
• Use images
• Ask questions
• Then promote on social media
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17. CONTENT CURATION
What about the risks?
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As little as 1 hour a month
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…And the rewards?
Second set of eyes
Share your plan with compliance
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Gives you a lot more than an online
resume with little writing
•
A good place to start
•
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Allows you to build confidence in
your writing
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18. FIND, COMMENT, SHARE
Action steps:
• Start twice a month
• Find & share relevant pieces
where you have a supporting or
contradictory opinion
• Write a short piece linking to the
original piece
• Ask questions
• Then promote on social media
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19. COMMENTING ON CONTENT
What about the risks?
…And the rewards?
• As little as 2 hour a month
• Gives you an authentic voice online
• Second set of eyes
• Makes you more searchable and
shareable
• Share your plan with compliance
• A good place to grow
• Allows you to take the next step
without creating content from
scratch
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20. CRAFTING ORIGINAL CONTENT
Action steps:
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Start once a week
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Create a list of topics you are
passionate about
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Write 250-500 word pieces
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Use images
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Ask questions
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Promote on social media
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21. CRAFTING ORIGINAL CONTENT
What about the risks?
And the rewards?
•
As little as 1 hour a week
• Builds your brank
•
Second set of eyes
• Makes you more memorable
•
Share your plan with
compliance
• A good place to be a leader
• People get to know you before
they meet you
• Attracts clients and COI from
anywhere
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22. CASE STUDY: BLOGGING IN ACTION
Jeff uses his blog to answer
frequently asked questions
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23. BLOGGING IN ACTION
“Life insurance retirement planning”
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26. All these
companies
pay for results
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27. A SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE: WHITE BOARD VIDEOS
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28. NOW WHAT?
1. Decide where to start
2. Put it in your schedule
3. Treat it like a sale…..one day it will be
4. Start your list
5. Make a plan
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29. EDITORIAL CALENDAR
Date
Topic
Friday, February 7
Saving for college
Thursday, March 13
3 tips for retiring couples
Tuesday, April 1
What are annuities?
Wednesday, May 1
Thursday, June 19
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30. REQUIRED TOOLS:
A website
Choose one with a built in blogging
platform that is user friendly
A second set of eyes
If you don’t have a captain-grammarpants on staff, hire a free lance editor
Time
There is no two ways about it, writing
your own content will take time.
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