1. The document discusses leveraging the value of content creation by making content accessible across multiple platforms and monetizing it through various revenue channels like sponsorships, subscriptions, and pay-per-view models.
2. It emphasizes identifying the customer journey and creating content tailored for each stage from dreaming to sharing to ensure the right content reaches audiences on the right platform.
3. Metrics like traffic sources, most popular content, and actions taken are important to measure the impact of content marketing and inform future business and editorial strategies.
2. Reflections on River
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Established 1994
Independent
£15m+ turnover, 100 team members
Top 10 content marketing agency
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www.therivergroup.co.uk
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3. Leveraging the value of content creation
1. Make content go further/work harder
2. Generate revenue from your content
5. Content Marketing: Planning
1. Recognise who you are as a brand
2. Understand who your present and future
consumers are
3. What do you want to say and achieve
4. Distribution methodology to engage for each
audience segment – ensuring consistency of
messaging due to multiple touchpoints
6. Identify the customer journey
So we can deliver the right
content
•At the right time
•On the right platform
•To be monetized and measured
7. Identifying the role that content might play
Dreaming
Dreaming
Looking
Looking
Feelings
Uncertainty
Frustration
Excitement
Content role
Inspire
Inspire
Inform
Be accessible
Booking
Booking
Planning
Planning
Experiencing
Anticipation
Frustration
Anxiety
Excitement
Excitement
Anticipation
Anxiety
Happy/Sad
Reassuring
Helpful
Supportive
Entertaining
Companion
Reassuring
Sharing
Sharing
9. So content needs to be accessible
How I want it, where I
want it, when I want it…
Context and content are partners
Context and content are partners
10. Created. Once. Published. Everywhere
• Content becomes omni-platform across magazine, website,
emails, social media and mobile/tablet
• Adds value by extending the content into clients wider
marketing activity
• Improves brand authority and SEO
11. Created. Once. Publish. Everywhere
‘How to’ videos
Have you tried our amazing Mediterranean
Pork? #weightwatchersfood
Weight Watchers and Weight Watchers
magazine Facebook pages
Native apps
Life-stage targeting
E-zines and marketing
communications
12. Content doesn’t need to sit still
Recipes
repurposed by The
Co-operative
Village
Recipe featured in
The Co-operative
Food Magazine
(print and digital)
Recipe / video shared
by community via
social media
Teaser of recipe
featured in
emails
Recipes
repurposed by
Lincolnshire
Co-operative
Recipe featured on
goodwithfood.co.uk
14. Creating value that is..
Usable
http://vimeo.com/58370510
Shareable
Profitable
15. Purposeful..
Web search
Web page article
Link to online shop
Buy product
Social media
Facebook post
Add comments
Visit website
E-Newsletter
Feature article
Link to online
membership
16. Measurable..
Where did they come from?
‣ Search
‣ Email newsletters
‣ Social media
What did they look at/read?
‣ Most/least popular
content
‣ Time on page vs. time to
read
What did they do as a result?
‣ Download a file,
‣ Become a member
‣ Contact us
‣ Referring sites
‣ Make a purchase
‣ Direct
‣ Sign up for email
newsletters
Understand where to put
your marketing effort
Inform and drive editorial
approach
Business KPIs
35. Starting the monetisation process
1.
Define your objectives
•
Be specific. Content can’t do everything
2. Understand your customers. Properly
•
All the usual + How do they search for your content? what language do they
use? what does their decision making process look like
3. Hire great content creators
•
Creating great content requires creative skills.
4. Decide how you will measure success
4. Decide how you will measure success
• • Attribute it to business value
Attribute it to business value
37. Method: select a payment model
Pay Attention
Pay if you want it
Pay in your sleep
Sponsorships
Edition Sales
Edition Sales
Premium SMS
Premium SMS
Affiliates
Pay Per View
Pay Per View
Subscription
Subscription
App sales
App sales
Advertising
41. THANK YOU
Alex Marks – amarks@therivergroup.co.uk
Susi O’neill – soneill@therivergroup.co.uk
@rivergroupltd
www.therivergroup.co.uk
Editor's Notes
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