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Elisa Camahort Page co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone. The company was
acquired this past Fall by SheKnows Media creating the leading women's lifestyle media company online. She now
serves as the Sr. VP of Community Content & Events for SheKnows.. Elisa is a founding Fellow of the Society for New
Communications Research and serves on the Board of Directors of the 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco,
the programming advisory committee for SXSW Interactive and SXSW V2V, and the Board of Advisors for the Our Hen
House animal rights non-profit and Hack the Hood. @ElisaC
In 2007, Robin Carey founded Social Media Today, LLC, one of the first companies to manage online B2B
communities that connect large organizations with people they want to influence. A veteran of the big-book print
media world that included Fortune, Newsweek and BusinessWeek, she had built her reputation on architecting
powerful strategies that delivered to blue-chip corporate clients and their agencies ways to corral and connect with
their customers, and equally importantly, their customers’ trusted influencers. As traditional media went digital, and
the internet went social, Robin was one of the first to realize that the emerging social media platforms offered huge
promise to corporations seeking to interact directly with, and learn from, their customers, their employees, and
experts from the Ivy Towers, the Street and the Hill. @robincarey
#SMTLive
Michael Brenner is the Head of Strategy for NewsCred and former VP of Global Content
Marketing Strategy from SAP. Recognized as a Top Business Marketer, Top Content Marketing
Influencer, Top Marketing Speaker, and Top Social Media Marketer, Michael is an accomplished
marketing speaker, author of the B2B Marketing Insider blog, and a frequent contributor on
leading publications like Forbes, The Economist, The Guardian and Entrepreneur.
@BrennerMichael
Brent Leary is Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, a CRM consulting/advisory firm focused on small and
mid-size enterprises. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience working on projects for
Microsoft, Research In Motion, BellSouth, Compaq and the state of Georgia’s Department of Economic
Development. Leary received CRM Magazine’s 2004 Most Influential Leader Award along with his business partner
Michael Thomas. He serves on the national board of the Customer Relationship Management Association as Vice
President of Technology, and as CRM subject matter expert for the Small Business Technology Task Force.
@BrentLeary
‘CX’ Needs One Agenda
Branding Hopes For One Agenda
Digital Assumes One Agenda
Stress Point - social
Source:RichardHughes,ProductStrategyDirectorofBroadvision
Lack Of Trust
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Content today must
compete with pictures of babies and
kittens.
WHY YOUR CONTENT MARKETING IS NOT WORKING
Your demographics are too broad
You aren’t being useful or helpful
Your content is boring and stupid
You haven’t changed your delivery methods
Your content doesn’t evoke emotion
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Social media Company
website
Email
newsletter
Articles
about the
brand
Through
their app
Text
message
None of the
above
When asked where millennials engage with brands:
NewsCred Millennial Survey 2014
• Men's Wearhouse
https://www.custedge.com/matt-stringer-of-mens-wearhouse-discusses-
the-mobile-wallet-an-emerging-channel-for-customer-engagement/
https://www.custedge.com/cmo-interviews-qa-with-matt-stringer-evp-of-
marketing-mens-wearhouse/
• Golden State Warriors
https://www.custedge.com/cmo-interviews-qa-with-kenny-lauer-vice-
president-of-digital-and-marketing-golden-state-warriors/
Case Studies
Our Speakers
Elisa Camahort Page co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone. The company was
acquired this past Fall by SheKnows Media creating the leading women's lifestyle media company online. She now
serves as the Sr. VP of Community Content & Events for SheKnows.. Elisa is a founding Fellow of the Society for New
Communications Research and serves on the Board of Directors of the 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco,
the programming advisory committee for SXSW Interactive and SXSW V2V, and the Board of Advisors for the Our Hen
House animal rights non-profit and Hack the Hood. @ElisaC
In 2007, Robin Carey founded Social Media Today, LLC, one of the first companies to manage online B2B
communities that connect large organizations with people they want to influence. A veteran of the big-book print
media world that included Fortune, Newsweek and BusinessWeek, she had built her reputation on architecting
powerful strategies that delivered to blue-chip corporate clients and their agencies ways to corral and connect with
their customers, and equally importantly, their customers’ trusted influencers. As traditional media went digital, and
the internet went social, Robin was one of the first to realize that the emerging social media platforms offered huge
promise to corporations seeking to interact directly with, and learn from, their customers, their employees, and
experts from the Ivy Towers, the Street and the Hill. @robincarey
#SMTLive
Michael Brenner is the Head of Strategy for NewsCred and former VP of Global Content
Marketing Strategy from SAP. Recognized as a Top Business Marketer, Top Content Marketing
Influencer, Top Marketing Speaker, and Top Social Media Marketer, Michael is an accomplished
marketing speaker, author of the B2B Marketing Insider blog, and a frequent contributor on
leading publications like Forbes, The Economist, The Guardian and Entrepreneur.
@BrennerMichael
Brent Leary is Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, a CRM consulting/advisory firm focused on small and
mid-size enterprises. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience working on projects for
Microsoft, Research In Motion, BellSouth, Compaq and the state of Georgia’s Department of Economic
Development. Leary received CRM Magazine’s 2004 Most Influential Leader Award along with his business partner
Michael Thomas. He serves on the national board of the Customer Relationship Management Association as Vice
President of Technology, and as CRM subject matter expert for the Small Business Technology Task Force.
@BrentLeary
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    Join the Conversation… Followalong and share your thoughts on Twitter at #SMTLive Submit your questions in the GoToWebinar control panel #SMTLive
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    Our Speakers Elisa CamahortPage co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone. The company was acquired this past Fall by SheKnows Media creating the leading women's lifestyle media company online. She now serves as the Sr. VP of Community Content & Events for SheKnows.. Elisa is a founding Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research and serves on the Board of Directors of the 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco, the programming advisory committee for SXSW Interactive and SXSW V2V, and the Board of Advisors for the Our Hen House animal rights non-profit and Hack the Hood. @ElisaC In 2007, Robin Carey founded Social Media Today, LLC, one of the first companies to manage online B2B communities that connect large organizations with people they want to influence. A veteran of the big-book print media world that included Fortune, Newsweek and BusinessWeek, she had built her reputation on architecting powerful strategies that delivered to blue-chip corporate clients and their agencies ways to corral and connect with their customers, and equally importantly, their customers’ trusted influencers. As traditional media went digital, and the internet went social, Robin was one of the first to realize that the emerging social media platforms offered huge promise to corporations seeking to interact directly with, and learn from, their customers, their employees, and experts from the Ivy Towers, the Street and the Hill. @robincarey #SMTLive Michael Brenner is the Head of Strategy for NewsCred and former VP of Global Content Marketing Strategy from SAP. Recognized as a Top Business Marketer, Top Content Marketing Influencer, Top Marketing Speaker, and Top Social Media Marketer, Michael is an accomplished marketing speaker, author of the B2B Marketing Insider blog, and a frequent contributor on leading publications like Forbes, The Economist, The Guardian and Entrepreneur. @BrennerMichael Brent Leary is Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, a CRM consulting/advisory firm focused on small and mid-size enterprises. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience working on projects for Microsoft, Research In Motion, BellSouth, Compaq and the state of Georgia’s Department of Economic Development. Leary received CRM Magazine’s 2004 Most Influential Leader Award along with his business partner Michael Thomas. He serves on the national board of the Customer Relationship Management Association as Vice President of Technology, and as CRM subject matter expert for the Small Business Technology Task Force. @BrentLeary
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    Stress Point -social Source:RichardHughes,ProductStrategyDirectorofBroadvision
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    Join the Conversation… Followalong and share your thoughts on Twitter at #SMTLive Submit your questions in the GoToWebinar control panel #SMTLive
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    Content today must competewith pictures of babies and kittens.
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    WHY YOUR CONTENTMARKETING IS NOT WORKING Your demographics are too broad You aren’t being useful or helpful Your content is boring and stupid You haven’t changed your delivery methods Your content doesn’t evoke emotion
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    0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Social media Company website Email newsletter Articles aboutthe brand Through their app Text message None of the above When asked where millennials engage with brands: NewsCred Millennial Survey 2014
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    Our Speakers Elisa CamahortPage co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone. The company was acquired this past Fall by SheKnows Media creating the leading women's lifestyle media company online. She now serves as the Sr. VP of Community Content & Events for SheKnows.. Elisa is a founding Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research and serves on the Board of Directors of the 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco, the programming advisory committee for SXSW Interactive and SXSW V2V, and the Board of Advisors for the Our Hen House animal rights non-profit and Hack the Hood. @ElisaC In 2007, Robin Carey founded Social Media Today, LLC, one of the first companies to manage online B2B communities that connect large organizations with people they want to influence. A veteran of the big-book print media world that included Fortune, Newsweek and BusinessWeek, she had built her reputation on architecting powerful strategies that delivered to blue-chip corporate clients and their agencies ways to corral and connect with their customers, and equally importantly, their customers’ trusted influencers. As traditional media went digital, and the internet went social, Robin was one of the first to realize that the emerging social media platforms offered huge promise to corporations seeking to interact directly with, and learn from, their customers, their employees, and experts from the Ivy Towers, the Street and the Hill. @robincarey #SMTLive Michael Brenner is the Head of Strategy for NewsCred and former VP of Global Content Marketing Strategy from SAP. Recognized as a Top Business Marketer, Top Content Marketing Influencer, Top Marketing Speaker, and Top Social Media Marketer, Michael is an accomplished marketing speaker, author of the B2B Marketing Insider blog, and a frequent contributor on leading publications like Forbes, The Economist, The Guardian and Entrepreneur. @BrennerMichael Brent Leary is Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, a CRM consulting/advisory firm focused on small and mid-size enterprises. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience working on projects for Microsoft, Research In Motion, BellSouth, Compaq and the state of Georgia’s Department of Economic Development. Leary received CRM Magazine’s 2004 Most Influential Leader Award along with his business partner Michael Thomas. He serves on the national board of the Customer Relationship Management Association as Vice President of Technology, and as CRM subject matter expert for the Small Business Technology Task Force. @BrentLeary
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    Join the Conversation… Followalong and share your thoughts on Twitter at #SMTLive Submit your questions in the GoToWebinar control panel #SMTLive
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    Featured Webinar August 19th Dispatchesfrom the Social Data Revolution: The Most Up-To-Date Research is Here

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Thank you to today’s sponsor, Act-On Software, who was the only Marketing Automation provider identified by Forrester Research as a category leader for both small marketing teams and large enterprises. You can download Forrester Research’s full report and read why Act-On was ranked as a leader at www.act-on.com/wave
  • #14 Ant that can be your brand
  • #15 Do you like to laugh? Great, so do millennials (and just about everyone). But it isn’t just about laughter, it’s about emotion. Millennials want a reason to connect with your content, and in turn, your brand. If you can build an emotional connection with someone, it means you can build trust. What does this mean for your brand? First, determine which emotional responses are aligned to your greater brand purpose. Is the emotion hope? Or is it happiness? Once you determine a set of emotions, then you can use these as an internal gut-check for your content. While you are creating it, and while you review it.
  • #16 Social media 49% Company website 53% Email newsletter 31% Articles published about a brand 26% Through their app 29% Text message 13% None of the above 20%