nick westergaard | branddrivendigital.com | 2015
BRAND DRIVEN digital
Content Marketing 201:
The Content Mindset
Why Content Marketing Is More Important than Ever
and What You and Your Team Can Do About It
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Content Is Kind of Big Deal
User Generated Content!
Content Marketing 201
‣ The Content Marketing Landscape
‣ What Makes Great Content
‣ Everyone’s a Publisher (and What That Means)
‣ That’s Cool But It Won’t Work for Us
‣ Planning Your Content Strategy
1
The Content 

Marketing Landscape
Content Is Fire.
Social Media Is Gasoline.
– Jay Baer
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The Age of
Interruption Is Over
“– seth godin
You can’t interrupt
or YELL your way
to WINNING.”
“
– eric schmidt, executive chairman, google
EVERY TWO DAYS
we create as much
information as we
did from the dawn
of civilization to 

up until 2003.
A Poetic Dynamic
‣ Paid
‣ Owned
‣ Earned
‣ Media
Content by the Numbers
Over 90%of all marketers use content marketing 

— b2c, b2b, & non-profit sectors!
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Effectively Using? Only 44% (B2C)
Effectively Using? Only 41% (B2B)
Effectively Using? 52% (Non-Profit)
Over 50%
of content marketers lack a documented content
strategy — includes b2c, b2b, & non-profit sectors
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Nearly 70%
of content marketers have someone to oversee
content marketing — includes b2c, b2b, & non-profit
sectors
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Over 41%
of content marketers are producing more content
than last year — includes b2c, b2b, & non-profit
sectors
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
B2C Marketers Use About 12 Forms
B2B Marketers Use About 13 Forms
Non-Profits Marketers Use 11 Forms
Brand 

Awareness
was the top organizational goal for content in the
b2c and b2b sectors while fundraising was top for
non-profits
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Web Trafficwas the top form of content measurement in the
b2c and b2b sectors while increased funding was
top for non-profits
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Most Plan on Increasing Budgets
24%, 30%, 20%
perecent of budget allocated toward content
marketing efforts for b2c, b2b, and non-profit
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Writing 

& Design
are most likely to be outsourced across all
sectors — b2c, b2b, and non-profit
Source: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs
Top Challenges — B2C
Top Challenges — B2B
Top Challenges — Non-Profit
Content Challenges & Pain Points
‣ Content Strategy
‣ Producing Effective & Engaging Content
‣ Producing Enough
‣ Time
‣ Budget
2
What Makes 

Great Content?
Why Do We Need Great Content?
Source: businessesgrow.com
1. Helpful
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Helpful Content
Short-Form Help
Helping Customers in Six Seconds
Questions Are Currency
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2. Value
Useful
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3. Builds Relationships
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Building Relationships
4. Timely
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Not Always Digital But Timely
Business Centric
& Customer Aware
great content is both
3
Everyone’s a Publisher
(So, What Does That Mean?)
Think Like a Publisher
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Be a Brand Journalist
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YOU Are a Media Platform
Deadlines Matter
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Just Push Publish
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4
That’s Cool.
But That Won’t Work for Us.
#SadTrombone
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Channel Stuart Smalley
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“– david b. thomas, salesforce marketing cloud
The Bs and Cs are
ALL PEOPLE.”
Helping: B2B Edition
Enhancing Lead Gen
Source: lplegal.com/our-people
Non-Profits Too
5
Planning Your 

Content Strategy
The 6 Ps of Content Strategy
‣ Purpose
‣ People
‣ Preference
‣ Production
‣ Promotion
‣ Propulsion
Purpose
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People
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Preference
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Production
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Promotion
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“
– derek halpern, social triggers
Create content
20% of the time.
Spend the other
80% of your time
promoting what
you created.
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Propulsion
Propulsion: Learn to Love the Logos
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Make Your Content More Shareable
‣ Ask Them to Share!
‣ Provide Sharing Icons/Options — Numerous
‣ Include Tweetable Passages/Links
‣ Incentivize Sharing — Additional Content, Contest
‣ Measuring Sharing with bit.ly
Create Content
Worth Sharing
bottom line: if you want your content shared
Planning the 6 Ps Helps
You Plan the Work and …
Need People to Work 

the Plan
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Biggest Mistake
Content Questions?
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Content Marketing 201