Welcome, Future
Content Marketing
Superstars
Me            V
     Content Marketing
     Digital Campaigns
     Strategic Consulting
     •   Salesforce
     •   NetSuite
     •   Econsultancy
     •   dotMobi
     •   Ciena
     •   Cisco
     •   Marketo
     •   App-DNA
     •   Canonical
Who are the
Content Marketing
Superstars?
Content Marketing
Superstars!
Making of the
Content Marketing
Superstars
Lessons
Start
 A Smart Marketer
 Humble
 Used to “the way of doing things”
Start
 A Smart Marketer
 Humble
 Used to “the way of doing things”

The Motivation
 A pretty boring arrangement
 Shut off from everything interesting
 Tired of making the arrangements
The Realization
 Holy s*@t! I can engage with the
 market directly
 Great content leads to real leads,
 which lead to real business
 Marketing can actually drive
 our business
The Realization
 Holy s*@t! I can engage with the
 market directly
 Great content leads to real leads,
 which lead to real business
 Marketing can actually drive
 our business

The Series of Revelations
Revelations
People went this way before
People went this way before
 Flattery, or just recognition of
 great work?
 Gaining implicit buy-in from
 influencers
 Seeking out input from
 knowledgeable sources
 Building back links
Show you know your audience
Map your content to your audience
Show you know your audience
 …but what kind of an audience
 are they?
 What do they love? Hate? Fear?
 Hope for?
Show you know your audience
 …but what kind of an audience
 are they?
 What do they love? Hate? Fear?
 Hope for?
 What are their scenarios?
 Situational content
Utility beats naked promotion
Utility beats naked promotion
 Sometimes it doesn’t have to be
 about you
 It’s enough that it’s from you
 Help contacts into a position
 to buy from you
Get the most from content
Get the most from content
 One content marketing superstar
 calls it “Pimping your content”
 Repurpose content for different
 context, different channels,
 different audiences
 Think about on-site & off-site
Online, it’s all connected
 If you can, avoid entanglements
 Use a CMS, track on GA,
 consider freeware
Online, it’s all connected
 If you can, avoid entanglements
 Use a CMS, track on GA,
 consider freeware
 Preach what you’re doing
 across the org
 Get buy-in from IT & dev resources
 Tell them what you need
Go rogue
Just made for DIY
Love your vertical
Loving their domains
Nothing’s safer than testing
change
Nothing’s safer than testing
change
 How can change be the most
 conservative?
 Isn’t it safer to stay put?
Nothing’s safer than testing
change
 How can change be the most
 conservative?
 Isn’t it safer to stay put?

 What’s the likelihood you’re
 doing things wrong?
 It’ll always make more sense to
 discover waste,
 than to continue with it.
Manage expectations
Not a common
immediate
response
Manage expectations
 Establish a baseline
 Flag honesty
Measure what makes sense
to measure
Google Analytics
is the content
marketer’s best friend
Measure what makes sense
to measure
 Link metrics to actions or
 responses
 Don’t be afraid to change course,
 or abandon
Content doesn’t sell itself
Content doesn’t sell itself
 Think distribution and promotion
 What channels will your content
 take to market?
Including influencers   PPC Campaign
                                                  Webinar

                                SEO-friendly Landing Page
Email newsletter



Guest posts
                                                Twitter



Blogging on own site                   Merchandising on own site
                          Slideshare
Mix it up yourself online
Mix it up yourself online
 The age of the behind-the-scenes
 operator is over
 Get social skills under your skin
Do your research.
Do your research.
 If you’re not the data superfreak
 about your own business,
 who will be?
 Your data = great content
Move fast and break things
Move fast and break things
Measure
Where is our humble
marketer now?
Content Marketing
Superstars
Where is our humble
marketer now?
 Still smart
 Still humble
 Still used to “the way of doing
 things”
Where is our humble
marketer now?
 Still smart
 Still humble
 Still used to “the way of doing
 things”
So what’s changed?
 No longer bored
 No longer shut off
 Not “making the arrangements”
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed it!
 Would love to hear from anyone
 on the journey to content
 marketing superstardom!
 Up for a chat?
 I’m on twitter @rskin11
 Or email:
 ryan@velocitypartners.co.uk

Content Marketing Superstars