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Day One Results! with:
Content Marketing
A Case Study By:
Small Business Marketing Professional
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What is at the heart of
Content Marketing?
• Serving customers excellently
– Putting customers first in the way you run your
business
• Help them to make the most informed decisions where it
really counts
• Become a leader in your field
– Demonstrate with premium collateral that you really
do care
• Give them all you have to their absolute gain, especially
before they invest
– Educate them with empowering insights and expertise
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Why Google enjoys
Content Marketing so MUCH?
Google’s mission:
“Our goal is to get you to the answer you're looking for faster, creating a nearly seamless
connection between you and the knowledge you seek.”
CONTENT:
quality, relevant ,
comprehensive
wording,
co-occurrence of
related terms,
higher word-
count,
frequency
WEBSITE:
robust site
architecture,
optimal internal
linking structure,
short loading
times, meta tags
BACKLINKS:
quantity, quality
SOCIAL MENTIONS:
average total
number of signals
USER VOTES:
click-through rates,
lower bounce rates,
high time-on-site
WHAT YOU GIVE OUT IS WHAT YOU GET BACK – BOTH YOUR CUSTOMERS & GOOGLE AGREE
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Demonstrating the promotional power of
Content Marketing in ONE DAY
• Interview an ambitious small business owner
• Author a top quality press release
• Publish the resulting article online
• Optimize the article for search and social visibility
• Generate a PR media buzz & sales for the interviewee
• Increase targeted traffic to our consulting website
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Project Aims: Business Goals
OUR AIMS
• Have a genuinely enjoyable chat with a likeminded business owner
• Share valuable experiences & learn a little
• Get small business owner thinking about asset value
• Produce a top quality interview press release
• Diversify content of blog at www.smallbusinessmarketingprofessional.com
• Optimize article for high impact visibility online
• Socially share the article via Google+ Small Business Marketing Professional
GREAT BENEFITS FOR THE INTERVIEWEE
1. Google optimized article targeting profitable keywords selling products/service
2. Clear call to action for generating media interest and new customer leads
3. We hope...bottom line reputational value and increased profits and earnings!
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Project Timeline – March to October 2015
Text Message (5mins)
Interview (35mins)
Drafting (2hours)
Interviewee approval (1 hour)
Publishing (1 hour)
DAY 1 RESULTS! (instantly!)
3-Month Review
6-Month Review
10th March
12th March
18th March
7th April
17th April
18th April
July
October
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Text message invitation
• Simple introduction and invitation to
named business owner’s mobile phone
offering FREE promotional value
• Straight, but not pushy approach
• Credibility: link to consulting web address
• Personal ID of the interviewer disclosed
(avoid anonymous texts – end with simple
call to action)
• Interview booked within 2hours!
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30 minute phone interview
• Be prompt
• Plan interview questions
• Formal introduction to set expectations of
call
• Keep it moving and fluid, but detailed and
honest
• It’s been great talking!
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Drafting the interview transcription
• Transcribe notes into an interview format
• Edit for readability, maintaining honesty
and integrity
• Keyword research based on interviewee’s
key services and products
• On page search engine optimization plan
• Capture the fluidity of the conversation in
prose
• 1st Draft at the ready!
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Interviewee approval
• Formatted Word .doc emailed to
interviewee
• Covering letter encouraging critical
examination
• Indicate eagerness to publish
• Patience – appreciate interviewee’s
priorities
• Receive final edit and review
• Now to format the article!
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Interview published
• Plan relevance in thematic siloing within
our consulting website – where it will
naturally fit in
• Conversion optimized page, without
selling
• On-site optimization (meta tags etc.) – no
keyword stuffing though
• Internal and external linking
• Publish!
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From theory into practice
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
Call to action
For press enquiries & bookings
Interview released as blog article
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And now...promotion
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
Google+ Channel:
• Audience: small business owners
• Statistics: 69 viewers / 31,600 views
Online Promotion
WordPress Blog:
• Simple text/image/video editor
• Well designed and coded for SEO
Google Search:
• #1st page rankings
• £Profitable keywords
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
DAY ONE RESULTS – TAKE-OFF!
(...and soaring by the minute!)
• Google Search
 Four page1# Google search results (within 2hours)
• ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’
• ‘Italian Chef Wandsworth’
• ‘Pasta Atelier London’
• ‘Camerieri London’
• Google +
 Over 20 hashtag channel appearances (within 20mins)
• Comments: 1
• Plus one: 1
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LET’S EXAMINE THE PROOF!
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Italian Chef Wandsworth’
#1
See for yourself:
•Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Italian chef Wandsworth’
into Google...
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1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Camerieri London’
#1
See for yourself:
•Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Camerieri London’ into
Google...
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1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’
#9
See for yourself:
•Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’
into Google...
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Pasta Atelier London’
#6
See for yourself:
•Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Pasta Atelier London’
into Google...
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Hashtag Google+ Strategy for online PR
Some hashtags targeted:
#Italy
#Pasta
#Pastarecipes
#Lasagne
#Italiancatering
#Italianfood
#Italianstyle
#Italiani
#Gourmet
#Doppiozero
#Londonrestaurants
#Londonfood
#Londonbusiness
#Wandsworth
#Wandsworthbusiness
#Wandsworthnews
#smallbusinesstips
#smallbusiness
#smallbusinessmarketing
Hashtag
highlights
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1st Google+ Social Share in only 20mins of publishing!
1st Google Plus sharing begins in just 20mins!
© Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
The
• Interviewee...increased brand value
– An independent press release promoting their
business to: the media, other business owners
and new customers
• We are yet to see expressed interest in the interviewee from other
publications, media outlets or new customers
• Interviewer...increased reputation
– Increased targeted web audience, subscribers and
clients generated from publishing new content via
consulting website
• We are yet to analyse traffic, subscribers & have not yet converted clients
...but then again, these are only
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Day one results! with content marketing making leaders of business bloggers

  • 1. Day One Results! with: Content Marketing A Case Study By: Small Business Marketing Professional © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 2. What is at the heart of Content Marketing? • Serving customers excellently – Putting customers first in the way you run your business • Help them to make the most informed decisions where it really counts • Become a leader in your field – Demonstrate with premium collateral that you really do care • Give them all you have to their absolute gain, especially before they invest – Educate them with empowering insights and expertise © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 3. Why Google enjoys Content Marketing so MUCH? Google’s mission: “Our goal is to get you to the answer you're looking for faster, creating a nearly seamless connection between you and the knowledge you seek.” CONTENT: quality, relevant , comprehensive wording, co-occurrence of related terms, higher word- count, frequency WEBSITE: robust site architecture, optimal internal linking structure, short loading times, meta tags BACKLINKS: quantity, quality SOCIAL MENTIONS: average total number of signals USER VOTES: click-through rates, lower bounce rates, high time-on-site WHAT YOU GIVE OUT IS WHAT YOU GET BACK – BOTH YOUR CUSTOMERS & GOOGLE AGREE © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 4. Demonstrating the promotional power of Content Marketing in ONE DAY • Interview an ambitious small business owner • Author a top quality press release • Publish the resulting article online • Optimize the article for search and social visibility • Generate a PR media buzz & sales for the interviewee • Increase targeted traffic to our consulting website © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 5. Project Aims: Business Goals OUR AIMS • Have a genuinely enjoyable chat with a likeminded business owner • Share valuable experiences & learn a little • Get small business owner thinking about asset value • Produce a top quality interview press release • Diversify content of blog at www.smallbusinessmarketingprofessional.com • Optimize article for high impact visibility online • Socially share the article via Google+ Small Business Marketing Professional GREAT BENEFITS FOR THE INTERVIEWEE 1. Google optimized article targeting profitable keywords selling products/service 2. Clear call to action for generating media interest and new customer leads 3. We hope...bottom line reputational value and increased profits and earnings! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 6. Project Timeline – March to October 2015 Text Message (5mins) Interview (35mins) Drafting (2hours) Interviewee approval (1 hour) Publishing (1 hour) DAY 1 RESULTS! (instantly!) 3-Month Review 6-Month Review 10th March 12th March 18th March 7th April 17th April 18th April July October © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 7. Text message invitation • Simple introduction and invitation to named business owner’s mobile phone offering FREE promotional value • Straight, but not pushy approach • Credibility: link to consulting web address • Personal ID of the interviewer disclosed (avoid anonymous texts – end with simple call to action) • Interview booked within 2hours! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 8. 30 minute phone interview • Be prompt • Plan interview questions • Formal introduction to set expectations of call • Keep it moving and fluid, but detailed and honest • It’s been great talking! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 9. Drafting the interview transcription • Transcribe notes into an interview format • Edit for readability, maintaining honesty and integrity • Keyword research based on interviewee’s key services and products • On page search engine optimization plan • Capture the fluidity of the conversation in prose • 1st Draft at the ready! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 10. Interviewee approval • Formatted Word .doc emailed to interviewee • Covering letter encouraging critical examination • Indicate eagerness to publish • Patience – appreciate interviewee’s priorities • Receive final edit and review • Now to format the article! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 11. Interview published • Plan relevance in thematic siloing within our consulting website – where it will naturally fit in • Conversion optimized page, without selling • On-site optimization (meta tags etc.) – no keyword stuffing though • Internal and external linking • Publish! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 12. From theory into practice © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 13. Call to action For press enquiries & bookings Interview released as blog article © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 14. And now...promotion © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 15. Google+ Channel: • Audience: small business owners • Statistics: 69 viewers / 31,600 views Online Promotion WordPress Blog: • Simple text/image/video editor • Well designed and coded for SEO Google Search: • #1st page rankings • £Profitable keywords © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 16. DAY ONE RESULTS – TAKE-OFF! (...and soaring by the minute!) • Google Search  Four page1# Google search results (within 2hours) • ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’ • ‘Italian Chef Wandsworth’ • ‘Pasta Atelier London’ • ‘Camerieri London’ • Google +  Over 20 hashtag channel appearances (within 20mins) • Comments: 1 • Plus one: 1 © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 17. LET’S EXAMINE THE PROOF! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 18. 1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Italian Chef Wandsworth’ #1 See for yourself: •Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Italian chef Wandsworth’ into Google... © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 19. 1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Camerieri London’ #1 See for yourself: •Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Camerieri London’ into Google... © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 20. 1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’ #9 See for yourself: •Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Italian Caterer Wandsworth’ into Google... © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 21. 1st page Google UK ranking: for keyword ‘Pasta Atelier London’ #6 See for yourself: •Either click here to see the LIVE search result, or type ‘Pasta Atelier London’ into Google... © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 22. Hashtag Google+ Strategy for online PR Some hashtags targeted: #Italy #Pasta #Pastarecipes #Lasagne #Italiancatering #Italianfood #Italianstyle #Italiani #Gourmet #Doppiozero #Londonrestaurants #Londonfood #Londonbusiness #Wandsworth #Wandsworthbusiness #Wandsworthnews #smallbusinesstips #smallbusiness #smallbusinessmarketing Hashtag highlights © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 23. 1st Google+ Social Share in only 20mins of publishing! 1st Google Plus sharing begins in just 20mins! © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 24. The • Interviewee...increased brand value – An independent press release promoting their business to: the media, other business owners and new customers • We are yet to see expressed interest in the interviewee from other publications, media outlets or new customers • Interviewer...increased reputation – Increased targeted web audience, subscribers and clients generated from publishing new content via consulting website • We are yet to analyse traffic, subscribers & have not yet converted clients ...but then again, these are only © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.
  • 25. START TODAY WITH: CONTENT MARKETING Fill out this simple form & get a FREE download excel template: http://goo.gl/zCtRqx © Small Business Marketing Professional. All Rights Reserved.