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Developing	An	Engagement	Laboratory
Dan	Glicksman	@dglix
Sr.	Manager	Lead	&	Demand	Generation	– Cox	Media
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Today’s	Agenda
Experimenting	with	New	Content	Formats
Building	Modular	Content
Testing	and	Measuring	Offers
Improving	Conversion	with	Sales	Enablement
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First	– Let’s	Cut	to	the	Obvious
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Determining	
who	we	want	
to	talk	to…
The	Challenge
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Saying	what	we	
need	to	in	a	way	
they’ll	notice,	
understand and	
hopefully	take	the	
RIGHT	action
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In	quick highly	
digestible
and	
ENGAGING
bites…
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With	some	
combination	
of	these
OH - that	
everyone	else	
is	also	sending	
in	mass	
amounts…
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To	Humans	that	Have	Our	“Fullest	Attention”
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Working	with	New	Content	Formats
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The	Four	Critical	Questions:
§ Is	it	engaging?
§ Does	the	format	make	sense	
with	the	content?
§ Does	it	allow	me	to	tell	more	
of	my	story	at	once?
§ Is	it	a	good	investment?
When	Considering	New	Formats…	
Or	risk	building	the	puppy-monkey-baby	of	content!
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The	Infographic
=
§ Eye-catching
§ Easy	to	
understand	
§ Make	content	
digestible
§ …but	often	
lack	ability	to	
track	
engagement
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The	NEW	Infographic
=
§ Brings	the	
benefits	of	the	
layout
§ Adds	interaction	
to	increase	
interest
§ Dynamically	
builds	the	story	
to	increase	
engagement
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The	BEST	Infographics
=
§ Bring	the	
benefits	of	the	
layout
§ Add	interaction	
and	dynamic	
story	telling
§ Integrate	
multiple	
formats	to	take	
the	story	further
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Modular	Content
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Two	Approaches	to	Modular	Content
DIVISIBLE	CONTENT
• Longer,	more	in-depth	
piece
• Sub-divided	into	smaller	
sections
• Each	section	can	stand	on	
its	own
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Divisible	Content:	Why	&	How
• Increase	ROI
• Works	in	a	crunch
• React	to	metrics	or	insights	that	indicate	audience	
engagement
Identify	
Content
Find					
Hot-Spots
Assess	
Messages
Decide	
Formats
Produce	&	
Amplify
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Divisible	Content	In	Action
§ eBlast to	SMBs
§ Goal:	Break	down	a	
daunting	task	into	
something	manageable
§ 565	unique	readers;	
1:13	per	page
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Divisible	Content	in	Action
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Divisible	Content	in	Action
§ Define	transactional
§ Define	relationship
§ J.C.	Penny	Example
§ Starbucks	Example
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Divisible	Content	in	Action
§ Can	I	afford	it?
§ Does	it	bring	clarity	to	the	
story?
§ Has	my	audience	engaged	
with	it	elsewhere	or	within	in	
my	other	content?
§ What	do	benchmarks	tell	us?
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Divisible	Content	in	Action
Video	 -
Series	of	7	
Success	Stories	–
Series	of		5
7	Day	Blog	Series
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Two	Approaches	to	Modular	Content
ADDITIVE	CONTENT
• Smaller	pieces,	often	
similar	formats
• Combined	into	a	larger	
project
• Work	together	to	tell	a	
brand	story
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Additive	Content:	Why	&	How
• Increase	ROI
• Works	even	better	in	a	crunch
• Even	easier	to	react	to	metrics	or	insights	that	
indicate	audience	engagement	(ex:	social	gems)
Identify	
Content
Find	
Themes
Pick	a	
Format
Close	
Gaps
Produce	&	
Amplify
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Additive	Content	In	Action
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Additive	Content	In	Action
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Additive	Content	In	Action
Blogs
Articles
Tweets
Combinations	to	Consider:
eBooks	
Curated	Content
Infographics
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1
Additive	Content	In	Action
Define	for	the	
audience	why
these	things	go		
together
2 Create	any	
missing	content:
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Additive	Content	In	Action
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Testing	and	Measuring	Different	Offers
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Your	Idea	Felt	Like	This	before	launching…
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But	Executed	Like	This…	How	do	we	avoid?
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Testing
§ A/B
§ Subject	
lines
§ Copy
§ Ads
§ Target
§ Timing
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Go	To	Your	Audience	Using	Search	History
§ Scientific	– less	
“gut”
§ And	helps	check	
the	“gut”
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Go	To	Sales
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Sales	Enablement
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What	is	Sales	Enablement
https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Sales-Enablement-Blog/2014/08/Defining-
Sales-Enablement
Is	it:
§ Coaching/training?
§ Onboarding?
§ Content	Creation?
§ Performing	
Analysis?
§ Basic	Sales	Training?
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Our	brake	pads	
are	really	cool!
I’d	just	like	to	add,	
the	spectrometer	
readout	on	the	
nickel	cadmium	
alloy	mix…
How	Sales	
Thinks	
Marketing	Sells
How	Marketing	
Thinks	Sales	
Sells
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Figuring	Out	Sales…	Go	to	their	point	of	Gravity
Sales	Prep	Kits
One-stop-shop	for	sales	
enablement:
Shared	PRIOR	to	content	
piece	being	sent
One-sheet	summary	of	
entire	content	piece
Tips	for	discussing	content	
with	clients
Archive	of	previous	prep	kits
Sales	Prep	Kits
§ Conversation	
starters
§ Questions	to	
take	you	down	
solution	path
§ Pain	probing
§ Statistics
Marketing	Content	– One-Sheet
1. 3-Bullet	content	summary
2. Chart	breakdown	of	each	key	
topic	and	how	it	ties	into	your	
client’s	marketing	strategy
3. 3	Content	goals
4. Thumbnail	photo,	linked	to	
download	full	content	piece
5. 1-3	New	topics	for	consultants	
to	consider	and	familiarize	
themselves	with	prior	to	
discussing	the	piece	in	a	client	
meeting
6. Marketing	amplification	
activities	schedule
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The	Sales	Cheat-Sheet	(or	Cube	Wallpaper)
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Thank	You!
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Developing An Engagement Laboratory