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SARAH WADE MARKETING SPECIALIST
      ONLINE EDITOR | CONTENT




Thursday, 18 April 13
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL
                         CONTENT IN B&Q’S
                         COMMUNICATIONS




Thursday, 18 April 13
33%
  2 billion                                                   of brands say they can’t get their
                                                              customers to talk to them, but…

    videos are watched on YouTube on average each day

                                    Interesting content is a top   3 reason     94%…of marketers say the voice

      In 2011
                                                                                   of the customer is the most
                                                                                   convincing
      brands really sat up and took notice


   60%                                                  Over 30 million
 of b2b marketers (agencies) plan to invest           pieces of content are shared via social media daily
 more in content marketing this year


                        90%           of consumers find custom content useful and    78%
                        believe that organizations providing custom content are interested in
                        building good relationships with them



                                                            35,000
    Only 31%                                              blog posts published on Wordpress daily

       of recipients find loyalty scheme communications extremely relevant

Thursday, 18 April 13
B&Q’S CONTENT MARKETING OBJECTIVES




Thursday, 18 April 13
B&Q’S CONTENT MARKETING OBJECTIVES




                                        HANDS UP IF
                                          YOU’RE
                                       PLANNING ON
                                        DOING MORE
                                       WITH CONTENT
                                         THIS YEAR
                                         THAN LAST
                                           YEAR?




Thursday, 18 April 13
Thursday, 18 April 13
@sarahleighw

Thursday, 18 April 13
B&Q & KINGFISHER




Thursday, 18 April 13
HELP & ADVICE
                            OUR KEY
                        DIFFERENCIATOR




                        IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO GO TO:
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?
                        feature=player_embedded&v=KEnksbcguaQ




Thursday, 18 April 13
HELP & ADVICE




Thursday, 18 April 13
HELP & ADVICE




                 GREAT
                CONTENT
                  THAT
                TEACHES




Thursday, 18 April 13
OUR CURRENT CONTENT TOOL KIT




Thursday, 18 April 13
PUBLISHING & AMPLIFYING GREAT CONTENT




Thursday, 18 April 13
PUBLISHING & AMPLIFYING GREAT CONTENT




Thursday, 18 April 13
NEXT STEPS: AMPLIFYING OUR CONTENT




Thursday, 18 April 13
NEXT STEPS: AMPLIFYING OUR CONTENT




                                  WHERE DO       WHERE &
                  WHO ARE OUR
                                 THEY SPEND     HOW DO WE
                  CUSTOMERS?
                                    TIME?        ENGAGE?




                                 CONSISTENTLY
                   BUILD THEIR                  AMPLIFY
                                   PUBLISH
                  TRUST – HELP                   GREAT
                                    GREAT
                    THEM OUT       CONTENT      CONTENT




Thursday, 18 April 13
WHAT’S WORKED?




Thursday, 18 April 13
DISPLAY ACTIVITY | STORY LED




                                                                           Above average =

                                                                               Oct       Avg.
                                               Aimed at people like me         64%       59%

                                                   Found it informative        67%       60%

                            Made me think more positively about B&Q            45%       40%

                                            Trusted the advert/feature         54%       50%

                                           Enjoyed the advert/feature          56%       54%

                                           Really caught my attention          42%       44%

                                             Made me want to visit             36%       36%
                                             B&Q
                                         Made me want to find out              47%       39%
                                         more
                           Really different from others adverts/features       27%       23%

Thursday, 18 April 13
DISPLAY ACTIVITY | STORY LED



                                                                                           97%
                                     63% thought display was                             READ THE
                              memorable while 3 in 5 rated it as                           B&Q
                                                                                          FEATURE
                                            good or excellent
                        Interesting
                        76%
                        Useful 64%                                                     Above average =
                        Relevant 63%
                                                                                           Oct       Avg.
                                                           Aimed at people like me         64%       59%

                                                               Found it informative        67%       60%

                                        Made me think more positively about B&Q            45%       40%

                                                        Trusted the advert/feature         54%       50%

                                                       Enjoyed the advert/feature          56%       54%

                                                       Really caught my attention          42%       44%

                                                         Made me want to visit             36%       36%
                                                         B&Q
                                                     Made me want to find out              47%       39%
                                                     more
                                       Really different from others adverts/features       27%       23%

Thursday, 18 April 13
DISPLAY ACTIVITY | DEAL LED




                         Interesting 73%
                         Useful 63%
                         Relevant 59%
                                                                            Below average =

                                                                                Jan           Avg.
                                                Aimed at people like me         57%       59%

                                                    Found it informative        60%       60%

                             Made me think more positively about B&Q            37%       40%

                                             Trusted the advert/feature         48%       50%

                                            Enjoyed the advert/feature          46%       54%

                                            Really caught my attention          42%       44%

                                              Made me want to visit             35%       36%
                                              B&Q
                                          Made me want to find out              37%       39%
                                          more
                            Really different from others adverts/features       21%       23%


Thursday, 18 April 13
AFFILIATE ACTIVITY




Thursday, 18 April 13
AFFILIATE ACTIVITY




          ENTRIES: 1,385
          (CONVERSION
           RATE = 47%)




Thursday, 18 April 13
CHRISTMAS COMMS




Thursday, 18 April 13
CHRISTMAS COMMS




                                   BUYING
                                   GUIDE
                                   VISITS
                                   36, 518
                        HOMEPAGE
                         VISITS
                          7923



Thursday, 18 April 13
WHAT WE’RE
                        WORKING ON




Thursday, 18 April 13
EMAIL ACTIVITY




                        Consistent output




Thursday, 18 April 13
EMAIL ACTIVITY




                                Consistent output




                  TRADING +
                 CONTENT =
                   RICHER
               COMMUNICATIONS




Thursday, 18 April 13
COMMUNICATING
                         SUSTAINABILITY




                        IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO GO TO:
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?
                        v=WVH9ErCspEM&feature=youtu.be




Thursday, 18 April 13
ONE PLANET HOME




Thursday, 18 April 13
ONE PLANET HOME




                         VISITS
                         UP 10%
                         SINCE
                        REBRAND




Thursday, 18 April 13
ONE PLANET HOME COMMUNICATION TIMELINE




Thursday, 18 April 13
STREETCLUB




Thursday, 18 April 13
STREETCLUB




                          1042
                         CLUBS
                        ACROSS
                        THE UK



Thursday, 18 April 13
THE FUTURE




Thursday, 18 April 13
WHAT’S NEXT | SYNDICATION & PARTNERSHIPS




                                              Partnerships




                               Syndication




Thursday, 18 April 13
WHAT’S NEXT | SYNDICATION & PARTNERSHIPS



       THREE S’ OF
        CONTENT                               Partnerships
        STRATEGY
     • SEARCH
     • SYNDICATION
     •   SOCIAL

                               Syndication




Thursday, 18 April 13
WHAT’S NEXT | OUTREACH




                            Outreach




Thursday, 18 April 13
DON’T KNOW
                         WHERE TO
                          START?




Thursday, 18 April 13
SET THE BALL ROLLING




      1.
                                    WHO ELSE
                           ASK                 CONTENT
                                     DOES IT
                        CUSTOMERS              PLANNING
                                     WELL?




Thursday, 18 April 13
SET THE BALL ROLLING




      1.
                                    WHO ELSE
                           ASK                    CONTENT
                                     DOES IT
                        CUSTOMERS                 PLANNING
                                     WELL?




      2.
                         WHO ARE
                                     WHERE DO     WHERE &
                          YOUR
                                    THEY SPEND   HOW DO YOU
                        CUSTOMERS
                                       TIME?      ENGAGE?
                            ?




Thursday, 18 April 13
SET THE BALL ROLLING




      1.
                                       WHO ELSE
                           ASK                        CONTENT
                                        DOES IT
                        CUSTOMERS                     PLANNING
                                        WELL?




      2.
                         WHO ARE
                                       WHERE DO       WHERE &
                          YOUR
                                      THEY SPEND     HOW DO YOU
                        CUSTOMERS
                                         TIME?        ENGAGE?
                            ?




      3.
                        BUILD THEIR   CONSISTENTLY
                                       PUBLISH        AMPLIFY
                         TRUST –
                                        GREAT          GREAT
                        HELP THEM
                                       CONTENT        CONTENT
                            OUT




Thursday, 18 April 13
Facebook.com/HashtagUK
                              Sarah Wade
  Works at B&Q
  Lives in
  Southampton           3 things I’d like you to try and please Tweet me to let me
                        know how you’re getting on - #coolcontentchallenge
  @sarahleighw          Like Comment Promote Share
  @coolcontent2013
  #coolcontentchalle         Sally Breeze Talk to your customers via your social channels – what
  nge                        content would they like to see?

                             Jo Carrick In your next newsletter/email, aim to pin together a story,
                             articulate and measure the difference in click-through-rate.

                             Kristian S-C Based on insight and your customer’s behaviours, action
                             one learning
                             to improve your communications.

Thursday, 18 April 13

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Sarah Wade - The Role of Digital Content in B&Q's Communications

  • 1. SARAH WADE MARKETING SPECIALIST ONLINE EDITOR | CONTENT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 2. THE ROLE OF DIGITAL CONTENT IN B&Q’S COMMUNICATIONS Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 3. 33% 2 billion of brands say they can’t get their customers to talk to them, but… videos are watched on YouTube on average each day Interesting content is a top 3 reason 94%…of marketers say the voice In 2011 of the customer is the most convincing brands really sat up and took notice 60% Over 30 million of b2b marketers (agencies) plan to invest pieces of content are shared via social media daily more in content marketing this year 90% of consumers find custom content useful and 78% believe that organizations providing custom content are interested in building good relationships with them 35,000 Only 31% blog posts published on Wordpress daily of recipients find loyalty scheme communications extremely relevant Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 4. B&Q’S CONTENT MARKETING OBJECTIVES Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 5. B&Q’S CONTENT MARKETING OBJECTIVES HANDS UP IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON DOING MORE WITH CONTENT THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR? Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 9. HELP & ADVICE OUR KEY DIFFERENCIATOR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=KEnksbcguaQ Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 10. HELP & ADVICE Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 11. HELP & ADVICE GREAT CONTENT THAT TEACHES Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 12. OUR CURRENT CONTENT TOOL KIT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 13. PUBLISHING & AMPLIFYING GREAT CONTENT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 14. PUBLISHING & AMPLIFYING GREAT CONTENT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 15. NEXT STEPS: AMPLIFYING OUR CONTENT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 16. NEXT STEPS: AMPLIFYING OUR CONTENT WHERE DO WHERE & WHO ARE OUR THEY SPEND HOW DO WE CUSTOMERS? TIME? ENGAGE? CONSISTENTLY BUILD THEIR AMPLIFY PUBLISH TRUST – HELP GREAT GREAT THEM OUT CONTENT CONTENT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 18. DISPLAY ACTIVITY | STORY LED Above average = Oct Avg. Aimed at people like me 64% 59% Found it informative 67% 60% Made me think more positively about B&Q 45% 40% Trusted the advert/feature 54% 50% Enjoyed the advert/feature 56% 54% Really caught my attention 42% 44% Made me want to visit 36% 36% B&Q Made me want to find out 47% 39% more Really different from others adverts/features 27% 23% Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 19. DISPLAY ACTIVITY | STORY LED 97% 63% thought display was READ THE memorable while 3 in 5 rated it as B&Q FEATURE good or excellent Interesting 76% Useful 64% Above average = Relevant 63% Oct Avg. Aimed at people like me 64% 59% Found it informative 67% 60% Made me think more positively about B&Q 45% 40% Trusted the advert/feature 54% 50% Enjoyed the advert/feature 56% 54% Really caught my attention 42% 44% Made me want to visit 36% 36% B&Q Made me want to find out 47% 39% more Really different from others adverts/features 27% 23% Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 20. DISPLAY ACTIVITY | DEAL LED Interesting 73% Useful 63% Relevant 59% Below average = Jan Avg. Aimed at people like me 57% 59% Found it informative 60% 60% Made me think more positively about B&Q 37% 40% Trusted the advert/feature 48% 50% Enjoyed the advert/feature 46% 54% Really caught my attention 42% 44% Made me want to visit 35% 36% B&Q Made me want to find out 37% 39% more Really different from others adverts/features 21% 23% Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 22. AFFILIATE ACTIVITY ENTRIES: 1,385 (CONVERSION RATE = 47%) Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 24. CHRISTMAS COMMS BUYING GUIDE VISITS 36, 518 HOMEPAGE VISITS 7923 Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 25. WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 26. EMAIL ACTIVITY Consistent output Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 27. EMAIL ACTIVITY Consistent output TRADING + CONTENT = RICHER COMMUNICATIONS Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 28. COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WVH9ErCspEM&feature=youtu.be Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 30. ONE PLANET HOME VISITS UP 10% SINCE REBRAND Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 31. ONE PLANET HOME COMMUNICATION TIMELINE Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 33. STREETCLUB 1042 CLUBS ACROSS THE UK Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 35. WHAT’S NEXT | SYNDICATION & PARTNERSHIPS Partnerships Syndication Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 36. WHAT’S NEXT | SYNDICATION & PARTNERSHIPS THREE S’ OF CONTENT Partnerships STRATEGY • SEARCH • SYNDICATION • SOCIAL Syndication Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 37. WHAT’S NEXT | OUTREACH Outreach Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 38. DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START? Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 39. SET THE BALL ROLLING 1. WHO ELSE ASK CONTENT DOES IT CUSTOMERS PLANNING WELL? Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 40. SET THE BALL ROLLING 1. WHO ELSE ASK CONTENT DOES IT CUSTOMERS PLANNING WELL? 2. WHO ARE WHERE DO WHERE & YOUR THEY SPEND HOW DO YOU CUSTOMERS TIME? ENGAGE? ? Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 41. SET THE BALL ROLLING 1. WHO ELSE ASK CONTENT DOES IT CUSTOMERS PLANNING WELL? 2. WHO ARE WHERE DO WHERE & YOUR THEY SPEND HOW DO YOU CUSTOMERS TIME? ENGAGE? ? 3. BUILD THEIR CONSISTENTLY PUBLISH AMPLIFY TRUST – GREAT GREAT HELP THEM CONTENT CONTENT OUT Thursday, 18 April 13
  • 42. Facebook.com/HashtagUK Sarah Wade Works at B&Q Lives in Southampton 3 things I’d like you to try and please Tweet me to let me know how you’re getting on - #coolcontentchallenge @sarahleighw Like Comment Promote Share @coolcontent2013 #coolcontentchalle Sally Breeze Talk to your customers via your social channels – what nge content would they like to see? Jo Carrick In your next newsletter/email, aim to pin together a story, articulate and measure the difference in click-through-rate. Kristian S-C Based on insight and your customer’s behaviours, action one learning to improve your communications. Thursday, 18 April 13