Content Marketing
Work Less and Win More
@kirsty_hulse
@kirsty_hulse
Lesson 1: Find the
absolute easiest route
to the results you want
@kirsty_hulse
If the results that I want
are high authority,
campaign centric, quality
earned links, then how
can I get them with the
least effort possible?
A formula for links as easily
and cheaply as possible
Finding the elusive ‘good idea’
Creating a content marketing
business case
Generating data to create
stories
Outreach tips
@kirsty_hulse
Getting links is simple.
You just need a really
good idea
@kirsty_hulse
Idea Data Asset+ +
AMAZING IDEA + GREAT ASSET = Links
AMAZING IDEA + DATA = Links
STRONG DATA + AMAZING IDEA = Links
507 backlinks
132 ref domains
3.6k shares
370 backlinks
125 ref domains
3.2k shares
@kirsty_hulse
How can I get these
results with the least
effort possible?
@kirsty_hulse
Ideas: Hard but cheap
@kirsty_hulse
Data: Easy and cheap
@kirsty_hulse
Assets: Expensive and hard
@kirsty_hulse
Can we get
links without
an asset?
147 backlinks
93 ref domains
150k + shares
15,066 backlinks
1040 ref domains
700 shares
Total campaign time
and cost = 2 days
Average position for
keyword group 9 to 5
Over 6000 social
shares
IDEAS
Think laterally about your band
A furniture store talking about
furniture? This content is
going to have to be really
good for me to see it as
anything other than
commercial
A lot of ideas struggle to get
links (or payment is requested)
because they too look like
advertising
6 backlinks
(from
infographic
submission
sites)
WTF?!?!
Go home
Kirsty, you’re
drunk.
A millennial targeted data security guide doesn’t exist.
Use the data to create the news, and the guide as the
asset for outreach.
GETTING IDEAS SIGNED OFF
46% said links
56% said links
Kirsty’s Arbitrary Graph
Effort
Loads
Little
Reward
Links shouldn’t be our primary
success metric when creating
our content business cases
Will it drive traffic?
Will it drive conversions?
Will it improve engagement metrics?
Will it capture demand?
Will it increase demand?
Will it impact other channels?
Does it align with business objectives?
Diversify our
Objectives
GETTING DATA
Generating survey data is a
great way to quickly create
stories
POLLFISH ARE AWESOME
REALLY AWESOME
LIKE, I DON’T EVEN REALLY WANT TO BE TELLING YOU THIS AWESOME
Shit.
Generating survey data is a
great way to quickly create
stories
(That are more likely to get coverage if they’re
light-hearted)
Finding publically available data
is even better
Repurpose data
from dense
whitepapers
DataSearch is a
research data
search engine.
Potential for
academic links
and university
partnerships
www.exversion.co
m
PARTNER WITH EXPERTS
4
2
1
14
10
16
EXPERT
ENDORSEMENT
INCREASES
REPLIES
NUMBER OF RESPONSES
AMAZON NEW RELEASES
IS A GOLDMINE
PAY JOURNALISTS!
(FOR CONTENT FEEDBACK, STRATEGY ADVICE AND PRESS RELEASE AMENDS)
PARTNER WITH OTHER
COMPANIES
Link to
client
Link to
architects we
partnered with
AVOIDING THE CITATION ZONE
Highlight key stats in the release but link to
the detail onsite
Don’t just give
journalists a story,
give them data to
support their story
http://www.forbesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2017-
EditCalendar.pdf
You’re gonna need friends
If you have the budget, focus on
idea + data + asset. If not, pick 2.
Generate interesting topics related
to your brand
Generate survey data for a quick
release
Identify publically available data you
can use
Identify and partner with experts
Find topic authors on Amazon
Download media calendars
To do tomorrow…
Thank
you!

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