Using Agile Marketing Techniques To Inform Your Brand Content
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This is a talk I delivered to the Bend Web Marketers group. Knowing that many SMBs do not have the time, money or know how to manage all their content and social media marketing needs, I propose a series of steps based on lean and agile techniques.
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- 1. WWW.BONEHOOK.COMWWW.BONEHOOK.COM The Need for Agility in Content Marketing A Bend Web Marketers Presentation by David Burn | 15 May 2014
- 2. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Who is this guy? • Started as a copywriter in 1995 • Co-founded AdPulp.com in 2004 • Promoted to content director in 2006 • Launched Bonehook in April 2009
- 3. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Content for the win i. Bonehook helps you find, shape and share your best brand stories ii. We help move your prospects from advertising avoidance to content appreciation
- 5. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Why content is important • Content costs 62% less than traditional marketing, and generates three times as many leads • B2B companies with active blogs generate 67% more leads than those with no blog
- 6. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Time, money and expertise • 86% of small businesses fail to use data to inform their content marketing decisions • 35% of small businesses fail to send an email newsletter
- 7. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Leave the stiff suit behind
- 8. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Be flexible like a yogi
- 9. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Why agile is important Agile Methodology helps marketers focus on their need to be highly: i. Iterative ii. Flexible iii. Customer-centered iv. Focused on priorities of high-value
- 10. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Old school ad making
- 11. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM The way content is made today
- 13. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Content strategy is your bedrock 1. Determine your shared points of interest* 2. Develop an editorial calendar 3. Assign daily/weekly/monthly tasks to key contributors 4. Use A-B testing and metrics 5. Adjust on the fly and go again
- 15. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Red Bull is the way maker Red Bull’s basis for conversation with its customers is action sports
- 16. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM From chaos to process • You don’t have to publish a newsstand magazine like Red Bulletin to benefit from an editorial calendar • Be methodical and repetitive without being boring
- 17. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM You’re cultivating relationships • Know what your customers want from your content and when/where they want it • Know the key influencers in your industry and how to connect with them and amplify their voices
- 18. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Don’t look to your product Look at what people do with your product
- 19. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Be a trusted source You can curate your way to success by pointing to the things your audience craves
- 20. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Add value contextually Bring a service mindset to your daily content and social media tasks
- 21. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Tools for trim teams • Basic: Google News Alerts, Google Analytics • Intermediate: HootSuite, Nimble, MailChimp • Advanced: Little Bird, Hubspot
- 23. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Can agencies find their flex? • Traditional agencies are set up to bill by the hour • Billing by the hour encourages a slow, deliberate, “patented” process
- 24. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Alternative compensation models • Flat fee pricing • Page view and engagement incentives • A cut of e-commerce sales • Stock options • Barter
- 25. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM More resources • AgileMarketingManifesto.org • Content Marketing Institute • Contently/The Content Strategist
- 27. WWW.BONEHOOK.COM Make contact Bonehook.com/truenorth @bonehook | @adpulp | @davidburn 503-970-3862