Aquent/AMA Webcast: Measuring the Impact of Content

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Content is now a staple of marketing. But how do you best measure it's impact? This AMA Webcast featuring Chris Penn of SHIFT Communications offers practical advice on measuring the effectiveness of your content efforts.

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Measuring the IMPACTof Content

Content!is!now!a!staple!of!marketing.!But!how!do!you!best!measure!it's!impact?During!this!AMA!Webcast!featuring!Chris!Penn!of!SHIFT!Communications!you!willlearn!practical!advice!on!measuring!the!effectiveness!of!your!content!efforts.

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF CONTENT MARKETING CHRISTOPHER S. PENN

January 22, 2014

ABOUT SHIFT

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AGENCY OVERVIEW

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BOSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO

SHIFT is among the top 5 firms that “will feature heavily in a future where PR is at the hub of a new era of brand communications that transcends marketing.”

ESOP EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

100 PROFESSIONALS

TECH & CONSUMER

VOTED “SAVVIEST SOCIAL PR AGENCY” BY 500+ B2C AND B2B MARKETERS

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR DIGITAL/SOCIAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

2013

2012

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#AMAAquent Slides & Tweets:

www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

Plus high quality audio recording in a few days

HOUSEKEEPING

CONTENT MARKETING

WHAT IS CONTENT MARKETING?

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WHAT IS CONTENT MARKETING?

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Content Marketing is owning, as opposed to renting media. It’s a marketing process to attract and retain customers by consistently creating and curating content in order to change or enhance a consumer behavior. – Content Marketing Institute

The point of content marketing is to help your content reach your audience. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

3 CORE OUTCOMES

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3 CORE OUTCOMES

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3 CORE OUTCOMES

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THE OLD DAYS

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WE ARE DROWNING IN CONTENT

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MARK SCHAEFER’S CONTENT SHOCK

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THE CONTENT SQUEEZE

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Content supply is increasing; hours in a day are not. Mediocre content will be buried alive. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

LET’S TALK ABOUT MAKING GREAT CONTENT

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THE PENALTIES FOR BAD CONTENT

18 “So stick a fork in it: guest blogging is done; it’s just gotten too spammy.”

THE PENALTIES FOR BAD CONTENT

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Obscurity is your greatest enemy, and bad content is a top culprit. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CONTENT MARKETING

STRATEGY

THE EARNED MEDIA HUB

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RESEARCH

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CREATIVE

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Focus your content marketing budget on research and creative if you have the choice. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

MESSAGING

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Your core values tell you what kinds of content you may not create. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CONTENT

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Automated content creation tools are inherently bad because they’re not unique. Do your own work! Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CONTENT

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L L L

CONTENT

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LAUGH L L

CONTENT

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LAUGH LEARN L

CONTENT

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LAUGH LEARN LOVE

If your content doesn’t make you laugh, learn something, or love it, it’s bad content. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

THIS IS WHERE MOST CONTENT MARKETING STOPS.

OWNED

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PAID

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EARNED

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The moment any piece of content is shared, it becomes earned media and instantly more credible. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CONTENT MARKETING

IMPACT

3 CORE OUTCOMES

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REFLEX

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SEARCH

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•  Organic search traffic •  Branded keyword

appearances (where possible)

•  SERPs

SOCIAL

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•  Followers/Fans/Likes (they still matter)

•  Engagement •  Votes •  Shares

EARNED

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•  Coverage •  Reputation •  Reach

OWNED

46 •  Traffic to owned properties •  Engagement

PAID

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MARKETING

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•  List growth •  List quality

SALES

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•  Sales opportunities •  Closed won deals •  The “Jerry Maguire”

REFLEX

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No one metric will tell you how your content is doing, just as no one number tells you how healthy you are. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CASE STUDY: TWITTER IPO

RESEARCH

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CREATIVE

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Doing what everyone else has done will not get you what everyone else has gotten. Do something new. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

CREATIVE

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MESSAGING

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CONTENT

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OWNED

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OWNED

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EARNED

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EARNED

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PAID

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PAID

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PAID

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CONTENT MARKETING

IMPACT

SEARCH

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SOCIAL

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EARNED

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OWNED

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PAID

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MARKETING

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SALES

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WEIGHTING AND ATTRIBUTION

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SO WHAT?

SEARCH

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•  Content marketing not targeted enough

•  Not enough outreach/placement (hey, hire a PR firm!)

•  Not using best practices

SOCIAL

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•  Audience too small, content not getting enough reach, build more audience

•  Maybe pay to grow audience •  Content a mismatch to

audience?

EARNED

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•  No one covering you? A PR firm can help your content stand out, wink wink nudge nudge

•  No one sharing = content not compelling enough

OWNED

79 •  Not seeing traffic increases?

Maybe too much lives off-site •  Other content on site

attracting searches but non-compelling

•  Insufficient quality and quantity of calls to action

PAID

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•  Not getting ad performance? Try linking up your content to your ads

•  Use content marketing to remarket ad audiences and boost ROI

MARKETING

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•  List not growing? Your content marketing may be to blame

•  Test incorporating less or more curation to diagnose marketing engagement

SALES

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•  Sales not closing? Maybe content is too rich, cannibalizing sales

•  Maybe content doesn’t support the sales narrative

REFLEX

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FIX THE MOST BROKEN THINGS

REFLEX

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There is, of course, much more to this model than what we’ve shared here, but that’s secret sauce territory, and we’re happy to work with you.

TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS

No content is better than bad content. Do it well, or not at all. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

The point of content marketing metrics is to tell you what to fix next. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

Stop chasing easy and start chasing great. It’s the only sustainable long term content strategy. Tweet it: www.shiftcomm.com/amaaquent

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SEE ALL THIS LIVE EVERY DAY

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Slides & Tweets: www.shiftcomm.com/

AMAAquent Plus high quality audio recording in a few days

HOUSEKEEPING

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