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Storyware is a design, development, and consulting shop in
Charlottesville, Virginia that builds tools, themes, and
strategies for content creators online.
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We have a long history working with storytelling and social media platforms.
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Some of the brands and personalities that we have worked with are The Home
Depot, Tumblr, Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, The Scout Guide, Spotify, and Virgin
Atlantic.
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• Percentage of B2B marketers using
content marketing1: 91%
• Percentage of marketers increasing their
content marketing budget in 20131: 54%
• Average percentage of budget spent on
content marketing: 33%
1: Content Marketing Insitute: B2B Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends–North America
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Content
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Source: Justin Briggs, http://justinbriggs.org/how-does-google-authorship-impact-ctr
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Marketers biggest content
marketing challenge:
PRODUCING
ENOUGH
CONTENT1
1: Content Marketing Institute: B2B Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends–North America
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• What are your ultimate business goals you want to achieve by blogging?
• Long-term? Short-term?
• Do these goals make sense for your business, and are they attainable?
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Bubbl.us
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• Answer customers’ questions
• Make announcements
• Post lists
• Photos/videos
• Give a how-to
• LET YOUR CREATIVITY RUN WILD!
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BLOGGING IS MUCH
MORE DELIGHTFUL
NOW THANKS TO
TECHNOLOGY,
SPECIFICALLY THE
TOOLS USED TO POWER
AND MANAGE BLOGS.
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Tumblr Wordpress Blogger
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• Launched in 1999. Purchased by Google in 2003.
• Credited for helping to popularize the blogging format.
• It's free and hosted by Google.
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• Launched in 2003
• There are over 68 million WordPress
siteshttp://en.wordpress.com/stats/
• Much more than a blogging tool
• WordPress has grown into a website content management
system (CMS) and a development platform which makes it
more advantageous for using it as a website and blog.
• Two main products: The WordPress software for self-hosted
sites (WordPress.org) and WordPress.com
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• WordPress.org is the hub for the WordPress
software.
• In order to use the WordPress software, you need
to download, install, and host the software. Most
hosting providers support WordPress requirements:
http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
• Download WordPress:
http://wordpress.org/download/.
• It's free!
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• WordPress.com is hosted by WordPress.
• You can sign up and start blogging immediately. You
don't have to worry about hosting and installing
WordPress.
• WordPress.com does not offer as many features and
themes as the self-hosted version.
• WordPress.com is free
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• Launched in 2007. Purchased by Yahoo! in 2013.
• Over 122 million blogs and counting
(http://tumblr.com/about)
• It's free and your blog is hosted by Tumblr.
• Tumblr is more than a blogging platform. It's a social
network.
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Tumblr is a social network and has built-in
sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
In 2010, WordPress.com added social features
such as reblogging and liking.
Tight integration with Google+.
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