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1 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
BRAND-DRIVEN CONTENT STRATEGY:
DEVELOPING A MESSAGE ARCHITECTURE
Confab Intensive
September 19, 2016
#ConfabINT
Margot Bloomstein
@mbloomstein
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2 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
The key to saying more is saying no.
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3 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Good communication is the product of tradeoffs and opportunity costs.
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4 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Content demands attention
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5 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Because we all want the same thing,
but content keeps getting in the way.
(CC) http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking
Content requires time
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6 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Content dredges up politics
©Margot Bloomstein
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7 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Good communication is the product of tradeoffs and opportunity costs.
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8 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Tradeoffs pay off.
©Margot Bloomstein
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9 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Content and design— and processes to create them— complement each other in content strategy.
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10 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Content and design— and processes to create them— complement each other in content strategy. But first: a foundation.
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11 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
What is content strategy?
Planning for the creation, aggregation, and
governance of content that’s useful, usable,
and appropriate in an experience.
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12 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture
Content audit
Content types
Content model
Editorial style guidelines and calendar
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13 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Deliverables are merely punctuation
in the conversation.
They can’t replace the conversation—
and too often, we’re afraid to talk.
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14 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Why? Politics—and participation
©Margot Bloomstein
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15 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Why? Politics—and participation*
©Margot Bloomstein
*until the blog launches,
readers require engagement,
FAQs demand integration…
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Beat ’em to
the punch
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“More like Apple”
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19 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
More like Apple’s message architecture
Confident but approachable; accessible
Simple
• Minimal detail
• Streamlined and anticipatory
Inviting, friendly
• Supportive but not fawning
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20 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture
Cheeky
• Witty and fun
• Young without being childish
Customer oriented and responsive
• Approachable, friendly, and empowering
Helpful
• Accessible
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23 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
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24 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Cheeky
• Witty and fun
• Young without being childish
Customer-oriented, responsive
• Approachable and friendly
• Empowering
Helpful
• Accessible
Message architecture vs. brand values Design
Innovation
Community
Excellence
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25 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
What’s a message architecture?
A hierarchy of communication goals
that reflects a common vocabulary
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26 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
What’s a message architecture?
A hierarchy of communication goals
that reflects a common vocabulary—
versus brand values, which are the
ethics a company espouses
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27 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
First things first.
Why add video testimonials, maintain
a blog, conduct an audit, or launch a
new Facebook campaign…
if you don’t know what’s most
important to communicate?
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If you don’t know
what to communicate,
how will you know if
you succeed?
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what to communicate
when
where
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30 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Serious, technical, and rigorous? • Annual reports
• Articles on your site
• Articles on other sites
• Blogs
• Books
• Branded tools
• Case studies
• Digital magazines
• eBooks
• Email newsletters
• Facebook posts
• Games
• In-person events
• Infographics
• Licensed/syndicated
content
• LinkedIn posts
• Microsites
• Mobile apps
• Online presentations
• Podcasts
• Print magazines
• Print newsletters
• Research reports
• Videos
• Virtual conferences
• Webinars/webcasts
• Whitepapers
Excerpted from Content Marketing Institute & MarketingProfs Content Marketing Survey
Not all channels fit all goals.
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31 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Engaged, fun, and relevant? • Annual reports
• Articles on your site
• Articles on other sites
• Blogs
• Books
• Branded tools
• Case studies
• Digital magazines
• eBooks
• Email newsletters
• Facebook posts
• Games
• In-person events
• Infographics
• Licensed/syndicated
content
• LinkedIn posts
• Microsites
• Mobile apps
• Online presentations
• Podcasts
• Print magazines
• Print newsletters
• Research reports
• Videos
• Virtual conferences
• Webinars/webcasts
• Whitepapers
Excerpted from Content Marketing Institute & MarketingProfs Content Marketing Survey
Not all channels fit all goals.
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How could we prove this is a car not
like anything else out there? It’s a small
car, but it’s premium. You get a Porsche
911 ride for a fifth of the cost. It’s got
history… but in Europe.
You need to give people content to give
them history.”
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33 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
A little thing with big impact.
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34 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
A little thing with big impact.
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35 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture
Premium technology
• Assertive; ready to perform as a driver’s car
• Proactive and supportive of spontaneity
Classic design
• Experienced and savvy
Cheekiness
• Smart, “punny,” hip
• Fun, gleeful
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39 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
If these emails are boring you
and you don’t mind missing out
on all the lip-smackin’ stuff
we’ll be sending in the future,
simply send a message to owner-
and include “Unsubscribe” and
your favorite fruit in the
subject field.
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40 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture drives content
Nomenclature
Calls to action
Content types
Sentence structure
Diction
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41 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture drives design
Photographic angles
Background colors
Headline typography
Density of information
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Content strategy
can create harmony
from cross-channel cacophony.
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Your turn:
Encourage tradeoffs that pay off
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• Engage in a tangible way
• Encourage conversation
“What do you mean?
“Are these concepts synonymous?”
• Identify pain points and debate:
“How can we be innovative and traditional?”
• Force prioritization
• Encourage ownership
• Prevent seagulling
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46 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
What’s a message architecture?
A hierarchy of communication goals
that reflects a common vocabulary
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47 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
What’s a message architecture?
A hierarchy of communication goals
that reflects a common vocabulary—
concrete, shared terminology,
not abstract concepts
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“welcoming but elite”
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“traditional but edgy”
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Words are valuable,
but meaningless
without context and priority.
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52 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
• Who we are
• Who we’re not
• Who we’d like to be
Go with your gut!
Step 1: categorize
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53 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Who we are Who we’d like to be
Be aspirational. What needs to change?
Step 2: filter
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54 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
• Form groups: what goes together?
• Prioritize the goals or groups
• Tell the story of those aspirations
Step 3: group and prioritize
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55 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
• Follow up on hesitation, smirks, and grimaces
• Push back on participants to resolve their questions
• Expose nuances in meaning and connotation
“You put ‘traditional’ but not ‘conservative’—why?
“You hesitated as you put ‘cool’ here. How come?”
“Are ‘strategic’ and ‘tactical’ on a continuum?”
Dig in to ensure clarity
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• Choose content types to manifest the
message architecture
• Gain standards for a qualitative audit
• Prioritize CMS changes and metadata to
support content types
• Reallocate budget and resources across
channels
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58 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Premium
• Lindt embodies quality, in product, marketing, & company interactions
• Approachable: Quality indulgences are more accessible
• Trusted in brand and quality
Empowering
• Entrepreneurial: Innovating, championing individuals and successes
• Market driving: strategic and proactive
• Professional and consistent through experience and being responsive
Community-minded
• Engaged with the Lindt family
• Customer-oriented
• Socially conscious
Message architecture
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59 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Elegant layout and typography
• Spread-to-spread sightlines and flow
• Wider borders
• Layered background images
• Italic titles with initial drop caps
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60 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Imagery of individual impact
• People engaged with product and service—
not just product or just results of service
• Diversity of role, gender, ethnicity, and age
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61 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Accessible, informative copy
• First-person plural
• Frequent rhetorical asides
• Shorter sentences
• Clear, concrete explanations
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62 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Editorial calendar “schedules”
the message architecture
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63 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Message architecture
Content audit
Content types
Content model
Editorial style guidelines and calendar
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64 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
But first things first:
Understand what you need to
communicate—and why.
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65 #ConfabINT | @mbloomstein
Thank you! Margot Bloomstein
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