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Content and Strategy Using blogs, content and social media to drive business results for your brand

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Content and StrategyUsing blogs, content and social media to drive business results for your brandPriit Kallas, www.dreamgrow.com

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Concrete! Measurable!Number! Unit! Dollars!

Goals

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most visitors don't come to buy

98%

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What do you offer?

What problem do you solve?

Why should I care?

Who are you?

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Bad goals Fan count

Visitors

Etc.

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Good goals

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Steps1. Bring them in

2. Get a permission to interact

3. Convert

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General modelProspect activities

Internet marketing activities

Sale(Lead)

Money

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(View)(Click)

SharingPermissionLead

bit.ly/48smkpi

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Image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/840748

Sale!(action)

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Model?!

Offer in Facebook

Landing page

Blog postMailing-

listLanding

page

Facebook

Twitter

Blog postEmail from prospect

Meeting

Sale

SearchService/product

Landing page

Ad

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Facebook wall post

Facebook ad

Landing page

SALE!

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Action to measure!

Google Analytics: Goal

Thankyou

Actionpage

1000 123

-877

123 converts

goo.gl/V3WYD

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Model?! Consistency, predictability, and repeatability

are the foundation of great results:

►Experiment with different models.

►Find out what works for you.

Experiment Works?

Repeat!

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Target group

Whom are you selling to?

What do you know about them?

What can you do for them?

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What are the interests of your target group?

Model: what are the realistic steps from interest to action?

Hands on

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Content strategy1. Give value

2. Grow your opt-in list

3. Become a resource/expert in your filed

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Give value Knowledge and help

Money, free, deals

Entertainment

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Low participation ratelifestyle, fun, deals, action

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Participate and win 2500 euro New Years Eve party

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High participation rateknowledge, community, lifestyle, expert/guru

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Solve a problem or

satisfy a need!

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Which gadget to buy?!

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Continuous participation (B2B)knowledge, partner, colleague, help, expert/guru

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Where to store content

All content must be stored on your website.

Videos can be stored on YouTube and slides on SlideShares, but present them embedded into your website!

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„No matter what I hear, read, or find on TV, radio, or in a magazine or newspaper, I can verify it on the

Internet.“ -- Forrester Research

Your website isthe Foundation

Value SEO

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Content typesText

Images

Videos

Presentations

Audio

Tools and widgets

Consumer generated content

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TextPosts/Articles

White papers

Press releases

Facebook wall

Tweest

Comments

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VideoAdviceWebinarsTestimonialsCase studiesInterviewsEntertainment

Youtube/Vimeomax 100sec

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Slides Presentations Webinars/Lists

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Images

Product pictures

Infographics

Statistics

Processes

Events

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Tools

Helpful

Fun

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Consumer generated content

Comments

Reviews

Ratings

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http://bit.ly/REASIZ

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RegularcontentInformation that can be

updated regularly:

week, month, quarter, year

Best ads of the month

Weekly top of X

Quarterly earnings report

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Best Practices What works? Lists Top10 How-to's Resource lists Statistics and trends Case studies Regular posting

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Recycle once is not enough!

MAX strategy:

If you have createa a big piece of valuable content, spread it through all your available channels.

Present your content in different formats and channels.

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Write 20 headlines with a short lead for your content.

Come up with 5 repeatable topics.

What 2 tools/widgets would your target audience want to use?

Hands on

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5s on page SEOTitleAddressH1 – HeadlinesMeta descriptionXML sitemap(sitemap.xml, robots.txt)

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Content planning What content

How often

Dealing with comments, reviews, and ratings

What tools to offer?

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The more content you have, the more visitors

you get!

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Google keyword toolhttp://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

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advice, news, interview, events, ask questions, reviews, top 10,

guest blogger, +/-, books, resource list, link list, answer comments, post series, list of

best posts, explain complicated, image (of the day), X for

beginners, statistics, how-to, recommendations, leagal

aspects, mythbuster

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Promotion

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Make it easy to share!

Give permission to share everything

Encourage to share and comment

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EngagingCall-to-action

Highlighting top content

Email and RSS signups

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http://bit.ly/RHhj2I

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Links• Partners, friend, people you know

• Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.

• Topical blogs and forums

• Relevant directories

• Who links to comeptitors?

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Who links to you/competitor: Bing.com"dreamgrow.com" -site:dreamgrow.com

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Create a link building plan (X quality links per month)

Hands on

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Driving conversions

Goal:

Drive people from social networking sites to your website.

Convert people on your website.

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BlogPost 2-3 times a week

Ask colleagues to comment

Answer all comments

Find out who links to posts and communicate

Visit commenters blogs and reciprocate

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FacebookPost relevant content

1 post per day

Answer psots and comments

Participate on related pages

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TwitterFind and retweet 5 relevant tweets

Answer to others

Find and follow influsencers in your topic

Follow new followers (if not spam)

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LinkedInAccept new connections

Find influencers

Join relevant groups

Find discussions to participate

Write recommendations

Add content to your profile: slides, books, blogs

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PinterestPin content as you find it

Find relevant boards to follow

Accept new board invitations

Find content to repin

Comment and like on other pins

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Planning resources

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Pople Who's involved?

C-level support

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Time

It takes more time than you think. Get commitment from people who will help you. Prioritize content creation.

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Money

Salary expenses

Ads and other bought media

Web dev and tools

Agency/consultant

Content creation

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Tactical steps20 Steps to Write a Blog Post

http://bit.ly/20blogsteps

When to Tweet, Email, and Post on Facebook? http://bit.ly/dIpS4A

How to Write Long-Lasting Blog Posts http://bit.ly/pPtq9N

The Content Grid: Content Marketing in a Blink [Infographic] http://bit.ly/uLPMCf

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Create content strategy and plan

Who's involved and what they do?

How often?

What channels?

Hands on

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ResultsAnalytics (referral, search, social)

Post's life span

Commants

Sharing

Links

Leads

Sales – Dollars – Euros

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