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Content StrategyEnabling Success in Content Marketing

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Given that there is already content overload !

Content Consumption Capacity

Content Production

Content Production

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…and even more to come !

Smart watches, smart cars, smart home appliances will soon provide, produce and exchange personalized, location-aware

content in real-time

By that time you don’t want to create isolated contents anymore!

instead you should have a system in place that connects the dots !

based on an overall Content Marketing Strategy !

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SmartTV

Mobile/Tablets

Blogs

Print

Social Digital Signage

In-CarSystems

MicroSites

Smart Watches

Email

Website

Seams feasible, so why do many companies still

#FAIL in getting even the basics right

at Content Marketing? !

Many are afraid and paralyzed by that Content Monster !

They don’t know where to start and can’t see the patternsthat need to be followed

Radical change is necessary in order to be successful !

Start by tearing down those stupid silos apart !

Silo Silo Silo

Don’t just rely on traditional creative team set-ups !

Hire specialists to do the job !

As topics can be timely, things can get messy !

Therefore internal processes need to be optimized in order to perform

Know your audience and create „Personas“ !

Define how your success looks like !

Goals & Objectives have to be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Timed

right for your

business

Sweet Spot

right for your audience

Themes & Topics need to be defined !

Make a Content Audit !

Content Calendar

Archive Everything

and Upgrade Constantly

Develop a Content Calendar

Map your content to the sales funnel

Awareness Consideration DecisionContent Content Content

And before you finally start to create new content

Prepare Guidelines

Set up a Process Design

and Agree on it

In case of emergency

Know your fire exits

You safe yourself some time and money

if you think and plan ahead

…like tailoring every piece of content according to users’ habits and the platforms you want to use

Always keep in mind that your content could R.I.P. forever !

if you don’t spend enough time on how-to distribute and promote it !

Always form allies and make friends !

Content StrategyEnabling Success in Content Marketing

Trust me, there’s light in the darkness if you follow this advice !

Content StrategyEnabling Success in Content Marketing

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As the core idea of Content

Marketing is and will be if you produce and share great

content you ultimately become an authority

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offer value to earn attention

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no matter if you inform, entertain or provide solutions

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you will be awarded with Authority

resulting in Loyalty & Advocacy

!aka

better customers and more customers, the ones who remain customers, and send you

more customers

That’s all Folks!

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