content is king, queen and ace: smx london - chris bennett 97th floor

Contentis

KingQueen

&Ace

@chrisbennett

SMX Londonby

Chris Bennett97thfloor.com

Wednesday, May 15, 13

25 Employees9 yrs in Business

Located NearSalt Lake City, UT

Work with Medium

toEnterprise Clients

@97thfloor

Fun Fact! the tallest building in UT is

32 floor’s


When it comes to content strategy there is no Silver Bullet. Don’t say, “lets try an [insert type of content] and see how it goes.”


You need a full scale assault! You need to hit it from every angle.


Your site can’t survive off a one hit wonder. Most of us can’t ride the tails of one hit.

Don’t Be a One Hit Wonder!

Fun Fact “ice ice baby” was the first Hip Hop

Song to Reach #1 on the Billboard Charts


Hey all press is good press right?

Don’t Be a One Hit Wonder! UK Addition


Rules to Live By


Don’t have one dimensional KPI’s. Successful content strategies are at your core and are more than just obtaining links or shares.

Don’t Be One Dimensional


Do not disguise your marketing as research

“I hate infographics and you should too” http://cyncerely.com/2012/09/10/i-hate-infographics-and-you-should-too/


http://cyncerely.com/2012/09/10/i-hate-infographics-and-you-should-too/




Content is no different.


Content is no different. Side note: Reading “How to win friends and influence people” should be done at least every couple of years.


Be mad about creating content.

Creating Content


I know content is good when I am upset I didn’t create it first. http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2012/11/12/final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet/

Crazy Useful


http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2012/11/12/final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet/

http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2012/11/12/final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet/

Yay! We created it first. http://www.formstack.com/the-anatomy-of-a-perfect-landing-page

Crazy Useful


http://www.formstack.com/the-anatomy-of-a-perfect-landing-page

http://www.formstack.com/the-anatomy-of-a-perfect-landing-page

This thing, http://hikingboots.com/appalachian-trail broke StumbleUpon BTW -http://socialsiteexplorer.com/search/13338

Pretty Useful


http://hikingboots.com/appalachian-trail

http://hikingboots.com/appalachian-trail

http://socialsiteexplorer.com/search/13338

http://socialsiteexplorer.com/search/13338

Repurposing Content


When you create content think about all the different mediums you can repurpose.

Repurposing Content


When Repurposing content don’t be a Spice Girl!


Next Slide...

When Repurposing content don’t be a Spice Girl!


#YIKES!


Re-Purpose your content. This graphic did just alright so we sliced it up...

Repurposing Content


Took 30 mins to slice up for slideshare. Made Top 3 of the day and Top of the Weekhttp://www.slideshare.net/SoleraNetworks/are-you-a-hackers-target

Repurposing Content


http://www.slideshare.net/SoleraNetworks/are-you-a-hackers-target

http://www.slideshare.net/SoleraNetworks/are-you-a-hackers-target

O.C. Tanner helps companies w/over 2,000 employees consistently appreciate and recognize their workforce. www.octanner.com

Blog Content Case Study


http://www.octanner.com

http://www.octanner.com

Not a stretch that they recognize cool companies around the world.Nearly every company on the list shared socially. Total social reach in the Millions.


http://www.octanner.com/blog/2013/01/top-10-coolest-companies-to-work-for-in-boston/






You don’t always have to come up with new ideas

Beat a Dead Horse


If it works keep doing it again...


http://www.octanner.com/blog/2013/03/the-11-coolest-companies-to-work-for-in-seattle/






...and again.


http://www.octanner.com/blog/2013/04/top-10-coolest-companies-to-work-for-in-philadelphia/






Companies have started tweeting in hopes to be on the list one day.


Make Your Content Interactive

Interactive Content is the Future


Case Study in Interactive Contenthttp://www.desk.com/customer-service/how-to-improve-customer-service


http://www.desk.com/customer-service/how-to-improve-customer-service

http://www.desk.com/customer-service/how-to-improve-customer-service

Desk.com, awesome product that is widely used. Wanted a cool interactive way to explain benefits and really sell the product high in the Funnel.


We created an interactive explainer and the #’s are compelling.


In Analytics the Graphic was Broken into 4 parts. 40% of all traffic (even social) complete the entire interactive. Remember this information is 100% about Universal Inbox. It is 100% “on brand.”


Avg. Time on Page is 3.2 minutes (that is from all traffic even social).


Interactive can tell a long and complicated story in a more compelling easy to digest way.


Ranks in Google for phrases like, “How to Improve Customer Service.” The reaction from search traffic is phenomenal.


Even though it is very much on brand it is still getting a lot of social shares due to cool and unique factor.


You can put and track actual CTA’s on the graphic page. We track hovers over and clicks on CTA’s.


One of the most successful pieces of content Mozy has every done. Millions of page views, received thousands of links andstill gets thousands of uniques a month. http://mozy.com/blog/misc/how-much-is-a-petabyte/


http://mozy.com/blog/misc/how-much-is-a-petabyte/

http://mozy.com/blog/misc/how-much-is-a-petabyte/

If it worked as a static graphic redo/update it later as an interactive. This one is in progress coming soon at www.mozy.com/blog


http://www.mozy.com/blog

http://www.mozy.com/blog

One of the Coolest Interactive projects to date. Was created 100% for internal company use.


Project: Take a huge document about how the company is going to adapt to the 25% drop in head grade at the Kennicott Mines and turn it into interactive content to be displayed on the company Intranet.


Even Google is getting into interactive content, http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/


http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/

http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/

Kisstixx built a retargeting list from this graphic of over 30k prospects in one weekend. http://kisstixx.com/the-science-of-kissing/

Use Creative Content to Build Retargeting lists


http://kisstixx.com/the-science-of-kissing/

http://kisstixx.com/the-science-of-kissing/

Adapt Your Content to it’s Audience


Adapt Your Content to it’s Audience

Pinterest doesn’t respond to Data Viz. DIY, step by step and how are what works.http://www.dropdowndeals.com/blog/diy-starbucks-holiday-drinks/


http://www.dropdowndeals.com/blog/diy-starbucks-holiday-drinks/

http://www.dropdowndeals.com/blog/diy-starbucks-holiday-drinks/

or is it...

Remember One Piece of Content is Not a Silver Bullet


http://www.creditloan.com/infographics/obamas-economic-stimulus-plan-mapped-out/




I should probably stop tweeting about my Dislike for Small Business Taxes

But it can get the Leader of the Free World to Follow You


I’m Coming...


Contentis

KingQueen

&Ace

@chrisbennett

SMX Londonby

Chris Bennett97thfloor.com


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