This presentation on High Performance Content Marketing is from Raconteur's event for senior marketers in London, September 2015. Experts from Quartz, The Marketing Practice, and the Chartered Institute of Marketing shared their insights.
45. â˘1.WHY
CONTENT?
Objectives of content marketing
⢠Typical strategic objectives:
- (re)Positioning the business to increase
conversion, lifetime value and customer
retention
- Engaging with buyers who are
researching online and pulling them into
the sales process (content replacing the
sales team)
- Impact on other audiences (analysts,
press, current/future employees)
- Because everyone else is doing it?
⢠But measurement is still
mostly at the tactical levelâŚ
- Consumption (views, time on page)
- Reach/sharing
- 1st step lead generation
⢠âŚnot great indicators of
quality
46. A longer term investment in growing
profit
â˘1.WHY
CONTENT?
⢠IPA Databank
⢠996 case studies
⢠30 years of the IPA
Effectiveness Awards
47. A longer term investment in growing
profit
â˘1.WHY
CONTENT?
31% 40%
86%
4%
% reporting very
large profit
growth
Very large
improvement
in neither
Very large
improvement
in both
Very large
improvement
in price only
Very large
improvement in
sales/share only
Growing volume is not enough to drive profit
48. ⢠This is not a short term thing
A longer term investment in growing
profit
â˘1.WHY
CONTENT?
%reportingvery
largesalesgrowth
Volume growth can be immediate
Campaign duration
3 months 6 months 1 years 2 years 3 years
23
%
28
%
33
%
34
%
36
%
Price effects take time
Campaign duration
3 months 6 months 1 years 2 years 3 years
0%
1.7
%
1.8
%
2.9
%
3.1
%
%reportingvery
largepriceeffects
Profit takes time to fully realise
Campaign duration
3 months 6 months 1 years 2 years 3 years
4%
8% 9%
14
%
15
%
%reportingvery
largeprofitgrowth
51. â˘2.ROI
EXAMPLES
ITSMA survey: 2015 Measuring and
Communicating Marketing Impact
Majority of current
measurement (quarterly)
Best sources of
content ROI
52. Examples: content through to results
⢠AXA Wealth
⢠Growing business 3x more with companies who engage with content than those who donât.
⢠Capgemini Expert Connect
⢠Sales of EUR6m in 2014, EUR10m expected in 2015.
⢠Microsoft/Nokia
⢠In decision-makers targeted by content campaign: Consideration increased by a third; Purchase Preference more
than doubled. Part of a programme increasing business market share from 11% to 18% and now to 26%.
â˘2.ROI
EXAMPLES
56. Three tips to considerâŚ
1. Use the sales team as a direct channel to market
Marketing ownership for social selling programmes
2. Closer integration of âbrandâ content with demand generation and bid support
Target content further into the sales process where
influence is easier to track
3. Push for more relevant and targeted advertising solutions to promote content
(retargeting, IP-based etc)
Donât cut back on promotion budget just because
you have made a large investment in content
â˘3.INCREASING
ROI
63. Daily distribution of time on mobile vs. desktop, 2014:
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Russia
Hungary
Slovakia
Brazil
South Africa
Turkey
Australia
Italy
Argentina
Canada
Mexico
India
Germany
Indonesia
Nigeria
Milward Brown AdReaction 2014, via Mary Meekerâs 2014 Internet Trends
63
64. Daily distribution of time on mobile vs. desktop, 2014:
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Russia
Hungary
Slovakia
Brazil
South Africa
Turkey
Australia
Italy
Argentina
Canada
Mexico
India
Germany
Indonesia
Nigeria
Milward Brown AdReaction 2014, via Mary Meekerâs 2014 Internet Trends
UK: 63%
mobile
64
65. 2. Publishers have less control
over their site traffic than ever
before.
65
69. 3. The path to monetization is getting murkierâ
but the opportunity for those who navigate it
successfully is potentially bigger than ever.
69
70. 70
In the US, programmatic spending is projected to grow to
$20+ billion by 2016.
$4.2
$10.1
$14.9
$20.4
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
160%
180%
200%
$0.0
$5.0
$10.0
$15.0
$20.0
$25.0
2013 2014 2015 2016
24%
45%
55%
63%
US programmatic
spending
(billions):
% of total digital
display
spending:
eMarketer, October 2014; Magna Global, 2014
71. 71
In the US, programmatic spending is projected to grow to
$20+ billion by 2016.
$4.2
$10.1
$14.9
$20.4
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
160%
180%
200%
$0.0
$5.0
$10.0
$15.0
$20.0
$25.0
2013 2014 2015 2016
24%
45%
55%
63%
US programmatic
spending
(billions):
% of total digital
display
spending:
eMarketer, October 2014; Magna Global, 2014
Globally, programmatic is
expected to be a $32 billion
market by 2017.
72. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
72
Meanwhile, mobile advertising accelerates its surge past
desktop.
$19.2
billion
$30.5
$42.0
$65.5
US desktop ad
market:
US mobile ad
market:
eMarketer,, September 2015.
$50.8
$58.0
$30.6
billion
$27.5
$24.9
$28.3
$24.7
$26.5
73. 73
And users are growing less tolerant of unpleasant ad
experiences.
78. 78
qz.com
Quartz India
web email social apps events
Quartz
Africa
Atlas
Daily Brief
Africa
Weekly Brief
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
YouTube
Flipboard
Google
Newsstand
Apple News
Quartz iOS
app
Smartnews
Pulse
The Next
Billion
Obsession
Forums
Roundtables
Pinterest
Pocket
Feedly
podcast
2016
79. âItâs such a privilege, to be inside our readersâ
inboxes every morning. Our only objective is to
write the best possible news briefing that we
can.â
79
Zach Seward,
VP of product and
executive editor
82. âIf the old model is broken, what will work in its
place?
Nothing will work, but everything might. Now is
the time for experiments, lots and lots of
experimentsâŚâ
82
Clay Shirky
87. 87
âHere, look at this thingâŚâ
a surprising factoid or statistic
a chart that shows a clear trend
a photo that you have to look at
a long, authoritative feature
an exclusive bit of news
a very strong argument
a good headline
a quip
97. 97
âŚand its market potential has yet to be fully unlocked.
Quartz 2015 Global Executives Study; Association of National Advertisers 2015 Survey Report
84%
of executives are
genuinely interested
in content from
brands.
98. 98
âŚand its market potential has yet to be fully unlocked.
Quartz 2015 Global Executives Study; Association of National Advertisers 2015 Survey Report
84%
of executives are
genuinely interested
in content from
brands.
55%
32%
27%
18%
18%
Lack of familiarity
Budget concerns
Transparency concerns
Lack of creativeâŚ
Limited reach
Top barriers to adoption among brands and
agencies:
99. 99
Executivesâ interaction with mobile ads is limited, but promising.
15%
interact with
mobile ads
Top reasons for
interaction:
⢠58% clicked through to a site.
⢠33% read a piece of sponsored
content.
⢠30% watched a video.
⢠24% admired the imagery it used.
109. 109
âHate to say this, but this advertorial on
Quartz is better than a lot of stories on some
tech sites.â Ben Rooney
Former tech editor,
Wall Street Journal
Europe
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