Content Marketing
Here is my presentation from the ACEF Asian Customer Engagement Awards (25-April-2015). This covers the basics of planning and executing content marketing campaigns online. It gives a working content marketing framework and content strategy, as well as used cases from ICICI Lombard, Koovs.com, Standard Chartered Bank.
3. ACEFCONTENT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF DIGITAL
QUALITY CONTENT
PAID MEDIA
Quality content and
accurate context reduces paid
media costs, by increasing
relevancy and improving
conversion rates
EARNED MEDIA
Quality content leads to
more conversations, sharing
and word of mouth
endorsements, critical for
R.O.P.O.
OWNED MEDIA
Quality content allows
you to rank on platforms and
generate natural interactions,
it will pay for itself 10 fold in
time.
17. ACEFDRIVING THE CONTENT STRATEGY
SUBSTANCE WORKFLOW
GOVERNANCESTRUCTURE
CONTENT
STRATEGYCONTENT PEOPLE
How do we know
this is the right
content?
How will this
content appear
across channels?
Do we have the
skills, budget, tools,
and time?
Who’s in charge of
ongoing content
quality?
39. ACEFBASICS FIRST: CONTEXTUAL SALES TOOLS
Features Actions Benefits Reviews Ratings
Calculators Comparators Use cases Testimonials Editorial
Guides Visual Aids FAQs Accessories
Augmented
Reality
Billing Returns Sale process
Safety /
security
Guarantees
First create all the content you could possible need to assist the sale of
your products. No consumer doubt or question should be left
unanswered, and every question answer should be incredibly simple to
obtain!
41. ACEFWIDER BREADTH
‘How-to’
based
Reviews
Question-
based
Timesaving Best practice Compilations Case studies
Stats Interviews
Ask the
experts
Resources Linkbait
Hivemind-
based
Event based
Research Trends Quizzes Experiments Productivity Fun Templates
Beginner’s
guides
Inspiration Opinion Definitions Glossaries Data
Product-
based
Surveys Analysis Fiction Galleries Mindmaps Frameworks Testimonials
Demos Newsjacking Debates Competitions Checklists Gifs Games
43. ACEFFORMAT
Article Slideshow Video Visualisation Image
Press release Webinar Event Game App
Tool eBook Print Social Email
E-learning Chat Widget Infographic Table / Chart
The content format should be determined by the type of content.
Use the format type that first best disseminates the content and
secondly comes within the budget constraints
51. ACEFCONTENT PLATFORMS
Website Blog
Offline
Media
Microsite Twitter Facebook
Linkedin Pinterest Instagram YouTube Vimeo Google+
Forums Tumblr Vine Slideshare Flickr
Scoop
Whoop
Partner
Sites
Ad Units Whatsapp Line Mobile Email
The platform will be determined by the content
format as well as the end objective
53. ACEFMETRICS
Branding
Page Views
Video Views
Game Played
Unique Visitors
New Visitors
Bounce Rates
Brand Metrics
Time on site
Engagement
Reputation Metrics
PR Metrics
Demographic Metrics
Retention Metrics
Search Metrics
Social Metrics
Shares
Comments
Acquisition
New Leads
Downloads
Cost per lead
Key pages
Sales
Installs
New Members
Cookies collected
58. ACEFCONTENT RELEASE
Search Display Native RTB GSP
Emailers SMS Whatsapp Line PR
SEO Social YouTube
Word of
Mouth
twitter
facebook Google+ Offline Website Blog
62. ACEF
AD UNIT
Travelling to
London make sure
you insure with
<insurance brand>
Process Develop
content
Deploy on
website
Develop
ad units
Promote
Content
Cookie
user
Retarget
User
Sign up
and sell
Retarget
AD UNIT
Find out the top 10 things to do in London
CONTENT:
Top 10 things to do in London
Cookie Drop
EXAMPLE PROCESS FLOW (TRAVEL INSURANCE)
63. ACEFEXAMPLE THEMES
Travel Insurance
• Things to do in London
• UK Visa process
• Top Spanish phrases
• Best restaurants in Singapore
Child Plan
• Best schools in Mumbai
• Top colleges in Mumbai
• Things to do with kids in Mumbai
NOTICE:
All are surrogates for
the product
64. ACEFA SINGLE CONTENT EXAMPLE PLAN OVER 6 MONTHS
Integrated Approach Cost (Rs.) CPC (Rs.) Visits (Reach) Conversion % Conversions
Facebook Rs. 10,000 Rs. 12 833 0.12% 1
Search Rs. 50,000 Rs. 7 7,143 0.13% 9
Native Rs. 10,000 Rs. 5 2,000 0.15% 3
SEO Rs. 0 1,000 0.20% 2
Remarketing Rs. 1,537 Rs. 7 220 4.00% 9
Ad unit Rs. 10,000
Total Rs. 81,537 Rs. 7 11,196 0.21% 24
Normal SEM Cost (Rs.) CPC (Rs.) Visits (Reach) Conversion % Conversions
“travel insurance” Rs. 81,537 Rs.500 163 4.00% 7
680% increase in brand reach for the same budget
“Top 10 things to do in London”
74. ACEF
WHILE EVERYONE WAS TALKING
THE OFFERS LANGUAGE!
WE DID SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
KOOVS BRAND SOLUTION
75. ACEF
PRODUCT
INTEGRATION
CONTENT
MARKETING
+
7 articles around the
V-Day theme to
grab the interest of
the Audiences
Smart Brand Plugs
Latest Valentine’s
collection
BRANDING
+
Subtle branding with logo
presence across microsite
Here is what we did …..
KOOVS BRAND SOLUTION
76. ACEF
This V-Day is all about rebel thinking! No
compromises, no cliches, no same ol’
mush… We tell users how to ditch the
mushy prints and opt for quirk or say no
to red and try electric blue! Better yet, we
tell ‘em how to negotiate control of the TV
remote since World Cup falls on V-Day.
The Valentine Playbook
KOOVS BRAND SOLUTION