3. CONTENT MARKETING
Strategic marketing and business process focused on
creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and
consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined
audience, and ultimately, to drive profitable customer
action.
12. Content marketing is the
art of communicating with your
prospects without having to sell to them.
SOURCE: PUBLICDOMAINPICTURES.NET
13. • Empowering potential customers.
• Building a lasting relationship with your audience.
• Creating valuable content that both entertains and educates.
Inbound marketing and
content marketing focus on:
18. 86%of highly effective organizations have someone
steering the direction of their content strategy.
SOURCE: CONTENT MARKETING INSTITUTE
19. Think of your long-
term content plan like
a savings account.
SOURCE: WIKIMEDIASOURCE: PIXABAY
20. If you make a plan and are consistent in approach,
then you’re giving yourself the best chance
at achieving ROI from your content efforts.
SOURCE: PIXABAY
31. • Setting marketing goals.
• Auditing or assessing your organization’s initiatives and assets.
• Identifying the buyer’s journey for your buyer personas.
Three Steps to Creating a
Long-Term Content Plan
32. • Setting marketing goals.
• Auditing or assessing your organization’s initiatives and assets.
• Identifying the buyer’s journey for your buyer personas.
Three Steps to Creating a
Long-Term Content Plan
36. • Setting marketing goals.
• Auditing or assessing your organization’s initiatives and assets.
• Identifying the buyer’s journey for your buyer personas.
Three Steps to Creating a
Long-Term Content Plan
41. • Content title
• Buyer’s journey stage
• Marketing funnel stage
• Format or type of content
• Which buyer persona it’s targeting
• Any additional notes that provide value or context
Organize your content
audits by these categories:
42. • File manager or marketing folder
• Ask your sales team what type of collateral they use
• Check in with the more tenured employees
• Customer relationship management system (CRM)
• Content management system (CMS)
Where to find content
that might be hiding:
46. • Upcoming priorities by month
• Initiative overview
• Theme
• Prospective blog post topics based on your buyer personas
• Inbound marketing campaign that ties your efforts together
Organize your event-based audit by:
49. • Setting marketing goals.
• Auditing or assessing your organization’s initiatives and assets.
• Identifying the buyer’s journey for your buyer personas.
Three Steps to Creating a
Long-Term Content Plan
50. You’re creating
content that’s meant
to attract and pull
your buyer personas
through every stage
of the buyer’s
journey.
SOURCE: PIXABAY
51. BACKGROUND:
• Devoted mother.
• Professional woman.
• Married with at least one child under the age of six.
DEMOGRAPHICS:
• Skews female, age 28-35, Urban, Bachelor’s degree, Income: under $60,000.
GOALS:
• Wants to understand child development and do what’s best for her children.
• Understand how to set limits for behavior.
• Effective communication tools to use with her children.
CHALLENGES:
• Children won’t listen and she has to deal with tantrums, all of which overwhelm
her as a parent.
IDENTIFIERS:
• Uses Google to find answers to problems she’s looking to solve.
MONTESSORI MOM MEENA
59. It’s time to organize everything
with your content compass.
SOURCE: PEXELS
60. • Needs to be in real-time
• Needs to allow for multiple contributors to access and
collaborate
Your content compass
needs the following attributes: