As the demand for content grows, marketers are faced with a huge challenge: how can you consistently more create high-quality content that the right people actually engage with, convert on and share? You can't do it alone. You need help.
In this B2B Content Hacks session, you’ll learn why and how your company's advocates must be a critical component of your content marketing strategy, from ideation to creation to distribution.
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MEET THE EXPERT
Cassandra Jowett
Content Marketer, Influitive
Street Cred:
• Journalism background
• 7 years leading content marketing at startups
• Award-winning B2B content at 2 companies
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MEET THE EXPERT
Truman Tang
Advocate Marketer, Influitive
Street Cred:
• Advocate of Advocate Marketing
• 9 years of community engagement & marketing experience
• Led community and advocate marketing programs for glo-
bal brands including Electronic Arts, Bloomberg Business
Week and Conde Nast Digital
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BUYERS DON’T TRUST YOUR CONTENT
91% of B2B buyers don’t trust vendor content
• It’s biased and self-serving
• Buyers can’t verify authenticity
92% trust recommendations from people they know
• Online reviews second most-trusted source
• Peer recommendations make buyers 5X happier
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ADVOCATES ARE
YOUR BIGGEST FANS
Advocates are current and former customers,
partners, employees, influencers and other
stakeholders who are willing to make non-monetary
investments in your company with their:
• Time
• Reputation/social capital
• Insight/feedback
• Expertise
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6 WAYS TO HACK YOUR CONTENT
WITH ADVOCATES
1. Brainstorm ideas for content
2. Collect customer success stories
3. Feature advocates as thought leaders
4. Round up tips for blog posts
5. Give early access and gather feedback
6. Amplify distribution
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HOW MUCH OF YOUR CONTENT
FEATURES ADVOCATES?
• Case studies
• Blog posts
• eBooks
• Videos
• Webinars
• Infographics
• Whitepapers
?
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CUSTOMER ADVOCATES
IN INFLUITIVE’S CONTENT
• Name the campaign: Next Gen CMO
• Provide insights into what they/their CMO
cared about most
• Choose a direction for the visual branding
• Give feedback on an early draft
• Engage in conversation in our community
• Share eBook with their networks
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HACK #1:
TAP INTO CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE
Bo Bandy, Director of Marketing!
ReadyTalk!
Advocate-generated webinar:
• 3X net new contacts
• 1.7X MQLs
• 2X opps
Source: Webinar Best Practices Highlight The Need To Address Multiple Buying Stages – Demand Gen Report!
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HACK #2:
UNCOVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES
• One call for submissions
• Customers, partners and
employees
• 200+ pieces of content for Mitel’s
customer success showcase
“People submit the greatest ideas I
NEVER would have thought of on my
own.”
Liz Pedro, Director of Customer
Content & Advocacy!
Mitel!
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HACK #3:
FEATURE ADVOCATES AS THOUGHT LEADERS
• Tips submitted from
customers around the world
• Used responses to create a
16-page eBook featuring 12
customers
Chris Peltz, Chief of Staff!
HP Software’s Service Portfolio!
Management Customer Success
team!
“We challenged members of the HP
ITSM Insiders, a community of HP
Software customers and partners, to
provide their best tips for providing
world class IT service management.”!
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HACK #4:
ROUND UP ADVOCATE TIPS FOR BLOG POSTS
Uberflip regularly asks their
advocates for tips and then
publishes them in round-up
blog posts on their hub!
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HACK #5:
GIVE EARLY ACCESS AND GATHER FEEDBACK
• Make advocates feel important!
• Understand whether you nailed it or missed the mark!
• Make any last-minute changes before going public!
“The whole birthday suit/naked thing was a little
awkward for me to be honest.”!
!
“There are some really eye opening numbers in here
that are great for me as a social media manager for our
company. Thanks for the early access to such great
info!”!
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HACK #6:
AMPLIFY REACH WITH ADVOCATES
Hootsuite Ambassador Yearbook!
• Crowd-sourced best memories in a Google
Presentation!
• 57 pages of content!
• Uploaded to SlideShare December 2014!
• 19,000 views and 858 shares!
• 200 potential new Ambassadors!
Source: Hootsuite Ambassador Yearbook on SlideShare!
“In just five days, the presentation deck
organically grew to 57 pages filled with
kind words about Hootsuite, our
Community team and their experience.”!
Justine Velcich, Global Community Programs Manager at
Hootsuite!
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RESOURCES
10 AWARD-WINNING ADVOCATE MARKETING SUCCESS STORIES
http://bit.ly/1LiSieN
INFLUENCERS VS. ADVOCATES: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
http://bit.ly/1YM0ND5
BEYOND NPS: IDENTIFYING ADVOCATES & INVITING THEM TO TAKE ACTION
http://bit.ly/1MXJlb9
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