Done right, content marketing has huge potential to build your brand and your business. But most content marketing fails because even the best content doesn't convert to leads directly. So how does it work?
In this webinar, Larry Kim of WordStream and Rand Fishkin of Moz reveal the secrets to producing and marketing GREAT content. You'll learn:
-How to make an awesome impression with awesome content
-How to use unpaid and paid promotion (like remarketing) to bring visitors back to your site
-How to create an optimized conversion funnel to close those leads!
For more information on WordStream, visit www.wordstream.com.
23. Problem #2: Most Content Did Poorly
•5% of Content = 56% of Page views
•Half of Content < 500 Page views
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24. Problem #3: Low Conversion Rates
Key Challenge: Avg. conversion rate from blog content viewer to converted lead was low single digits.
Traffic Generation Activities
Customer Signup
Offer Sign Up
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31. Introducing Content Remarketing
•Amplify/promote your content to the right people
•Dramatically accelerate & increase brand recall
•Generate Sales and Qualified leads
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32. How Content Remarketing Works
CREATEProduce content& share on social
AMPLIFYSelectively promote top content on social media
TAGBuild remarketing audience by tagging site visitors with a cookie
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33. ADVERTISE
Target your audience with display & social ads promoting offers
FILTERApplybehavioral and demographic filters on audience
CONVERTCapture qualified leads or sale
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34. Content Remarketing…
Where Content Remarketing Fits
in the Inbound Marketing Funnel
Lead Capture / Nurturing
Social Media Promotion
Blogging /Content Creation
Relies on having great content
Dramatically amplifies social visibility
Makes this happen faster and more often
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35. Where Content Remarketing Fits In
SEO & Content Marketing
PPCMarketing
Social MediaMarketing
Content Remarketing!
Content Remarketing is on the Intersection of Social, Content and PPC Marketing.
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45. Key Takeaway:
You Need Interesting Content
+ Influential People Finding Your Stuff
46. People Who Aren’t Journalists Can Make Stuff Go “Viral”, Too.
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47. Paid Social Promotion of Content to Specific Influencers Increases the Chances of Getting “Noticed”
WordStreamArticles
# of Social Shares
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48. Paid Social Promotion of Content to Specific Influencers Increases the Chances of Getting “Noticed”
WordStreamArticles
# of Social Shares
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62. Targeting Fans on Google+ Using +Post Ads and Retargeting
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63. After
Before
The Flywheel Effect of Social Promotion
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64. Summary: The Key Audiences to Promote Content To…
1.Super-Connectors: Promote content to highly influential (authors, journalists, influential folks in your space, etc.)
2.Fans (Regular People): Target fans (existing followers) and use remarketing
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68. Define a Customized List of Users to Target Your Ads
Tip: Use Existing Blog Categories!
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Remarketing Audience Definition
69. Conversion Rates Increase With More Ad Impressions
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Conversion Rates Double Over Time
70. •Set Membership Duration: 3x Avg. Sale Cycle
•Set Impression Caps to Unlimited!
•Run Multiple Ads Per Campaign!
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Be Bold! Get Tons of Ad Impressions
71. Higher CTR = Lower CPC
Every 0.1% Increase/Decrease in CTR = +/-20% CPC
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Quality Score on Google Display Network
72. 1.Get HIGH CTRs not Low CTRs
2.You’ll Pay for More Clicks, But The Clicks Will Be Much Cheaper (as much as 400% less)
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The High CTR Game for Content Remarketing
73. Ad Quality on Google Display Network is Terrible
67.5% of “Display Ads” are actually Text Ads posing as Image Ads
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74. Image Ads Do Better Than Faux Image Ads (Text as Image)
Ad Format on Google Display Network
ClickThrough Rate
Text ads
0.23%
Image ads
0.31%
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75. GoogleDisplay Network Ad Format
CPC (USD)
Text
$2.31
Custom Image
$0.48
Huge 381% tax on Text vs. True Image Ads
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82. 14 Ad Formats on Google Display Network
•Vertical rectangle: 240 x 400
•Mobile leaderboard: 320 x 50
•Banner: 468 x 60
•Leaderboard: 728 x 90
•Square: 250 x 250
•Small square: 200 x 200
•Large rectangle: 336 x 280
•Inline rectangle: 300 x 250
•Skyscraper: 120 x 600
•Wide skyscraper: 160 x 600
•Half-page: 300 x 600
•Etc.
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84. These Display Ad Formats Get The Most Impressions
Ad Format
Share of
Impressions
Leader board (728 x 90)
25.5%
Inline rectangle (300 x 250)
25.1%
Banner (468 x 60)
12.0%
Wide skyscraper (160 x 600)
10.1%
Large Rectangle (336 x 280)
8.6%
Mobile leaderboard (320 x 50)
7.4%
Half-page (300 x 600)
4.3%
Square (250 x 250)
2.8%
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85. Key Tip! Apply Demographic and Behavioral Filters
•Overlay User Demographics: age, income, gender, interests, location, device, time, site category, language, time, parental status, etc.
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