Do you sometimes feel like Scheherazade telling story after story in One Thousand and One Nights? Welcome to the modern world of marketers, where we daily face the continuous demand for compelling stories in order to keep the voracious content monster satisfied. People constantly crave for fresh content and brands are virtually obliged to keep providing it so as to drive people to their website.
So how do you feed the content monster? Cristina Palmiotto and Stéphanie Desmet, digital consultants at Cleverwood, share their experiences with content creation and curation, showing practical examples on how useful tools can help you win the daily content challenge.
1. How to feed the content monster: tips, tactics,
tools.
9/02/2015
By Cristina Palmiotto and Stéphanie Desmet
FRIDAY SESSION #72
@Cleverwood
#FridaySession
12. Curation creates new meaning
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Discern
Select
Add value
Give a perspective
Provide a guidance
13. Curation wants YOU!
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3) organize:
tags, categories, stories
2) verify if the content
fits
the brand (values,
stories)
and the audience
4) provide context:
link with brand values
and stories
5) illustrate:
any visual means
that convey the
meaning
6) share:
multi-channel
approach
1) find sources and content:
tools
7) analyze:
measure the
success of your
content
Hi, I’m Cristina, she is Stéphanie, today we are happy to share with you our experience with managing content for brands
Content is information
Content is words, sound, video
Content is defined by the space it fills
Content is everywhere
Content is experience
Quoting the title of a song, I always say that content is in the air. So, as marketers, we are in a content-driven landscape.
Ah, I was wondering where it was, when content is in the air, the monster is always around.
Having a steady flow of engaging and valuable content is a constant challenge for most businesses and brands.
The content monster always ask for content: it requires time, resources and budget
Please pay attention: the monster is watching at us ;-)
Wait for replies by people and then introduce the 2 concepts of creation and curation
Please pay attention: the monster is watching at us ;-)
Creation or curation: big dilemma!
If you put two content marketers in a room—one pro-content-creation and the other in favor of content curation—the tension would be palpable.
But are we sure they are mutually exclusive? My choice could be not to choose?
The content you create is exclusively yours.
Consumers who enjoy your content will need to come to you as the source, and return for more.
The value you offer will be unique to your audience.
You will be more likely to build a stronger, more loyal audience.
You will be able to directly demonstrate your business’ knowledge, expertise and experience.
It is possible to very specifically tailor content to your target demographic.
The content you create can be optimized for search to give your business better search engine rankings.
The tone, voice and personality of your business can be showcased.
Your content can work toward addressing your business’ unique goals and objectives.
Discussion about the meaning of creation (provocation)
Content creation can be incredibly time consuming.
It adds an extra layer of pressure to sustain regular creation of content.
It can take a great deal of time and dedication before your business can experience real measurable success through content marketing.
The creation or rich multimedia content such as audio, video or still imagery can be expensive.
Depending on the category in which your organization competes, and the nature of the content you create, you can be opening your business up to criticism.
You are providing your audience with only a single perspective on the subject of your content.
Content curation isn’t as simple as pushing a share button
The curator is a trusted filter: he/she knows the brand, its values, its tone of voice, its mission, its vision…
Curation is creation. Creating something that didn’t exist before, using building materials that are themselves finished work. And if you do it right, you’re adding value in the process.
Curation is creation because it pulls new value from things that might otherwise go unnoticed; un-utilized.
Content Marketing will fuse together curation and creation
The difference between creation and curation is not valid/relevant anymore.
I invite you to think at the content lifecycle
Content as an ecosystem.
Modular approach.
Explain re-purposing
No revamping, no republishing
Change format, change audience
From online to offline
From offline to online
Be part of the content ecosystem: are you ready to become content?