Selling the Content Marketing Story - Pak Hou Cheung's presentation for the Content Marketing Show in May 2013.
Located at the Institute of Education near Russell Square Station, in London.
38. Content in the Awareness Stage
Make it memorable, shareable & optimized
• It has to stand-out
• Allow & encourage sharing
• Promote
Make it interesting, useable & dynamic
• Tips
• Tools
• Tutorials
• Free downloads
• Include visuals
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42. Content in the Consideration Stage
Be educational
Use your content to demonstrate how it solves that problem
• Product demos
• In-depth tutorials
• Entertaining FAQs
• Buying guides
Leverage (and build) relationships
• Testimonials & reviews
• Case studies (tell a story)
• Analysis reports
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49. Content in the Purchase Stage
Focus on The Why
Inspire your audience to buy
• Share; don’t push
• Elicit emotion
• Be passionate
Tell them what they’ll get
Show results; demonstrate true value with your content
• ROI calculators
• Descriptive case studies
• Pricing information
• Detailed tutorials
53. Content in the Retain & Upsell Phase
How do you get them coming back?
• Don’t stop offering value
• Find different ways to reach them
(i.e. newsletters, interactive quizzes & polls, direct-mail pieces,
events, etc.)
• Keep it fresh and exciting
• Remind them of all benefits
Don’t stop sharing
• A social strategy can be a powerful thing
• So can a phone call
• Or a personalized email