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CONTENT STRATEGY
APPLIED
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR CONTENT
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
DIGITAL TEAM RETREAT – JUNE 2013 	
  
ABOUT ME
Content	
  strategy	
  doer,	
  manager,	
  mentor,	
  
teacher	
  since	
  1999	
  
	
  
Manage	
  the	
  Content	
  Strategy	
  LinkedIn	
  
group	
  &	
  Chicago	
  Content	
  Strategy	
  Meetup	
  
	
  
Started	
  a	
  content	
  “meetup”	
  in	
  Chicago	
  in	
  
2002	
  (one	
  of	
  3	
  globally	
  at	
  the	
  Mme)	
  
	
  
Consult	
  with	
  associaMons,	
  corporaMons,	
  
nonprofits	
  
	
  
..otherwise,	
  I’m	
  kniSng	
  
DOING CONTENT STRATEGY SINCE BEFORE CONTENT STRATEGY WAS COOL	
  
@hilarymarsh	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
WHAT IS “CONTENT”?
CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
•  No	
  one	
  can	
  find	
  anything	
  on	
  our	
  website,	
  and	
  they’re	
  starMng	
  to	
  complain	
  to	
  the	
  CEO	
  
	
  
•  PracMcally	
  everyone	
  in	
  our	
  organizaMon	
  can	
  –	
  and	
  does	
  –	
  publish	
  content	
  to	
  the	
  site,	
  and	
  
on	
  social	
  media,	
  and	
  you’d	
  almost	
  never	
  know	
  it	
  was	
  from	
  the	
  same	
  organizaMon	
  
	
  
•  No	
  one	
  is	
  in	
  charge	
  of	
  the	
  home	
  page	
  
	
  
•  Everyone	
  is	
  in	
  charge	
  of	
  the	
  home	
  page	
  
	
  
•  We	
  want	
  to	
  share	
  our	
  informaMon	
  on	
  social	
  media	
  more	
  fully,	
  but	
  we	
  can’t	
  do	
  it	
  easily	
  
because	
  of	
  our	
  technical	
  limitaMons	
  
CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
•  We	
  can’t	
  add	
  comment	
  funcMonality	
  to	
  our	
  content	
  because	
  we	
  won’t	
  know	
  how	
  to	
  
handle	
  the	
  comments	
  
	
  
•  Some	
  of	
  our	
  best	
  material	
  is	
  presented	
  as	
  PDFs,	
  with	
  Mtles	
  like	
  “4002.pdf”	
  
	
  
•  We	
  can’t	
  pull	
  in	
  related	
  links	
  on	
  content	
  automaMcally	
  because	
  our	
  content	
  isn’t	
  tagged	
  
or	
  labeled	
  	
  
	
  
•  Our	
  website	
  is	
  organized	
  based	
  on	
  our	
  org	
  structure	
  rather	
  than	
  on	
  how	
  our	
  audience	
  
thinks	
  about	
  us	
  or	
  our	
  content	
  
	
  
•  Our	
  audience	
  can’t	
  get	
  the	
  informaMon	
  they	
  want	
  from	
  their	
  mobile	
  devices	
  
CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
They’re	
  about	
  	
  
•  process	
  
•  ownership	
  
•  collaboraMon	
  
•  mutual	
  understanding	
  (or	
  lack	
  thereof)	
  
BUSINESS
HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY
WHO
WHAT
WHEN OF PUBLISHING
WHERE CONTENT
WHY
HOW
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY
A STRATEGIC STATEMENT
TYING CONTENT
(AND COMMUNICATION)
TO BUSINESS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY
AND THE PEOPLE,
PROCESSES, AND POWER
TO EXECUTE THAT
STATEMENT
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
CONTENT
STRATEGIST AS
ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
FOCUS YOUR CONTENT
ON THE READER
ON THE MEMBER
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013 	
  
IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING AUDIENCES
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
RESPECT THE DEPTH
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
UNCOVER THE BURIED TREASURES
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
SURFACE THE GEMS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
  
CREATING AUDIENCE-
FOCUSED CONTENT
CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
  
BE A CONTENT DJ
CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
“MIX” YOUR CONTENT WELL
MEMBERS WANT A FEW TOPICS
(THEY WON’T GET BORED)
“BITE, SNACK, MEAL”
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
  
h]p://www.slideshare.net/hilarymarsh/become-­‐a-­‐content-­‐dj-­‐how-­‐to-­‐create-­‐a-­‐winning-­‐mix-­‐for-­‐your-­‐content-­‐markeMng	
  
h]p://ewriteonline.com/arMcles/2011/11/bite-­‐snack-­‐and-­‐meal-­‐how-­‐to-­‐feed-­‐content-­‐hungry-­‐site-­‐visitors/	
  
CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
FOSTER
COLLABORATION
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
USE TOOLS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
REDEFINE SUCCESS
FROM “PUT IT UP” TO USAGE
MEASURE SATISFACTION, AS
WELL AS VISITS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
HELP CONTENT OWNERS
TELL THE STORY OF THEIR
SUCCESS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
BUILD YOUR ARMY
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
SUCCESS BECOMES
EVERYONE’S BUSINESS
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
SUCCESS TOOLS
WRITING GUIDELINES
ALL FOR ONE
COLLABORATION
REWARDS
MOTIVATION
Now,	
  wriMng	
  guidelines	
  and	
  
principles	
  make	
  a	
  difference	
  
Now,	
  collaboraMng	
  is	
  more	
  
producMve	
  than	
  compeMng	
  
Now,	
  each	
  person	
  is	
  
moMvated	
  to	
  reach	
  out	
  
Now,	
  individual	
  interests	
  
lead	
  to	
  common	
  good	
  
Now,	
  people’s	
  contribuMons	
  
to	
  everyone’s	
  efforts	
  are	
  
recognized	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
WORKING TOGETHER
FOR MEMBER
SATISFACTION
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
   CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  
THANK YOU.
Hilary	
  Marsh,	
  Content	
  Company 	
  	
  
hilary@hilarymarsh.com @hilarymarsh	
  
CAP	
  Digital	
  Team	
  Retreat,	
  June	
  14	
  2013	
  

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Content Strategy Applied: Making the most of your content

  • 1. CONTENT STRATEGY APPLIED Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR CONTENT COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS DIGITAL TEAM RETREAT – JUNE 2013  
  • 2. ABOUT ME Content  strategy  doer,  manager,  mentor,   teacher  since  1999     Manage  the  Content  Strategy  LinkedIn   group  &  Chicago  Content  Strategy  Meetup     Started  a  content  “meetup”  in  Chicago  in   2002  (one  of  3  globally  at  the  Mme)     Consult  with  associaMons,  corporaMons,   nonprofits     ..otherwise,  I’m  kniSng   DOING CONTENT STRATEGY SINCE BEFORE CONTENT STRATEGY WAS COOL   @hilarymarsh   Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 3. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   WHAT IS “CONTENT”?
  • 4. CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   •  No  one  can  find  anything  on  our  website,  and  they’re  starMng  to  complain  to  the  CEO     •  PracMcally  everyone  in  our  organizaMon  can  –  and  does  –  publish  content  to  the  site,  and   on  social  media,  and  you’d  almost  never  know  it  was  from  the  same  organizaMon     •  No  one  is  in  charge  of  the  home  page     •  Everyone  is  in  charge  of  the  home  page     •  We  want  to  share  our  informaMon  on  social  media  more  fully,  but  we  can’t  do  it  easily   because  of  our  technical  limitaMons  
  • 5. CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   •  We  can’t  add  comment  funcMonality  to  our  content  because  we  won’t  know  how  to   handle  the  comments     •  Some  of  our  best  material  is  presented  as  PDFs,  with  Mtles  like  “4002.pdf”     •  We  can’t  pull  in  related  links  on  content  automaMcally  because  our  content  isn’t  tagged   or  labeled       •  Our  website  is  organized  based  on  our  org  structure  rather  than  on  how  our  audience   thinks  about  us  or  our  content     •  Our  audience  can’t  get  the  informaMon  they  want  from  their  mobile  devices  
  • 6. CONTENT STRATEGY CHALLENGES Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   They’re  about     •  process   •  ownership   •  collaboraMon   •  mutual  understanding  (or  lack  thereof)   BUSINESS
  • 7. HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY WHO WHAT WHEN OF PUBLISHING WHERE CONTENT WHY HOW Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 8. HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY A STRATEGIC STATEMENT TYING CONTENT (AND COMMUNICATION) TO BUSINESS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 9. HOW I DEFINE CONTENT STRATEGY AND THE PEOPLE, PROCESSES, AND POWER TO EXECUTE THAT STATEMENT Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 10. CONTENT STRATEGIST AS ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 11. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   FOCUS YOUR CONTENT ON THE READER ON THE MEMBER
  • 12. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 13. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 14. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013   IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING AUDIENCES
  • 15. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 16. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 17. RESPECT THE DEPTH Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 18. UNCOVER THE BURIED TREASURES Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 19. SURFACE THE GEMS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 20. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CREATING AUDIENCE- FOCUSED CONTENT CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 21. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 22. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 23. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 24. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 25. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 26. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 27. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 28. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 29. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 30. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     BE A CONTENT DJ CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 31. “MIX” YOUR CONTENT WELL MEMBERS WANT A FEW TOPICS (THEY WON’T GET BORED) “BITE, SNACK, MEAL” Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     h]p://www.slideshare.net/hilarymarsh/become-­‐a-­‐content-­‐dj-­‐how-­‐to-­‐create-­‐a-­‐winning-­‐mix-­‐for-­‐your-­‐content-­‐markeMng   h]p://ewriteonline.com/arMcles/2011/11/bite-­‐snack-­‐and-­‐meal-­‐how-­‐to-­‐feed-­‐content-­‐hungry-­‐site-­‐visitors/   CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 32. FOSTER COLLABORATION Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 33. USE TOOLS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 34. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 35. REDEFINE SUCCESS FROM “PUT IT UP” TO USAGE MEASURE SATISFACTION, AS WELL AS VISITS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 36. HELP CONTENT OWNERS TELL THE STORY OF THEIR SUCCESS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 37. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 38. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 39. LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 40. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 41. BUILD YOUR ARMY Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 42. SUCCESS BECOMES EVERYONE’S BUSINESS Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 43. SUCCESS TOOLS WRITING GUIDELINES ALL FOR ONE COLLABORATION REWARDS MOTIVATION Now,  wriMng  guidelines  and   principles  make  a  difference   Now,  collaboraMng  is  more   producMve  than  compeMng   Now,  each  person  is   moMvated  to  reach  out   Now,  individual  interests   lead  to  common  good   Now,  people’s  contribuMons   to  everyone’s  efforts  are   recognized   Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 44. WORKING TOGETHER FOR MEMBER SATISFACTION Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 45. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  
  • 46. THANK YOU. Hilary  Marsh,  Content  Company     hilary@hilarymarsh.com @hilarymarsh   CAP  Digital  Team  Retreat,  June  14  2013  

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