This document outlines a webinar on leveraging content to meet business goals through blogging. The webinar covers defining blogging goals and niches, developing high-quality content on a routine schedule, and best practices for building an audience and connecting content to revenue over time. Speakers Dan Berger and Trevor Lynn provide examples of successful blogs and emphasize creating valuable, shareable content to build trust and expertise in order to indirectly generate business leads and sales.
3. Learning Objectives
• Explain different types of marketing strategies.
• Demonstrate why blogging is crucial for your business.
• Understand the goals of blogging.
• Describe the qualities of a good blog.
• Find your blogging personality.
• Know how to create and promote your blog.
• Declare yourself a creator.
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4. Session Agenda
• About Us
• Marketing Strategy Overview
• What is Content Marketing?
• The Value of Blogging
• Blogging Success Guide
• Blogging Best Practices
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5. About Us
Trevor Lynn
• Marketing Guru
• Former Analyst at
LivingSocial
• Ohio native
• American University
Dan Berger
• Founder/CEO
• Former Congressional
Aide
• Special Events
organizer
• New Yorker
• Georgetown
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8. Content Marketing
Blogs Social MediaVideos
ArticlesWhite Papers eBooks
Webinars Newsletters
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9. The Value of Blogging: Timeless
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10. Blogging becomes more valuable over time
Time
Contentvalue
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11. The Value of Blogging
Acquiring Customers
57%
of businesses acquired
a customer through
their blog
Web Traffic
55%
increase for companies
that blog
Advertising Cost
62%
less per lead than
traditional marketing
Source: HubSpot
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13. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
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14. Defining Your Blog: Set a Goal
Get new business
Become subject
matter expert
Enter a new
market
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15. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
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16. Defining Your Blog: Differentiate
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17. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
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18. Defining Your Blog: Routine
66 days
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19. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
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20. Defining Your blog: Niche
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21. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
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22. Defining Your Blog: Source Topics
Answer Questions
Write a How-to
Guide
Case Study from a
Client Engagement
Review Local
Destinations
Comment on
Industry News
Hold Contests
Host Guest
Bloggers
Interview Industry
Leaders
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23. (Re)defining Your Blog
• Set a Goal
• Differentiate
• Schedule
• Find a niche
• Source topics
• Build an audience
June 12, 2013
#TSEWebinar | @danberger | @TrevorHLynn
24. Defining Your Blog: Build an Audience
Make Sharing Easy. Nurture a Community. Bring them Back.
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Content that can't be found anywhere elseunique perspective or insightPeople don't have time to research the topic you know about so your value is providing them valuable research/experience in a concise format
blogging is like jogging - pays off in the long runMost important part of blogging is consistencyMake a schedule you toFind another friend that blogs and hold each other accountablecan stick66 days to form a habit
"Dig a well”Blog about what you knowCreates the strongest reader basetake the most important topic in your niche and make it a regular column
answer questionsHow to guidescase study of YOUR eventreview local(!) venues, products, companiescomment on current events/news in industryengage readers with Q&A sectioninterview industry leadershold contestshost guest bloggers
Tools for sharing -make it easy for people to share -triberrWhere your readers are -find like minded communities -guest postingKeep them -newsletter signup -respond to comments
Blog about your company -press releases and occasional updates are OKBlog off topic -building a reader base means staying on the topic they started following you forLong paragraphs of text -shot, concise paragraphs with photosBe too professional -make your content personable and relateable
Blog about your company -press releases and occasional updates are OKBlog off topic -building a reader base means staying on the topic they started following you forLong paragraphs of text -shot, concise paragraphs with photosBe too professional -make your content personable and relateable
Blog about your company -press releases and occasional updates are OKBlog off topic -building a reader base means staying on the topic they started following you forLong paragraphs of text -shot, concise paragraphs with photosBe too professional -make your content personable and relateable
Blog about your company -press releases and occasional updates are OKBlog off topic -building a reader base means staying on the topic they started following you forLong paragraphs of text -shot, concise paragraphs with photosBe too professional -make your content personable and relateable
Social Tables Blogger NetworkIndustry experts in very specific niches -meetings, hospitality, technology, marketingTrusted resource to continue educationNot a blog for SEO
Earn trust through qualityProvide value by informing, educating, and entertaining. Helpful is the new viral.Two-way exchange of information. Make your content a conversation and engage your readers.Be generous by providing your insight, thought, guides, tutorials for FREE. You have to give