In a time-challenged world dominated by short and snappy, click-bait headlines, Twitter streams, Instagram feeds, gifs, video, Snapchat, YOLO, LOL and #tbt...does writing seem useless and ordinary? And what if you’re not a writer?
Actually, writing matters more now, not less. And in our content-driven world, we are all writers.
Learn how to choose words well, write with economy, style and honest empathy and tell a true story really, really well with “Everybody Writes” author Ann Handley.
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Writing Rules in PR
1. The (Non-Boring, Actionable & Useful)
Writing Rules for PR
Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs
Co-author, Content Rules (Wiley)
2. The (Non-Boring, Actionable & Useful)
Writing Rules for PR
Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs
Co-author, Content Rules (Wiley)
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3. The
(Non-Boring, Actionable & Useful)
Writing Rules for PR
Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs
Co-author, Content Rules (Wiley)
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18. There is no ONE WAY to write…
…just as there is no one way to raise a child, or roast
a turkey.
(But there are terrible ways to do all three.)
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19. Why does writing matter in PR?
Reasons:
2 professional reasons
1 human reason
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20. 1. So much content.
93% (90% B2C)
of marketers are creating content.
B2B Content Marketing
North American 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets, Trends
MarketingProfs, Content Marketing Institute
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21. 1. So much content.
58% (60% B2C)
of marketers are upping content budgets.
B2B Content Marketing
North American 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets, Trends
MarketingProfs, Content Marketing Institute
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30. Let’s take what we know about
“publishing…”
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31. And give it a makeover:
• Focus on pathological customer empathy and
experiences.
• Focus on style and inspiration.
• Focus on useful.
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45. 2. Simple, but not simplistic.
“No one will complain that you made
something too simple to understand.”
Company-centric: We offer accelerated
application development.
46. 2. Simple, but not simplistic.
“No one will complain that you made
something too simple to understand.”
Company-centric: We offer accelerated
application development.
Customer-centric: Deploy an app to the cloud at
lunch hour. And still have time to eat.
(Kinvey.com)
47. 6 Writing Rules for PR
Pathological empathy for
the reader.
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48. Useful x enjoyable x inspired
What would your content look like if your
customer signed your paycheck?
49. What would make
the reader turn and
say, “Now listen to
this, Ira….”
What will our customers THANK US for?
66. 4. GPS: Editing.
“The thing that
separates a good writer
from a mediocre writer
is editing.”
67. 6 Things We Can Steal From Publishers
Tell stories about people:
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68. 5. Tell stories about people.
“A good lede invites you
to the party; a good kicker
makes you wish you could
stay longer.” –Matthew Stibbe
69. 5. Tell stories about people: Ledes.
Take a running start…
Then cover your tracks.
70. Here’s a running start…
“Simultaneous to the modern boom of Web 2.0 and along with the
rise of social media, companies have projected their presence by
utilizing social media giants (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) in attempts
to market their businesses.
“And while companies have seen much success in tapping the vein of
reaching the masses through the few quintessential social networks,
only a fraction have explored the option of YouTube marketing.
Let’ s take a look at the facts.”
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71. Here’s covering your tracks…
“Simultaneous to the modern boom of Web 2.0 and along with the
rise of social media, companies have projected their presence by
utilizing social media giants (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) in attempts
to market their businesses.
“Though many And while companies have seen much success in
tapping the vein of reaching the masses through the few
quintessential social networks, only a fraction have explored the
option of YouTube marketing. Let’s take a look at the facts.”
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72. Here’s covering your tracks…
“Simultaneous to the modern boom of Web 2.0 and along with the rise
of social media, companies have projected their presence by utilizing
social media giants (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) in attempts to
market their businesses.
“Though many And while companies have seen much success in tapping the
vein of reaching the masses through the few quintessential social networks,
only a fraction have explored the option of YouTube marketing.
Let’s take a look at the facts.”
(For the record I’d tighten that paragraph
up more, too… but I’m making a point.)
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73. 5. Tell stories about people: Ledes.
•Put your reader into the story.
•Describe a problem they can relate to.
•Set a stage.
•Ask a question.
•Quote a crazy bit of data.
•Relay a personal anecdote.
•(Even you, boring B2B “solution.”)
74.
75.
76. 6 Things We Can Steal From Publishers
Tell true stories well:
Words are currency.
Words are your proxy.
Don’t squander them.
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78. “The best marketing doesn’t
feel like marketing.”
—Tom Fishburne
Marketoonist.com
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79. (I’m so freakin’ excited about this… )
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide
to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
Coming very, very, very soon:
EverybodyWrites.com
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80. Grab your free Anti-Mediocrity Content Toolkit!
Last week!
(Regret is a terrible thing to live with.)
(…NOT “with which to live”! Because no one speaks that way any
more. Except perhaps the British Parliament.)
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81. (I’m so freakin’ excited about this… )
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide
to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
Coming September 2014
EverybodyWrites.com
THANK YOU!
Please connect with me at AnnHandley.com.
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