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Q1: Let’s get started! What is the
difference between #contentmarketing
and #contentstrategy? #CMWorld
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A1: #contentmarketing is the WHAT and WHEN and #ContentStrategy
is the WHY, WHO and HOW #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
@CMIContent #contentstrategy is knowing what your audience wants.
#contentmarketing is the creation/distribution #CMWorld
Jason Ouellette @JayOuellette
A1: #contentstrategy is the plan#contentmarketing is the action #cmworld
Jason Aplin @JasonAplin
A1: #contentmarketing and #contentstrategy are tied at the hip.
You should NOT have one without the other. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
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A2: 1st step in content strategy is defining the business objective or the
content marketing mission statement @JoePulizzi calls it #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
A2. Develop buyer personas! How else will you know who you’re
creating content for? Or what they need? #cmworld
Ardath Albee @ardath421
#CMWorld A2: First step in creating #contentstrategy is defining personas
and the objectives of the campaign
Cat Fyson (Koozai) @Koozai_Cat
A2: #contentstrategy - Who (Personas) and Why (Our Business Objective
and the Informational Pain Point We are Solving with Content) #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
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A3: The most underutilized tool of all time with #contentmarketing - Actually talking
to real live customers! #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
Q3: My key tool for #contentstrategy is @Topsy - I map an interest graph
of people talking about a particular idea or topic. #cmworld
Angela Dunn @blogbrevity
A3: The most important tools for us include lots of keyword research,
clear personas and analytics to test and measure #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
#CMWorld A3: There are so many tools out there - Google Trends is definitely
a favourite though, and Content Generators are fun
Cat Fyson (Koozai) @Koozai_Cat
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Q4: What is the best way to determine
who in your organization is the best
person to connect with your customers?
#CMWorld
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A4: we have tens of thousands of employees @SAP and they ALL have
something to say, special knowledge and skills and experience #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
A4: Trick question...all employees are connecting with customers today.
So culture is key here. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
A4: The role belongs to the shepherds in your company...everyone SHOULD
participate #cmworld
Jason Aplin @JasonAplin
@joepulizzi A4: Employees can be invaluable brand ambassadors & help
humanize the org. It’s about education, training & guidelines. #CMWorld
Jessica Smith @WarJessEagle
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Q5: Does your organization have
a documented content strategy?
How did you build your business
case for it? #CMWorld
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A5: We have nine documented buyer personas, but have chosen to develop
#contentstrategies for two of them. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
A5: We have a documented #contentstrategy with executive buy-in for segments
of our business also #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
A5: You don’t have to have a #contentstrategy for every persona. You can make
the choice...and should. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
@BrennerMichael Without analytics to add additional insight - you only get half
the picture. But human insight to analytics is key! #cmworld
Angela Dunn @blogbrevity
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A6: design is huge! It offers the biggest opportunity to differentiate
your branded content marketing #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
A6 Design is not just the visual aspect – design thinking guides my
#contentstrategy process. :) #cmworld
Angela Dunn @blogbrevity
@CMIContent A6: There’s a lot of noise out there; good, compelling design
will help you stand out from the crowd. #CMWorld
Jessica Smith @WarJessEagle
Designers are (or should be) involved in content strategy from the get-go! #CMWorld
JoSEPH KALINOWSKI @ringo66
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A7: We use persona-based research to determine initial mix of content types
but then test, test, test what works. #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
@CMIContent A7: Some combination of the 3 is preferable. Also, the strengths
of the staff creating the content has to play a role #CMWorld
Kristen Hicks @atxcopywriter
A7: What is the content mix that accomplishes your goals? - sales, lower costs,
happier customers, etc. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
A7: Depends on objective, audience and budget. A combo of all three would
be ideal. #cmworld
Reena Vadehra @ReenaVadehra
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A8: Start by building your influencer hit list (at least 10-15 people).
Share relevant content. Give A LOT to build your audience #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
@CMIContent Sharing plenty of content yourself! Someone whose content
you’ve shared with reciprocate if yours is good #CMWorld
Kristen Hicks @atxcopywriter
#cmworld A8 if it’s not interesting to you, it’s not interesting to them.
Ken Ericson @kenericson
A8: I find one of the most effective methods is to ask. Send out an email with
pre-crafted tweets, LI and FB updates. Make it easy. #CMWorld
Sarah Mitchell @globalcopywrite
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If your mother wouldn’t be proud of your piece of #contentmarketing,
don’t distribute it. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
Repeat after this tweet: No one cares about your product or service,
they care about themselves. Create content people care about. #cmworld
Joe Pulizzi @joepulizzi
@CMIContent shareable content is hard. have to resist the urge to create
promotional content no one wants or reads #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
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Q10: Our last question: Now that
we’ve talked about building a strategy,
how do we decide how much content
is enough? #CMWorld
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@CMIContent A10 more is not better. Give #content room to breathe
so conversation can build #CMWorld
anna @annasternoff
A10: I don’t believe any brand can create all the content customers seek.
Must mix creation, curation, syndication to reach goals #cmworld
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
A10: I wouldn’t look at it like that. Less is more, so spend the time you have to
create quality, not quantity #CMWorld
James Perrin @Koozai_James
A10: I dont think the problem is too much content, its not enough good content.
If you sustain quality content nobody will complain #cmworld
Henry Johnson @TalktoHenryJ
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• July 30: B2B Content Marketing with Ardath Albee @ardath421
• August 6: Small Business Content Marketing with Brian Clark @copyblogger
• August 13: Multi-Channel Marketing with Andrew Davis @tpldrew
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