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Six Steps
To Creating a Content Marketing Strategy
ThatJust Won’t Quit
6 Steps to Creating
a Content
Marketing Strategy
Joe Pulizzi @JoePulizzi
Content Marketing Institute
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2 of 3 Marketers
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MY STORY
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Was I alone?
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First, build an audience.
Then, monetize it.
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1. Sweet Spot
2. Content Tilt
3. Building the Base
4. Harvesting Audience
5. Diversification
6. Monetization
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The Sweet Spot
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Knowledge or Skill Passion
Sweet Spot
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Knowledge or Skill
Customer
Pain Point
Alternative Sweet Spot
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Backyard Poultry Teaching
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The Content Tilt
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100 YouTube Subscribers
In January, 2012
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Food Scientist Education
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More examples here
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Food Scientist Education
Impossible
Food Creations Content Tilt
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Everyone stops at the sweet spot…
Hardly anyone “tilts” the content.
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• Google Trends
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What do all media
companies do that you
do not with your
content?
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Create Your Mission
Statement:
- Defined Audience
- Deliver
- Outcome
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Building the Base
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One Content Type
One Main Platform
Consistent Delivery
Long Period of Time
The Base
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One Content Type
+ One Platform
+ Time
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Harvesting Audience
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Diversification
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Monetization
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Create the plan…
but focus everything
on building an audience.
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1. Sweet Spot
2. Content Tilt
3. Building the Base
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