Why the biggest threat to content marketing is content marketing

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11/7/2013

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The problem with content

marketing is…

Eileen Brown Amastra Ltd.

http://eileenbrown.wordpress.com

http://twitter.com/eileenb

About.me/eileenb

• 2004

• ZDNet Social business

• @eileenb

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Cascade

Creators

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Context

Case Study: Search Labs

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• “E-commerce

in Russia

• Natural

search: Top

three

• Backlinks

• SEO boost

• Outreach

• Research

• Hosting

• Data Capture

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• Challenges

Challenges

Content?

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Case Study: Edible

Arrangements

• Simple Website promotion

– Countdown timer

– Hero shot

– Test formats

• Email promotion

– Holiday season

• Raise awareness

– Social mentions

– Ads

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• 8% increase in

same day

orders

• Higher open

rate & Average

order value

Covered

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Consuming

Click throughs

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Case Study: Inside

Out Development

• Four step approach

– Set the principles of

great content

– Focus on three types of

content

– Become the content

sponge

– Promote and support

content

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20% higher clickthrough rate

87% lower opt-out rate

388% more leads generated

H1 2013 results:

• Content-based emails:

– Total emails sent:

1,082,122

– Clickthrough rate: 1.2%

– Opt-out rate: 0.087%

– Share of leads generated:

83%

• Sales-based emails:

– Total emails sent:

2,294,666

– Clickthrough rate: 1%

– Opt-out rate: 0.67%

– Share of leads generated:

17%

Catalyst

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Checklist

• Be the buyer

• Authoritative

• Strategic

• Prolific

• Passionate

• Perform

Social media and brand advice

eileenb@amastra.co.uk 07764 359 905

http://eileenbrown.wordpress.com @eileenb

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