Key Components of a Practical Content Strategy

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Key Components of a Practical Content Strategy

Andrew Bredenkamp Acrolinx

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A practical view of the key components of making content strategy happen

What did I promise?

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getting the right content to the right peopleat the right time

What is Content Strategy?

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The right peopleThe right contentThe right time

What does that mean?

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Content Strategy

Thinking

Making it happen

Market

Message

Tone-of-Voice

Writing

ContentOptimization

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Content Optimization Cycle

How to make it happen?

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Content Optimization Cycle

Governance

Creation

Analytics

Optimization

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Governance

1. Choose your audience

2. Choose the right language for them

3. Choose the right tone-of-voice and words and phrases

4. Setting standards

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Content Governance

Mitigaterisk

Promote best practice

Security

Compliance

Standards

Branding

ContentOptimization

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Creation / Optimization

1. Work as a team2. Create and Optimize

in one step where possible

3. Know when you’re done

4. Connect content with consistent language

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Analytics

1. Understand your audience

2. Capture your language

3. Find the best content

4. Find the worst content

5. Find the redundant content

Content Quality Reporting

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Content Optimization Cycle

Governance

Creation

Analytics

Optimization

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Content’s often (almost) all you’ve got!

How to make it happen?

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90% of customers never touch the product before they buy

(HP (source))

Good Content is your only chance!

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“70% of the buying process is already complete before prospects engage with a sales person”

(SiriusDecisions)

Content is your only hope

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Content Optimization Cycle

Governance

Creation

Analytics

Optimization

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Content Strategy in Action 1

$

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Content Strategy in Action 1

$PayPal

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Regulated financial institution

Content Strategy in Action 1

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“send money” “transfer funds”

PayPal’s new language

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Cisco

Content Strategy in Action 2

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Content Strategy in Action 2Cisco 4900 Series

Content Strategy @ Cisco

“The 4900 Series is ideal for space-constrained deployments.”

“Simplified Management: Edge switch auto-provisioning”

Zero uses of “you”

Content Strategy @ CiscoLinksys Wi-Fi Router N300

Content Strategy @ Cisco

Not “space-constrained” but “smaller”

No sentence over 18 words

Eight uses of “you”

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Words matter

Content Strategy in Action

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What does your content need to do?

Content Strategy in Action

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People-ready

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Focused on target audienceTask and solution-orientedNon-native speaker friendly

People-ready?

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Global-ready

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Next-generation AutomationMT not TMOn-Demand MTLong-tail languages

Global-ready?

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Search-ready

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SEO – Search Engine OptimizationMore content delivered via GoogleSearch performance is a challenge for SupportAfter-Sales Content is relevant for Sales!

Search-ready?

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Circulator pump

Circulation pump

Recirculating pumpCirculating pump

Pump, circulator

Pump

Water pumpRecirculation pump

What’s it called again?

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循环水泵再循环水泵

再循环泵循环泵

水泵

冷水循环泵 热水循环泵

What’s it called again?

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Heizungspumpe

Heizkreispumpe

HeizkreisumwälzpumpeHeizkreis-Umwälzpumpe

Kesselthermenpumpe

Umwälzpumpe

Gerätepumpe

Heizungsumwälzpumpe

What’s it called again?

What are the benefits of doing this?

Write Edit Translate SEO

Time off!!

What are the risks of not doing this?

HTC Windows phone–How long has it got to impress?

What are the risks of not doing this?

HTC Windows phone–How long has it got to impress?

Google: “windows smartphone”

HTC

Nokia

HTC

Samsung

The risks of not doing it?

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Take aways

Content Strategy Matters– the actual content, not just delivery– people-ready, global-ready, search-ready

Strategy is good– success comes through execution

Governance – Creation – Analytics – Optimization

Take aways

You need technology to make this happen:– Faster (up to 30% faster)– More reliably (metrics driving process)– More transparently (reporting)– More effectively

• > CSAT (for example 30% better content)• > Findability (up to 100% more traffic)

Thank You!andrew.bredenkamp@acrolinx.com

@abredenkamp

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