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Content Planning for Beginners 1. Isolate a segment and personas to target 2. Outline conversion stages 3. Select marketing channels for stages 4. Assign assets to selected channels by stage 5. Whiteboard your implementation plan

Content Marketing: Planning Guide for Beginners

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This is a simple and reusable guide with worksheet templates that can be applied in launching a content marketing strategy. This short slide deck assumes that little or no work has been done to align content with target market profiles or depth in the buyiers journey, conversion cycles or funnel stages.

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Page 1: Content Marketing: Planning Guide for Beginners

Content Planning for Beginners1. Isolate a segment and personas to target

2. Outline conversion stages

3. Select marketing channels for stages

4. Assign assets to selected channels by stage

5. Whiteboard your implementation plan

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Segment/Persona Isolation Example

• B2B Manufacturer• Health and Fitness Sector• North America• Executive or Above

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Marketing Channel Worksheet Example

Channels SEO PPC/Remarketing

Social Web Site Email Telequal Event

Unexposed

Exposed/Suspect

Converted/Inquiry/Prospect

MQL

SQL

Nurturing

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Asset Planning GridChannels Assets

Funnel Depth SEO PPC Social Web Email Call Event Other Video Brochure Article/Post PPT Webinar SWAG WP

Unexposed                              

                               

 Suspect                              

                               

Prospect                              

                               

                               

                               

MQL                              

                               

 SAL                              

                               

SQL                              

                               

                               

                               

Customer (Won)                              

                               

                                                              

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Go to the whiteboard

• Start mapping out your automations and drip flows

• Plan CTAs• Schedule A/B testing at all points• Schedule KPI reviews