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Arnie Kuenn
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Content Marketing
Trends in 2013
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Arnie Kuenn
President, Vertical Measures
Content Marketing
Trends in 2013
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ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER…
• President of Vertical Measures –
A Search, Social & Content Marketing Agency
• Instructor for the Content Marketing Institute &
Instant E-Training
• Been an Internet marketer longer than Google has
existed.
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“Content Marketing”
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Content Marketing - The Top Priority
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What is content marketing?
• Content marketing is the art of providing relevant, valuable content
to your customers without selling or interrupting them.
• Instead of pitching your products or services, you are delivering
information that makes your prospects more informed before they
buy.
• If you deliver consistent, ongoing valuable information to your
prospects, they ultimately reward you with their business and loyalty.
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Research conducted by the Custom Content
Council
• 90% of consumers find custom content useful
• 78% of people believe that organizations providing custom content
are interested in building good relationships with them
• 77% of people understand that an organization’s goal for custom
content is to sell them something, but are OK with it as long as it
provides value
• 73% of people prefer to get information about an organization in a
collection of articles rather than in a traditional advertisement
• 61% of people feel better about a company that delivers custom
content and are more likely to buy from that company
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This is not a 30 day R.O.I.
BUT THE LONG-TERM PAYOFFS CAN
BE HUGE
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ACHIEVING SUCCESS IS CONTINUOUS, PLANNED
OUT PROCESS
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THINK LIKE A PUBLISHER!
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DEVELOP YOUR STRATEGY
• Strategy will evolve through the whole process
• Why are you creating the content you are creating?
• Who is your audience?
• Who are you? – Determine your “voice”
• What types of content will you create?
• How will you develop your content?
• When will you develop your content?
• What does success look like?
• What is different a year from now?
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SOME FACTS
Source: GroupM
of all consumers use search
prior to making a purchase
of searchers conduct non-
branded queries
of buyers click on organic
links vs the sponsored ads
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WHAT ARE WE SEARCHING FOR?
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You are becoming a better searcher
• The general trend is that people who are searching for 2 or 3 word
phrases is decreasing, while people who are searching for 4, 5, or
even 8 word phrases is increasing.
– 4-word searches = 14.89% (previously was 12.83%)
– 5-word searches = 8.68% (previously was 5.64%)
– 6-word searches = 4.65% (previously was 2.32%)
– 7-word searches = 2.49% (previously was 0.98%)
– 8-word searches = 3.43% (no one did 8-word searches in 2004!)
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Long Tail is the Key!
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LIST ALL CONTENT IDEAS IN A SPREADSHEET
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PUT TOGETHER AN EDITORIAL CALENDAR
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Lists – People Still Love Them
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Interviews – Help Make You the Expert
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VIDEOS! – They Are Not That Hard
User Generated
Fun Interviews
Behind the scenes
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INFOGRAPHICS ARE HOT RIGHT NOW
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FREE GUIDES TO BUILD YOUR LIST
- Lead generator
- Link attractor
- Long life span
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ALL DIFFERENT – BUT CORE ELEMENTS
Web pages, News, Local, Images & Videos
1. Links pointing to your content
2. Titles & title tags (viewed in results)
3. Description meta tag (viewed in results)
4. Image alt text tags
5. H1 Tag (headline tag – only one!)
6. Page load times
7. Freshness of content
8. AuthorRank
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PROMOTE YOUR CONTENT
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SHARING NEW CONTENT CAN BE VERY SIMPLE
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Measure!
• Measure for successes…
and failures
• Check your rankings,
traffic, conversions and
other key metrics
• Focus on the strategies
that are providing the best
ROI and keep rolling out
the content
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In summary…
Buyers need information that helps
them make an informed decision.
Businesses that provide that
content will win.
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How about a recap?
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Contact: 888-476-1881 www.VerticalMeasures.com
More Traffic. More Leads. More Business.
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