what is the roi of content marketing? #forward16
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What’s The ROI of Content Marketing?Michael BrennerCEO, Marketing Insider GroupCo-Author, The Content Formula
@BrennerMichael
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Life is short
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Life is short
Your business “life” is even shorter
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Life is short
Your business “life” is even shorter
STOP doing stuff that doesn’t make an
impact!
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ROI is the #1 objective for Marketers in 2016
CMO’s greatest challenge is showing measurable ROI.
Marketers claim measuring marketing effectiveness is their greatest challenge
93%~AdAge
81%~CMI / MProfs
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Marketing Has A Marketing Problem
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What is the ROI?
@BrennerMichael @LizBedor
The First Banner Ad (1994)
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Less likely to click on a banner than…
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The average click-through rate of display ads (DoubleClick) .06%
10% Banner ad clicks by Bots(comScore)
50% Clicks on mobile ads that are accidental(GoldSpot)
What Can We Stop? Banner Ads?
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What’s The ROI of logos on stadiums?@BrennerMichael
#BMA16
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“CEOs and Boards will no longer accept marketing
that doesn’t deliver results!”~Gabe Leydon,
CEO, Machine Zone
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WARNING!
Math ahead!
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Content Marketing programs
are assets with real value that grows over time.
Need proof . . .
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ROI =Investment
Return
What is ROI?
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ROI = Investment(Revenue – Investment)
What is ROI?
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ROI = Investment(Revenue – Investment)
What is ROI?
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ROI =With Less
Do MoreWhat is ROI?
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ROI =With Less
Do The Same
What is ROI?
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The explosion of marketing channels
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We Love To Buy More Tactics We Run More and More Campaigns
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60-70% of marketing contentgoes completely unused.
*Sirius Decisions
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Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it.
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Content Used30%
Content Not Used70%
Content Waste is a $100 Billion Opportunity*
* Source: Econsultancy = $
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The Art of Pushing Back
Why does this matter?
What is the impact?
How will it be measured?
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Content Marketing Requires Empathy
ContentMarketing
What Brands Publish
WhatCustomers
Want
Business Instinct CharityEmpathy
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How do you explain the importance of
empathy to executives who don’t have any?
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Show me the money!
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The #1 Way To ImproveMarketing ROI . . .
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Run CRM ROI Report. Rank Low to High
=$
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Reach early stage buyers
Engage new buyers with your
brand
Conversions you would have never
reached
= $
Build The Business Case For Change
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Organic Search Traffic
REACH
Unbranded Search Traf -fic
LEADS
CONVERT
OTHER CONVERSIONS
SUBSCRIBERS
Time on Site
ENGAGE
Social shares
Subscriptions
Bounce rate
Retention Rate
Upsells
RETAIN
Measure The ROI of Content Marketing
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What Do You Spend On Paid Search Because You Don’t Rank Organically?
=$
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Lyly Lepinay – (Former) Content Marketing Manager, CapGemini “We’re Spending $$$ On Paid Search Because We Don’t Rank Organically!”
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30%70%
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CapGemini: Content-Loop.com
~1M visitors in 1st year+ 3K new followers / week+ High Quality Leads+ Sales = ROI
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Content Marketing ROI – Reach
The Value of Organic Search = (Paid Search CPC X Organic Search Traffic)
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Content Marketing ROI – Reach
The Value of Organic Search = ($2 CPC X 1,000,000) = $2 Million
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Organic Search Traffic
REACH
Unbranded Search Traf -fic
LEADS
CONVERT
OTHER CONVERSIONS
SUBSCRIBERS
Time on Site
ENGAGE
Social shares
Subscriptions
Bounce rate
Retention Rate
Upsells
RETAIN
Measure The ROI of Content Marketing
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Casper’s Van Winkles• Effortlessly combines
national housing news with articles on inspirational interior design, celebrity homes and company updates.
• Up to 6 new posts per day
• Distribution and large audiences across Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter and Google+
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Casper’s Van Winkles
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Organic Search Traffic
REACH
Unbranded Search Traf -fic
LEADS
CONVERT
OTHER CONVERSIONS
SUBSCRIBERS
Time on Site
ENGAGE
Social shares
Subscriptions
Bounce rate
Retention Rate
Upsells
RETAIN
Measure The ROI of Content Marketing
Subscribers have value. And are 9x more likely to convert
than non-subscribers
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Content Marketing ROI – Brand Engagement
The Value of Subscribers= (Sales from Email Nurture / List Size)
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Content Marketing ROI – Brand Engagement
The Value of Subscribers= (Sales from Email Nurture / List Size)
$10 Million / 400,000 = $25
10,000 subscribers x 25 = $250,000
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Organic Search Traffic
REACH
Unbranded Search Traf -fic
LEADS
CONVERT
OTHER CONVERSIONS
SUBSCRIBERS
Time on Site
ENGAGE
Social shares
Subscriptions
Bounce rate
Retention Rate
Upsells
RETAIN
Measure The ROI of Content Marketing
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Product vs. Category Searches”SAP Cloud” vs. “Cloud Computing”
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SAP Website: Talking To Themselves
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The Math Didn’t Help
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The Power of Fear
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IMAGINE: We show up first in Google
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IMAGINE: We own the categorywww.makeup.com -- (owned by L’Oreal)
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IMAGINE: We own the target audiencewww.CMO.com -- owned by Adobe
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IMAGINE: Marketing that attracts new buyersAMEX OPEN Forum is the largest source of new leads for AMEX’s Small Business Division
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BUT: SAP had no budget
Engagement?99% Bounce Rate
How Much COST?$200,000
Search Traffic?0, None, Nada, ZipSocial Shares?Also ZERO
Conversions?“This is an awareness campaign”
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SAP Digitalist Magazine
To help executives understand how technology drives business innovation.
Engagement?70%
How Much COST?$100,000Half the ad budget
Search Traffic?50%Social Shares?10%
Conversions?~1,000 in year 1
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SAP Digitalist Mag Gets More Engagement Than Fortune, Fast Company and more…
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Content Marketing ROI - ConversionThe Value of Content Marketing Leads =
(Content Marketing Leads X Conversion Rate X Avg. Sale Price)1,000 leads x 3% MQL x 50% SAL x 50% SQL x 40% closed x $180,000 = $540,000
($540,000 - $100,000) / $100,000 = 4.4X ROI
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Organic Search Traffic
REACH
Unbranded Search Traf -fic
LEADS
CONVERT
OTHER CONVERSIONS
SUBSCRIBERS
Time on Site
ENGAGE
Social shares
Subscriptions
Bounce rate
Retention Rate
Upsells
RETAIN
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It’s 6-7X cheaper to keep an existing customer than to
acquire a new one.A 5% increase in retention
= 95% increase in ROI.
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Content Marketing ROI:Content consumers spend 2x more and are 3x more loyal.
Shane JordanDigital Marketing ManagerBlue Cross BlueShield of Alabama
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Content Marketing ROI - RetentionThe Value of Retention= Lifetime Value $$$
Retention Rate $$$
Rev $$$ per Content-consuming Customers
vs. Non-Content-consuming Customers
@BrennerMichael
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Life is short
Your business “life” is even shorter
STOP doing stuff that doesn’t make an
impact!
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My Free Gift To You: http://bit.ly/content-formula
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What’s The ROI of Content Marketing?Michael BrennerCEO, Marketing Insider GroupCo-Author, The Content Formula
@BrennerMichael