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When TechComm Met Marcom
Why technical content is marketing content
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Persuasive Content
Fluffy
Overstated
Biased
Instructive Content
Dry
Boring
Complicated
Content Bake-off
Two solitudes
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Persuasive Content
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Charismatic … seriously?
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Instructive Content
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And this helps me … how?
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Rethinking the Paradigm
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What makes a chocolate-and-peanut-butter moment?
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Rethinking the
roles of content
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Create or import copy
Add rich media
Quality check
Automated publishing
Distribution (channels)
Content as commodity controlled as a supply chain
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Content coordinated with the product lifecycle
Introduction
Decline
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Content treated as a product with its own lifecycle
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Content coordinated with the customer lifecycle
Explore options
Consider
Commit to a solution
Compare solutionsMake
selection
Considerfor future
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How people really do it: research, register, shop, seek, share, etc
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Omnichannel experience
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Omnichannel experience (image from praticalecommerce.com)
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Coordinating content within an omnichannel experience
Explore options
Consider
Commit to a solution
Compare solutions
Introduction
Decline
Make selection
Considerfor future
Product or service lifecycle
Customer lifecycle
Content lifecycle
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Rethinking our roles
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Silos of content reflect silos of roles
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Content Maturity Modelhttp://intentionaldesign.ca/2011/11/14/time-for-a-maturity-model-for-content-strategy/
Digital Maturity Modelhttp://www.digitalstrategyconference.com/blog/tag/digital-maturity/
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