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Content Marketing Mistakes Made in 2015

Bring in the new year with Kissmetrics: Mistakes Made in 2015 and ways to improve next year.

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Content Marketing Mistakes Made in 2015

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  1. Content Marketing Mistakes Made in 2015 And Ways to Improve Next Year Gregory Kennedy, AdRoll

  2. @kearacho @Kissmetrics @NEILPATEL #KissWebinar

  3. GREGORY KENNEDY Director, Content Marketing, AdRoll KEARA CHO Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Kissmetrics @iamgkennedy @kearacho Keara is responsible for telling impactful stories for the Kissmetrics brand and its’ products. Prior to Kissmetrics, she worked at Salesforce, Bizo, and Chase. When she’s not telling stories or running campaigns, you can find this bay area native watching a Warriors game with family and friends. A former designer and creative director. Gregory’s writing has been published in a number of publications including: The BBC, VentureBeat, YahooFinance and Entrepreneur.com.

  4. @iamgkennedy @AdRoll @NEILPATEL #KissWebinar

  5. Content Marketing is Everywhere in B2C Kraftrecipes.com 1 billion views a year Pepsi.com Powered by Newscred globally

  6. Content Marketing is Everywhere in B2B Adobe’s CMO.com 2 editors / $1 million annual budget Nanagins Big investment in data and reports

  7. Why? Driven by Shifting Media Consumption

  8. What Gets Me Excited for Content Marketing? Digital content marketing is the most scalable and cost effective approach to marketing, ever. Traditional Media at Scale ● Largest circulation magazine: The Watchtower, 52 M Monthly ● Largest televised event: Superbowl, Seahawks vs. Patriots, 114 M Viewers ● Largest radio program: Tom Kent, 23 M Weekly Listeners Digital Media at Scale ● Facebook 1.4 B ● What’s App 700 M ● LinkedIn 468 M ● Instagram 300 M ● Twitter 280 M ● Tumblr 230 M

  9. What Does Content Marketing Include?

  10. You worked hard in 2015. So why were there still issued with your content?

  11. Problem: Too Impatient Did you stop investing in your content initiatives like social media or blogging because they didn’t show results in only 30 days?

  12. Solution: Great Content Marketing takes both patience and skill Promote: Creating Demand and Confidence Educate: Thought Leadership and Knowledge Capture: Turning Leads Into Opportunities Examples ● ● Examples ● ● Examples ● ● Press Releases Byline Articles Blog Posts Whitepapers Webinars Account Signups

  13. Problem: Too Self Involved Did you write posts for your blog only about your company, your product, your team, and your needs?

  14. FONTS Solution: Focus on your customers to find your marketing “sweet spot” Develop a deep understanding of their pain points and aim to create content that helps them achieve their goals. Lead Gen (Webinars, Whitepapers, Events) Content in Exchange for Information Content People Will Engage Possible Content Sweet Spot Blogs, Infographics, Videos, Newsletters, Social Media

  15. Problem: Too Smart Did you fail to understand your customer? Did you create content that was too sophisticated and hard for them to understand?

  16. Solution: Customers value products that solve their problems. Stay focused on your customer’s needs.

  17. Problem: Too Ambitious Did you poorly execute on your content plan because it was too ambitious and resource intensive?

  18. Solution: Start Small and Get the Basics Right

  19. Problem: Too Easy Did you fail to tie content marketing efforts to hard lead generation numbers? Did you measure success based only on raw output?

  20. Solution: Tie your content marketing efforts directly to sales. Start evaluating efforts on how many marketing leads your sales team can actually work, not just total responses.

  21. Problem: Too Insular Did you fail to develop a content partner strategy? Did you find like minded thought leaders to help validate your ideas and approach?

  22. Solution: Don’t Fear Rejection Just accept some rejection as par for the course and pursue multiple opportunities. How to Co-Market: ● Start planning well in advance. ● Agree on a topic that compliments both brands. ● Agree on your methods of promotion and set a numbers- based goal.

  23. Problem: Too Reactionary Did you post on social media infrequently? When you did, was it mostly in response to complaints?

  24. Solution: Get Excited About Social! 2.2+ billion active users on social, global penetration of 30%. Facebook alone has 1.49 billion global monthly active users

  25. Recap Things your content is notgoing to be in 2016: Too Impatient Too Self Involved Too Smart Too Ambitious Too Easy Too Insular Too Reactionary

  26. Recap What your content is going to be in 2016:

  27. Thank You! @NEILPATEL @Kissmetrics @adroll #KissWebinar #YourHashtag

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  29. Questions? GREGORY KENNEDY Director of Content Marketing, AdRoll KEARA CHO Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Kissmetrics @iamgkennedy @kearacho

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