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The content marketing imperative, the history of advertising and how brands can reach their audience through stories people want to read and share.
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The Content Marketing Imperative Michael Brenner NewsCred – Head of Strategy @BrennerMichael
Great marketing is great storytelling
Today’s always-on, connected world presents a huge challenge and an opportunity for Brands
We need to connect with our audience through stories people love!
“Content Marketing is all the marketing that’s left!” Seth Godin, 2008
60-70% of marketing content goes completely unused. (Sirius Decisions)
73% of people surveyed wouldn’t care if the brands they use disappeared from their life. (Co.Exist)
80% of CEOs unsatisfiedwith CMOs (Fournaise Group)
Newspaper Advertising Revenue: Adjusted for Inflation, 1950 to 2013
Remain Optimistic About Mobile Ad Spend Growth… Print Remains Way Over-Indexed
“Content Marketing ROI is 4X our traditional marketing spend.”Julie Fleischer, Kraft
What will change in 2015? FROM Content about us Content for social Disconnected digital channels Campaign-driven content TO Customer-centric storytelling Content at the core of everything Brand content hubs / publishers Continuous “culture of content”
“Brands need to take the phrase ‘acting like a publisher’ literally.” Dietrich Mateschitz, Founder and CEO Red Bull
Your audience wants stories! Will you give it to them? @BrennerMichael