What Is Marketing?
Ask most people and they will tell you
that marketing is an ad, a banner or
some kind of promotion. But weren’t
there 4 “P’s” in Marketing 101?
5,000
2/3
86%
44%
90%
marketing messages
per day
of U.S. on the “Do Not Call” list
Of people skip TV ads
direct mail is never opened
of emails are never opened
So we support the
myth by bombarding
our audience with
messages they don’t
want.
The average attention span of a person has
dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds.
This, along with the increasing channels and
formats of information available is altering our
brains.
The average attention span of a
Goldfish is 9 seconds.
(Statistic Brain)
Goldfish have longer attention spans than
the average human today.
Less likely
to click on a
banner than…
Banners have 99 problems and a click
ain’t one. Business Insider cheekily
reported that you are more likely to get
struck by lightning or win the lottery than
see a click on your banner.
As a whole society, we’re bored!
Bored with content we don’t
want.
And this is having a dramatic impact
on certain industries like the
newspapers who have seen a
dramatic loss of nearly $50 billion in
revenue since 2000.
60-70% of marketing content
goes completely unused
(Sirius Decisions)
Almost 70% of your content budget
is completely wasted
73% of people surveyed wouldn’t care if the
brands they use
disappeared from their life.
(Co.Exist)
And your customers could care less
if you even exist.
Marketing has a marketing problem.
And it’s reflected in the interest of
global monthly searches over the
last decade
But there’s hope. Seth Godin said:
“content marketing is all the marketing
that’s left” as brands struggle to meet
the needs of today’s digital consumer.
What is Marketing?
“Marketing is knowing your customer so
well that your product sells itself.”
- Peter Drucker
“Marketing is too important to be left to
the marketing department.”
- David Packard
http://lucasgalo.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/h-and-g-lg.jpg
And that brings us to stories. From
the day we emerged from caves,
we’ve been telling stories about how
to survive and how to thrive.
But it’s not really about the information
we convey in stories, it’s about the
emotional connection those stories make.
Your customers are expecting you to care
more about them than about you. They
are expecting you to touch their hearts
and inspire their minds.
It’s not just about creating great
content, it’s about delivering great
content. And then you need to go
one step further and pour your fans
Where I Started
What Does SAP Do?
Interesting? Is The Customer The Hero?
SAP AG is a
German multinational software corporatio
n that makes enterprise software to
manage business operations and customer
relations. Headquartered
in Walldorf, Baden-
Württemberg, Germany, with regional
offices around the world, SAP is the leader
in the market of enterprise applications in
terms of software and software-related
service.[2]
The company's best-known software
products are its enterprise resource
planning application systems and
management (SAP ERP), its enterprise
data warehouse product – SAP Business
Warehouse (SAP BW), SAP
BusinessObjects software, and most
recently, Sybase mobile products and in-
memory computing appliance SAP HANA.
SAP is one of the largest software
companies in the world.
(Wikipedia)
Almost All Our Content Addressed
“Who is SAP? / Why Should You Chose SAP?”
(@MylesBristowe and
CommCreative)
We Were Not Answering Our Customers Top
Questions
99.9% of our web traffic from visitors
who already knew us or bought from
us
Less than 0.1 % were net-new or
early-stage prospects
Less than 10 keywords generated all
the early-stage search traffic
How Much “Early Stage”
Search Traffic Do We Get?
Not Enough Early Stage Visitors:
Asking “What is Big Data?”
100,000’s of searches / month
Too Many Later Stage Visitors:
Asking “What is SAP Software”
100s of searches / month
What is a Content Strategy?
Delivering the content your audience needs,
in all the places they go (by persona, buyer stage, channel, type)
Managing content as an asset with an ROI
Thinking and acting like a publisher
(and like a business)
To Reach Our Audience
We Need To Act Like Publishers
*search engine optimization
Business Innovation Blog from SAP:
http://blogs.sap.com/innovation
Mission:
To earn our audience’s
attention by helping them grow
their business, out-perform
their competition, and advance
their careers.
To act like a publisher by
creating content people actually
want to consume.
Content Marketing Objectives:
Reach, Engagement AND Conversions
Traffic, engagement and leads
we would have NEVER seen!
Recognized by Fast Company,
Digiday,
Content Marketing Institute, more…
Software
Content
NewsCred provided everything SAP
needed to scale content marketing
Enterprise
Software
End-to-end software that helps brands
manage every step of the content marketing
process, from creation, discovery and
workflows, to distribution and analytics.
Licensed
Content
We’ve built relationships with over 4,500
publishers, giving you the ability to publish
stories from award-winning sources on
topics that resonate with your audience.
Custom
Content
We provide custom content through
The NewsRoom, our exclusive network of
hand-selected writers, photographers,
videographers, and designers.
What do you need to create a
content marketing strategy?
1. Content is Not A Campaign – Focus on Strategy
2. Effective Content Combines Brand-Created, Licensed and Syndicated
3. Focus on Quality That Scales
NewsCred is powering content for the world’s
leading brands. Come talk to us!
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The Content Marketing Imperative For The Argyle Executive Club

  • 2.
    What Is Marketing? Askmost people and they will tell you that marketing is an ad, a banner or some kind of promotion. But weren’t there 4 “P’s” in Marketing 101?
  • 3.
    5,000 2/3 86% 44% 90% marketing messages per day ofU.S. on the “Do Not Call” list Of people skip TV ads direct mail is never opened of emails are never opened So we support the myth by bombarding our audience with messages they don’t want.
  • 4.
    The average attentionspan of a person has dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds. This, along with the increasing channels and formats of information available is altering our brains.
  • 5.
    The average attentionspan of a Goldfish is 9 seconds. (Statistic Brain) Goldfish have longer attention spans than the average human today.
  • 6.
    Less likely to clickon a banner than… Banners have 99 problems and a click ain’t one. Business Insider cheekily reported that you are more likely to get struck by lightning or win the lottery than see a click on your banner.
  • 7.
    As a wholesociety, we’re bored! Bored with content we don’t want.
  • 8.
    And this ishaving a dramatic impact on certain industries like the newspapers who have seen a dramatic loss of nearly $50 billion in revenue since 2000.
  • 9.
    60-70% of marketingcontent goes completely unused (Sirius Decisions) Almost 70% of your content budget is completely wasted
  • 10.
    73% of peoplesurveyed wouldn’t care if the brands they use disappeared from their life. (Co.Exist) And your customers could care less if you even exist.
  • 11.
    Marketing has amarketing problem. And it’s reflected in the interest of global monthly searches over the last decade
  • 12.
    But there’s hope.Seth Godin said: “content marketing is all the marketing that’s left” as brands struggle to meet the needs of today’s digital consumer.
  • 13.
    What is Marketing? “Marketingis knowing your customer so well that your product sells itself.” - Peter Drucker “Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.” - David Packard
  • 14.
    http://lucasgalo.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/h-and-g-lg.jpg And that bringsus to stories. From the day we emerged from caves, we’ve been telling stories about how to survive and how to thrive.
  • 15.
    But it’s notreally about the information we convey in stories, it’s about the emotional connection those stories make.
  • 16.
    Your customers areexpecting you to care more about them than about you. They are expecting you to touch their hearts and inspire their minds.
  • 17.
    It’s not justabout creating great content, it’s about delivering great content. And then you need to go one step further and pour your fans
  • 18.
  • 19.
    What Does SAPDo? Interesting? Is The Customer The Hero? SAP AG is a German multinational software corporatio n that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden- Württemberg, Germany, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the leader in the market of enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service.[2] The company's best-known software products are its enterprise resource planning application systems and management (SAP ERP), its enterprise data warehouse product – SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), SAP BusinessObjects software, and most recently, Sybase mobile products and in- memory computing appliance SAP HANA. SAP is one of the largest software companies in the world. (Wikipedia)
  • 20.
    Almost All OurContent Addressed “Who is SAP? / Why Should You Chose SAP?” (@MylesBristowe and CommCreative)
  • 21.
    We Were NotAnswering Our Customers Top Questions 99.9% of our web traffic from visitors who already knew us or bought from us Less than 0.1 % were net-new or early-stage prospects Less than 10 keywords generated all the early-stage search traffic
  • 22.
    How Much “EarlyStage” Search Traffic Do We Get? Not Enough Early Stage Visitors: Asking “What is Big Data?” 100,000’s of searches / month Too Many Later Stage Visitors: Asking “What is SAP Software” 100s of searches / month
  • 23.
    What is aContent Strategy? Delivering the content your audience needs, in all the places they go (by persona, buyer stage, channel, type) Managing content as an asset with an ROI Thinking and acting like a publisher (and like a business)
  • 24.
    To Reach OurAudience We Need To Act Like Publishers *search engine optimization
  • 25.
    Business Innovation Blogfrom SAP: http://blogs.sap.com/innovation Mission: To earn our audience’s attention by helping them grow their business, out-perform their competition, and advance their careers. To act like a publisher by creating content people actually want to consume.
  • 26.
    Content Marketing Objectives: Reach,Engagement AND Conversions Traffic, engagement and leads we would have NEVER seen! Recognized by Fast Company, Digiday, Content Marketing Institute, more…
  • 27.
    Software Content NewsCred provided everythingSAP needed to scale content marketing
  • 28.
    Enterprise Software End-to-end software thathelps brands manage every step of the content marketing process, from creation, discovery and workflows, to distribution and analytics.
  • 29.
    Licensed Content We’ve built relationshipswith over 4,500 publishers, giving you the ability to publish stories from award-winning sources on topics that resonate with your audience.
  • 30.
    Custom Content We provide customcontent through The NewsRoom, our exclusive network of hand-selected writers, photographers, videographers, and designers.
  • 31.
    What do youneed to create a content marketing strategy? 1. Content is Not A Campaign – Focus on Strategy 2. Effective Content Combines Brand-Created, Licensed and Syndicated 3. Focus on Quality That Scales
  • 32.
    NewsCred is poweringcontent for the world’s leading brands. Come talk to us!

Editor's Notes

  • #29 NewsCred’s software, the Content Marketing Cloud, makes the day to day process of content marketing really easy. With a single platform you can manage, create, publish, distribute and measure content, at scale.
  • #30 Within NewsCred’s software, brands can access fully licensed content. NewsCred has built relationships with over 4,500 publishers from the New York Times to Gawker. That’s millions of licensed articles and images we can recommend to fit your brand voice and engage your audience in real-time.
  • #31 NewsCred also offers custom content from an exclusive network of freelance writers, photographers and designers. This combination of licensed content and custom content gives marketers everything they need to craft a clear brand voice.