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This document discusses how to create content that builds trust with readers by focusing on their needs and goals. It emphasizes that helping readers through high-quality, relevant content will lead to returning readers, social shares, links from other sites, and higher search rankings, which can then be monetized through sponsored content, affiliate links, and other opportunities. The key is to add a step to the content creation process to evaluate whether each post will help readers.
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- 2. Putting Readers First: CreatingContent That Builds Trust Jessica Woodbury, CJ Affiliate [email protected] @jessicaesquire
- 3. Let’s Talk AboutGoals • Blog • Travel • Financial • Business
- 4. What Matters toBrands • Quality of Content • Quality of Photography • Relevance to their consumer • Numbers
- 6. The Most ImportantQuestion You Can Ask: What am I doing to help my readers?
- 7. Helping Readers HelpsYou • The more readers enjoy your posts, the more likely you are to get: • Returning readers • Social shares • Links from other sites • Brand interest • Higher search rankings
- 8. Types of Readers •Regular Readers • New Readers
- 9. Types of Readers •Direct • Referral • Social • Search
- 10. Regular Readers • Carethe most about your voice and photos • Most sensitive to sponsored content • Rely the most on trust
- 11. New Readers • Social/Referral: •headline • Search: • answer question • provide information
- 12. All Regular Readerswere once New Readers. All New Readers can become Regular Readers
- 13. Of course it’sfor my readers. Who else would it be for?
- 14. Post #1 • HotelI stayed in • Restaurant I ate at • Attraction I visited
- 15. What Do Readers GetOut of It?
- 16. Post #2 • Severalhotels with detailed comparisons • Dining options with different cuisines • Research on multiple attractions • Package and tour options • Choices in different price points
- 17. What Do Readers GetOut of It?
- 18. Helping Readers HelpsYou • What’s the experience like navigating your site… • For the first time? • On mobile? • If you want to subscribe to posts? • If you want to follow on social? • If you want to contact you via email?
- 19. Helping Readers HelpsYou • Is your site design and navigation… • Simple? • Welcoming? • Bombarding people with ads? • Using pop-ups that are hard to close? • Working with ads that cover your images? • Making it easy to find relevant content?
- 20. Insider Information • WhenBrands Look at Your Site • Numbers aren’t enough • Working together means putting my brand on your site • I need to want to come back
- 21. Insider Information • WhatMatters for Search Rankings • Topicality • Authority • User Signals
- 22. Helping Readers HelpsYou • Improve search rankings • Detailed, thorough, relevant content • Links from other sites • Time spent on site • Clicking through to more posts
- 23. More Readers Means… •More leverage and influence. • More name recognition. • More brands say yes. • More people click and purchase through affiliate links.
- 24. Help Readers Monetize Better • Creating opportunities for sponsored content • Higher traffic • Higher search rankings • Higher social shares
- 25. Help Readers Monetize Better • Creating opportunities for affiliate links • Posts that answer questions help increase clicks and sales • Posts that help readers gather information increase conversion rates • Posts that rank in search help you leverage higher commissions
- 26. Add One StepTo Your Post Process Did I help my readers?