Thought leadership and content marketing: how to build a newsroom
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The document outlines a structured approach to creating thought leadership content for organizations, emphasizing the importance of reputation, lead generation, and influence. It details various phases in the content creation process, including idea validation, outlining, drafting, and final editing, while addressing challenges like time constraints and the need for expert participation. Effective monitoring of industry trends and careful consideration during each phase is recommended for successful content outcomes.
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Thought leadership and content marketing: how to build a newsroom
- 2. THE NEWSROOM: A THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONTENT ENGINE WEBINAR 30.06.2016
- 3. WHERE WE GOT OUR CLIENTS PUBLISHED WITH GUEST CONTENT:
- 5. Content is a proven way to: • Increase reputation • Generate leads • Drive sales • Build organizational knowledge • Establish leaders as visionaries • Increase influence for the organization among key stakeholders WHY THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
- 7. Challenges & constraints: • Time • C-level & experts have very little time, and writing well takes time • A long turnaround time increases danger of external events changing – meaning your content becomes obsolete • When you start a piece of content, aim for a 3 – 4 week turnaround time max • Political capital • When you start, it’s a new, unproven process • You need to show result and success as fast as possible to build confidence CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS
- 9. This process was built and refined over the years to assure: • Smooth handovers • Clear long and short term goals, to do’s, no dropped balls • Lean work: work flows in one direction only (no rework!) • Total production time of 10 – 15 hours for 800 – 1300 word blog (excl pitching) • Turnaround time 3 to 4 weeks
- 10. THE PLAYERS (Ghost)writer Storytelling CEO or expert Vision & leadership Corporate communication Strategy & message
- 12. Who? What? • Start following the news in your industry and beyond. Why? • If you want to become a thought leader – or create one in your organization – you need to know what’s going on. • What’s hot, what’s not? • Who’s new? • And so on. MONITORING THE LANDSCAPE
- 14. FEEDLY.COM PEARLTREES.COM SOURCES > PEARLTREES
- 15. The best writing offers opinion, but is fact based. Your facts are only as good as your sources. Create a feed of sources and keep track of the best source material in Pearltrees: • Thematic & contextual • Versatile • Searchable MONITORING & BOOKMARKING
- 16. In industries with a lack of ‘hard news’: • HR • Communication • Design • Finance • Consulting • … It might be better to search Google Scholar for recent, surprising research. GOOGLE SCHOLAR
- 18. Who? What? • 30 minute meeting Why? • To ideate 1 viable idea NEWSROOM MEETING
- 19. • What’s new in your industry? • What are some questions that stakeholders have asked you lately? • Which phenomena (even if marginal today) have the power to change your industry in 10, 20 or 30 years? • What are some things that you believe or know about your industry that very few people know or believe? • Are some phenomena that people in your industry misinterpret today? QUESTIONS TO ASK
- 20. A headline • “Here’s what everyone has wrong about Tesla” Key insights & points you want to make • “Tesla doesn’t want to be a car maker, it wants to become a market leader in energy storage” A gold medal media outlet • “It will be perfect for Quartz” OBJECTIVES:
- 21. NEWSROOM RULES
- 23. • Multiple experts in the newsroom meeting will derail your meeting. • No “exits” for your expert: maximum social pressure. • If expert or CEO thinks they can get out from under their homework, they will try to get out from under it – and blame you for not delivering thought leadership. • Take away this false security REASONS FOR THE “ONE EXPERT” RULE
- 24. NEWSROOM RULES
- 26. 1. “Cheerleader effect” for ideas • You’ll feel good about having a list of ideas, but they will be weak 2. Cumulative flow: ‘Little’s Law’ (cumulative flow) • It takes 3 weeks to finish 1 piece of content • It takes 10 weeks to finish 2 pieces of content • It takes 20 weeks to finish 3 pieces of content 3. Multiple subjects bleed into each other during research & writing 4. Multiple subjects offer an ‘exit’ for your CEO or expert • Maximum social pressure REMEMBER THE TICKING CLOCK!
- 28. Who? What? • A stress test for your idea Why? • Because of the “ridicule factor” NEWSROOM MEETING
- 29. STRESS TEST YOUR IDEAS
- 30. • Find supporting facts & proof points for your idea • Look for facts & proof points that disprove your hypothesis • “You shouldn’t fact check a good story to death” • True, but the idea should be somewhat healthy to begin with • Check the requirements of the media outlet you want to pitch • “How to be a guest writer on 11 popular sites” • Did the outlet already write this story? • (It’s more common than you think) STRESS TESTING YOUR IDEAS
- 31. PUT ALL YOUR FACTS IN A MIND MAP
- 32. MINDMEISTER.COM PUT ALL YOUR FACTS IN A MIND MAP
- 34. Who? What? • A skeleton of your story Why? • Because you’re not ready to waste time on writing NEWSROOM MEETING
- 35. DO YOU THINK THIS LOOK COMPLICATED?
- 36. THEN WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- 37. THE LONDON TUBE - CROWDSOURCED
- 38. LONDON TUBE - OUTLINED
- 39. 1. Information 2. Structure 3. Words & phrases AVOID REWRITES AND FRUSTRATION 1. Information 2. Structure
- 40. Presenting a CEO or expert with 3 layers of information will overwhelm them. People who are not used to writing will: 1. Get emotional (panic, anger, frustration) 2. Start rewriting 3. Create a mess 4. Drop the ball 5. And more bad outcomes Outlines prevent this. It’s clearly recognizable as “work in progress” and is less threatening. WHY?
- 41. • 7 to 12 bullet points for 1000 words • Be precise • “I will talk about the importance of backlinks for SEO” • “SEO depends 47 % on backlinks and 15 % on social signal”
- 43. GREAT CONTENT HAS A CLEAR GOAL – THE SUMMIT. BUT IT OFFERS TWISTS, TURNS AND SURPRISES ON THE WAY TO THE TOP. MORE HERE. MAXIMIZE THE STORYTELLING
- 44. BEWARE OF THE SPEEDY APPROVAL
- 45. SPEEDY APPROVAL OF YOUR OUTLINE = “I DIDN’T REALLY LOOK AT IT AND I WILL REWRITE YOUR DRAFT INSTEAD” BEWARE OF THE SPEEDY APPROVAL
- 47. Not really, but almost. Your work is 99 % done.
- 48. DRAFT 1 PHASE IV
- 49. Who? What? • A finished piece of text
- 50. YOU’RE AIMING FOR THIS:
- 51. NO DETOURS YOU’RE AIMING FOR THIS:
- 52. • 700 – 1300 words • Now, spend time on phrasing and wording (not too much though) • Find a good introduction to grab the reader’s attention • Find a good “sendoff” • Check headline: does it still fit? • Do you need to add a “curiosity gap”? (Don’t overdo it) Because all facts are checked and storyline is approved, writing should take 1 to 2 hours max for an experienced writer (if they were involved in earlier process – otherwise 3 to 4 probably). THE FIRST DRAFT
- 54. • After feedback from CEO or expert: implement comments. Should take no more than 1 hour. • Polish the text a bit. • Proofreader (optional) • Send to graphic designer or art director (illustrations & photo) • And then:
- 55. YOU ARE NOW READY TO PITCH (MORE ON THAT LATER)
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