content strategy
Transcript: Content Strategy "Content drives conversations, conversations are how you engage with people, and engaging with people is the only way brands will be able to survive in the social-media disrupted world we now live in." - Steve Sponder, MarketingProfs The goal is to develop sustainable content that's aligned with goals and branding. What is content? Everything. What is content strategy? Implement http://soundcloud.com/meetcontent Core of the Brand Plan http://meetcontent.com/blog/case-in-point-content-strategy-at-n-c-state/ Audit (good news! we've already started!) "Everyone should be involved in this-web people, social media people, print and publications people, news and editorial people-because at the core, it's all about the content and communication and the web as a medium for that, not about the web as technology itself." - Matt Herzberger, Director of Web Communications, Florida International University Develop an editorial calendar to keep the content consistent and relevant. Create a master editorial calendar and separate ones for each type of content. Examples of calendar specifics: post date, author, title, keywords, categories, calls to action, cross-channel opportunities, workflow status, significant dates or events, audiences. Mindful, sustainable content creation. What are the College's values? What is important to us? What do we produce already? Text, video, audio, photography, graphics. How do we send it out into the world? (website, print, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) Quantitative & qualitative review: how is the content working? Is it aligned with our goals? Messages? What would make our content more meaningful? "It's planning ahead and not just creating content because you need something to put on a website or in a brochure, but planning ahead for all the different channels, creating next steps, and coming up with calls to action. Who is it for? What is it for? It's looking at the big picture." - Donna Talarico, Integrated Marketing Manager, Elizabethtown College Consistency in editorial judgment. A "guidebook" on what kind of content we're going to promote. What we're saying, where, and outlets for content that isn't going to make the cut. Assess and start the cycle again! "Quality, relevant content can't be spotted by an algorithm. You can't subscribe to it. You need people - actual human beings - to create or curate it.” ― Kristina Halvorson, Content Strategy for the Web