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Crafting Your Content for Multiple Channels

Crafting Your Content for Multiple Channels

A session by Katie Dodd Syk at Revolve Conference 2016

Revolve Conference

November 03, 2016
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  1. Agenda • Create an effective content strategy • Spread the

    same content across multiple channels • Consider both content on your website and across social media channels • Review SEO concepts
  2. About Me SEO Specialist at Volusion Almost 4 years of

    SEO experience Freelance writer on the side Avid reader (in theory more than practice) Addicted to travel
  3. Why Content? If your website is the dough of a

    pizza, the content is everything you put on top • It’s necessary for SEO • Encourages engagement • Generates new sales/leads
  4. Consider Your Goals How can you accomplish these goals? •

    Improve your SEO • Build your social audience • Send more newsletters • All of the above?
  5. Define Your Target Audience • Create marketing personas using: -

    Google Analytics - Facebook Insights - Google Trends - Market research reports
  6. Your Content Should Be... • Relevant • Useful • Insightful

    • Attractive • Creative • Maybe even funny 0
  7. New Content SEO Bonus High-quality, engaging content = longer time

    spent on page + higher chance of users going on to another page of your site + additional points of entry for relevant traffic
  8. Best Website Content SEO Practices • Title tags & meta

    descriptions • Header tags • Keywords
  9. Social Media Content Social Media – over 2.3 billion active

    users globally • Focus on a few channels • Visual content is > 40x more likely to be shared – Canva, PicMonkey • Stick with it over time • Promote your best content
  10. Best Social Media SEO Practices • Fill in as much

    information as you can on your profiles • Social channels are also search engines • Publish regularly
  11. Finding Topics • Do keyword research • Look at off-line/unpublished

    content you already have: presentations, emails, newsletters • Update old online content • Peek at your competitors
  12. Finding More Topics • Check out forums like Quora and

    Reddit to find what people are talking about • Talk to your customers • Source ideas from everyone in your business, not just a small group
  13. The Buffalo Concept Each major piece of content you create

    is a buffalo • You need to use each part of it • Sometimes you build from it to make new content; other times you pull parts off and use them directly
  14. Repurposing Your Content • Turn a blog post into 17

    other pieces of content for your business • Example Blog Post: 5 Tips to Increase your SEO Presence
  15. Repurposing Content: What to Watch Out For • Duplicate Content

    • Duplicate Content • Duplicate Content • Don’t exhaust your audience
  16. Things to Keep In Mind Across Your Channels • Maintain

    your voice • Try to figure out what your target audience wants and why • Experiment with your messaging • Gather data using Google Analytics so you know what’s working
  17. Next Steps • Create a content calendar o Industry news

    o Sales and promotions o Special industry events • Take advantage of online content management tools o Social: Hootsuite o Content: CoSchedule • Set realistic goals
  18. Future Content Trends • Video! – bring your brand to

    life & show your human side • User generated content – engages your audience, creates more trust in the brand • Increased mobile usage • Brand ambassadors
  19. Main Takeaways Follow the 80/20 rule: 80% informative content, 20%

    promotional content Content is necessary for your business – so plan for it using a content calendar Write for your audience