#SEOpodcast 272 - Creating Content that your Market Will Love

Episode35 min2015-04-27

Content strategy requires eight steps: planning, ideation from internal teams, quality creation, on-page optimization, targeted promotion, multi-channel distribution, lead nurturing, and measurement to repeat what works.

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Key takeaways
don't waste your time, money, and most importantly, your opportunity to influence by creating subpar content

About this episode

Welcome to the most popular internet marketing podcast on iTunes, hosted by E-Webstyle! Join us this week as we talk aboutMaintaining Frequently Asked QuestionsCreating Content that your Market will LoveNurturing Leads

Questions this episode answers

How do you find good content ideas for your market?

Ask salespeople what objections they hear and ask customer service reps what people call about or complain about. If customers are calling about something, there is a high likelihood they are searching for that same information online, so covering those topics creates content that is inherently relevant and findable.

What is the difference between content promotion and content distribution?

Promotion involves placing ads and links in various places to drive people back to your site. Distribution means housing the content off-site, such as uploading a presentation to SlideShare, posting video on YouTube, or summarizing a blog post on LinkedIn, and always including a link back to your source.

Why is measurement the final step in a content strategy?

Measuring lets you identify which content type, channel, and format generated the most conversions, engagement, shares, and time on site. You then repeat what worked with a new target keyword or angle, and if something did not work, you try a different approach instead.

In their words

creating content and distributing it to an audience is not as easy as it sounds. In fact, it can be quite difficult as companies need to truly understand the audience preferences and online habits as well as content marketing, SEO, and social media best practices.

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if you don't optimize this great content you created, people won't find it. Nobody will find it. And if you build it, they won't come.

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take that same content, repurpose it, and reuse it in other places. Distribute that content.

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Terms defined in this episode
Ideation
The process of gathering content ideas by asking internal teams such as salespeople, product managers, and customer service reps what questions, objections, and complaints they hear most from customers.
Content Distribution
Reaching users through content housed off-site, for example uploading a presentation to SlideShare or posting video to YouTube and Vimeo, with a link back to the source site.
Lead Nurture
Following up with leads based on where they are in the sales process, such as calling someone who has downloaded multiple case studies or emailing product suggestions to someone who has already bought cheaper items.
Mo-pocalypse
A term used in the episode to describe Google rolling out mobile updates that shift ranking focus to mobile devices, requiring sites to be responsive and mobile-friendly.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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