How to Use Your PR Team to Maximize Content Marketing ROI

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Public Relations Professionals can do much more than push content to media outlets for promotion. They have valuable insight about media trends, influencers, and previously successful content that can be useful in the research process of your campaigns. This presentation will highlight best practices for getting your PR team involved in the content creation process. It will challenge the traditional role of PR as an outbound tactic and encourage the content marketing team to consider media research more heavily. This presentation will teach you: - How PR can help marketing develop content messaging - How to perform an audience analysis - How to identify trends and more! By involving this team and their firsthand experiences from the beginning of your content development, you’ll be able to optimize your content for promotion and set it up for greater success upon publication. You can view the recording of this presentation here: http://connect.relevance.com/pr-content-marketing-roi

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How to Use Your PR Team to Maximize Content

Marketing ROI

#PRforROI

Emily McGowanMedia Outreach Specialist

@ennaree

Ashley H. ShermanDirector of Digital PR@ahalbers

Earned media lifted brand familiarity 88% more than branded content.

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Source: Neilsen study, commissioned by inPowered

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It’s not a contest.It’s not a contest.

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PR helps create content that earns media.

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Get a good start with earned mediahttp://bit.ly/EarnedMediaGuide

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Impact on ROI

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Brand Insights

Competitive Research

Content Assessment

Media Assessment

Audience Assessment

Research Areas

Audience» Who are you trying to reach?

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“Good media relations is all about tailoring your content to a very specific audience.”

• B2

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- Melissa Wyllie, Business2Community

Audience Research » Identification

PersonasUnexpected niche audiences

Only 5% of B2B marketers seek outside help to build personas

(Source: CMI)

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Identify well-known expertsLeverage existing connections Build better content

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Audience Research » Influencers

Content» What is being talked about, and

where is it being shared?

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Successful pitch angles can drive advanced content

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Understanding of what terms the industry uses

Content Research » The right message

The right channelsChannel performance

6The number of social platforms the average B2B marketer uses in content promotion

(Source: CMI)

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Content Research » Channel Optimization

Media» How is the conversation

framed?

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What’s trending in the media?Which topics have been overdone?

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Media Research» Identifying Trends

Monitor media Competitor initiatives Fit in the story / Create your own

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Media Research» Competitive Analysis

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Let’s Talk

http://bit.ly/ContactDR

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