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Content Curation: The Secret to becoming a Thought Leader Pawan - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Content Curation: The Secret to becoming a Thought Leader Pawan - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Content Curation: The Secret to becoming a Thought Leader Pawan Deshpande Chris Brogan CEO, HiveFire President, New Marketing Labs www.getcurata.com www.chrisbrogan.com @tweetsfrompawan @chrisbrogan @hivefire Hash Tag: #AMACurata Agenda
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Agenda
- Qualities of Thought Leaders
- Content Marketing: Promises and Challenges
- Content Curation Making Thought Leadership Easier
- Thought Leadership and Content Curation: The
Huffington Post and Verne Global
- Thank You and Q&A
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QUALITIES OF THOUGHT LEADERS
Thought Leadership Defined
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Thought Leaders
Distill large quantities of information into only the key insights on a narrow topic or issue Foresee future directions and set trends Become trusted, go-to authorities
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The Thought Leadership Cycle
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Research Production Repurposing Distribution
Topic Identification & Positioning
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The Thought Leadership Cycle
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Research Production Repurposing Distribution
Topic Identification & Positioning
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The Thought Leadership Cycle
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Research Production Repurposing Distribution
Topic Identification & Positioning
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The Thought Leadership Cycle
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Research Production Repurposing Distribution
Topic Identification & Positioning
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The Thought Leadership Cycle
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Research Production Repurposing Distribution
Topic Identification & Positioning
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Thought Leadership Opportunity
“The power of thought leadership lies in influence. If correctly targeted and structured, it is a potent tool for influencing a particular audience. Become known as the expert or the ‘go to’, trusted source of knowledge
- r information in that particular
area.”
– www.thoughtleadershipstrategy.net
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CONTENT MARKETING
The Promise and the Challenges
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Publishing Is Getting Cheaper
Cost of Publishing Moveable Type Type Writers Computers Internet
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Everyone Is Publishing More
Source: Technorati
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Content Marketing Today
- Everyone is publisher and distributor
- Consumers have too many choices
- Companies struggle to get found
Image Source: codelathe.com
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How Consumers Deal With This
- Google for it
- Stick to existing
trusted publications
- Viral/word-of-mouth
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Questions Your Customers Face
- Where do I go for only
the information that is relevant to me?
- Where do I go for all the
information I need?
- Who should I trust?
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How Marketers Deal With This
- Publish, publish, publish
- If you can’t beat them,
join them
– 33% of marketing budgets 1 – $47.2 billion in 2009 2
- 1. Junta42 Content Marketing Spend Report 2010
- 2. ContentWise 2009
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The Problems Marketers Face
- Keeping up with
publishing demands are expensive and time consuming
- Hard to differentiate
- Content Marketing
Thought Leadership
Source: theoutloudblog.wordpress.com
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Questions Marketers Face
- How do I become a
thought leader in my topic area?
- How do I get noticed in a
sea of content?
- How do I gain the trust of
my customers?
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CONTENT CURATION
Making Thought Leadership Easier
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Content Curation
“A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online.”
- Rohit Bhargava
Identify Organize Share
Industry News Industry Blogs Industry Social Media Topic site Topic Email Newsletter Topic Social Media
A New Online Marketing Process
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Editor Curation
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Editor Curation
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THE HUFFINGTON POST
Successful Thought Leadership with Content Curation
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A Thought Leader?
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A Content Curation Case Study
Thought Leadership and Content Curation Requirements Status Select a specific topic of authority Liberal Progressive Political News Identify key political issues and news Yes Organize relevant articles Yes Share insights and articles Yes (Twitter and FB integrated) Publish original opinions and contributions Yes (HuffPo Blog) An established “expert” in Liberal Political News Yes
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12.7MM Unique visitors Inbound Links: 40,775
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VERNE GLOBAL
Successful Thought Leadership with Content Curation
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Verne Global Background
- Wholesale supplier
- f data center space
in Iceland
- Up-start with limited
marketing budget
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Verne Global’s Challenge
- To Reach a very
targeted audience
- To establish thought
leadership in Green IT industry and prospects
- To build brand visibility
in a crowded space
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Green Data Center News Impact
- Achieved online authority on Green
Data Centers
- “Inbound PR” interest from major
media outlets for opinion as industry Thought Leader
- Growth in lead generation and
customer interest
- Able to reach target audience every
single day
- Saved $100,000 in traditional
marketing expense
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SUMMARY
Content Curation: Can it help you achieve Thought Leadership?
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Content Curators as Thought Leaders
Distill large quantities information into only the relevant, key issues Become the trusted go-to authority and information resource Deliver original, innovative perspectives within an industry conversation or narrative
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Is Content Curation Right For You?
- Is your brand or industry focused on a particular issue and
does your company have an innovative perspective?
- Do your prospects conduct extensive research on this topic
- r issue?
- Do you or your prospects have the need to monitor this
topic through RSS, Social Media or Newsletters?
- Is it critical that your organization be recognized as the #1
thought leader on this topic?
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Thank You and Q&A
- Presentation will be available at:
http://www.getcurata.com/resources/events/AMA-HiveFire-July21- Content Curation-Webinar.pdf
- eBook: “Content Curation: Taming the Flood in B2B Social Media”
http://www.getcurata.com
- The Curata Blog and Content Curation Marketing News:
http://www.contentcurationmarketing.com/
– Twitter: @contentcurating
- HiveFire on Twitter: @hivefire