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#mpb2b @cnmoody How to Be Insanely Effective When You Don’t Have Enough Resources, Budget, or Time Lessons from the Trenches (the longest title I could come up with) Chris Moody Content Marketing Leader GE Digital @cnmoody Speaker Photo (2.5” square) Hi! I’m Chris.

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How to Be Insanely Effective When You Don’t Have Enough Resources, Budget, or Time

Lessons from the Trenches (the longest title I could come up with)

Chris Moody

Content Marketing Leader GE Digital @cnmoody

Speaker Photo

(2.5” square) Hi!

I’m Chris.

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Can Chris break Powerpoint???

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Who is this guy? ü  Sued over a blog post ü  Deposed for nine hours ü  Been fired once ü  Been hired more than once ü  Escaped a kidnapping attempt ü  Been shot at & chased by a man

with a spear ü  Won a national poetry contest in 5th

grade with a poem I wrote while the teacher collected our “homework”

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THE STATE OF MARKETING

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"FAILURE IS GROWTH. FAILURE IS LEARNING. BUT, SOMETIMES

FAILURE IS JUST FAILURE.” GAVIN BELSON

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82% OF ENTERPRISE MARKETERS HAVE NO CENTRALIZED VIEW OF THE CUSTOMER

FORRESTER

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65% OF CMOS CAN’T MEASURE ROI FOR DIGITAL MARKETING

FORRESTER

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#mpb2b @cnmoody INSANELY EFFECTIVE?

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“The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result.”

Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, or Ben Franklin

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80% of CEOs were not impressed by the work done by marketers and believed marketers were poor business performers. Fournaise

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1. Marketers could not prove ROI of activities

WHY DO WE SUCK?

FOURNAISE

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1. Marketers could not prove ROI of activities 2. Marketers had lost sight of what their job really was

WHY DO WE SUCK?

FOURNAISE

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1. Marketers could not prove ROI of activities 2. Marketers had lost sight of what their job really was 3. Marketers were not business performance-obsessed enough

WHY DO WE SUCK?

FOURNAISE

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But, wait! 70% of CEOs admit they may be responsible for poor marketing performance!

Fournaise

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1. Having steadily lost trust in the ability of marketing to be successful

CEOs blame themselves for:

FOURNAISE

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1. Having steadily lost trust in the ability of marketing to be successful 2. Having given up on holding marketers accountable

CEOs blame themselves for:

FOURNAISE

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CEOs think marketers suck. They blame themselves for our terrible performance because they should have fired us a long time ago.

Recap:

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The only barrier to information today is laziness.

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The best way to get more resources, time, or budget is to get results first.

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Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

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Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

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Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

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Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

Stop chasing the next big thing and do your job better.

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GETTING SHIT DONE.

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"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." Sun Tzu

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of marketers have a documented content strategy.

Only 37%

MARKETINGPROFS/CMI

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Dubya. Tee. Eff.

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of content marketing is effective.

Only 30%

MARKETINGPROFS/CMI

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more effective are those with a documented content strategy.

300%

MARKETINGPROFS/CMI

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Start your content strategy now

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What is your one thing?

Define your mission. STEP1

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Apple : Innovation :: Volvo : Safety

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Reminder: goal is singular

What is your main goal? STEP2

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Our main goal is to generate more leads that become sales qualified.

Example:

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Document a plan to achieve your goal.

STEP3

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- Look at top 5 sales qualified lead assets & replicate - Run an influencer webinar each quarter - Sponsor and conduct original research - Identify and engage thought leaders - Atomize our content to run a cross-channel campaign

Example:Drivemoresalesqualifiedleads

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Identify the best metrics for your company and team.

STEP4

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- Leads to MQLs to SQLs to Opportunities to $$$ - Traffic and variations - Share of voice and awareness metrics - Top converting assets - Engagement - Volume / production

Samplecontentmetrics

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Establish a baseline and measure against it .

STEP5

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What?

What?

Delta

What?

Delta

Debrief: What worked? What didn’t? Why? Insights & learnings

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1.  Define your mission 2.  Identify your main goal 3.  Document a plan to accomplish it 4.  Decide on relevant metrics 5.  Establish a baseline and start testing

RECAP: Documenting your content strategy

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Individual results may vary. Past performance no guarantee for future results. Results not typical. Your results may vary.

DISCLAIMER

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1. Answer every question your audience cares about.

GETRESULTS

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“THE BEST TEACHER WINS.”

Marcus Sheridan

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2. Your SMEs are people you should be talking with.

GETRESULTS

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BE THE DUMBEST PERSON IN THE ROOM

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3. Stop trying to hit homeruns with every asset.

GETRESULTS

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Since 1901, only 45 players out of 125,000+ had a season with more homeruns than strikeouts.

Min. 20 HRs

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4. Realize that content is everywhere.

GETRESULTS

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“Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain…”

LESTER BURNHAM, AMERICAN BEAUTY

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Fan Theory: “It” is content.

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“Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing content all at once, and content's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to content, and then content flows through me like rain…”

CHRIS MOODY, AMERICAN BEAUTY

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Content is dying on the phone. #mpb2b @cnmoody

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Content is dying in meetings.

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Be opportunistic in the pursuit of creating content your customers and prospects find valuable.

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1.  Answer every question 2.  Interview your colleagues 3.  Stop trying to hit homeruns 4.  Find content everywhere

RECAP: Insanely effective things you can do now

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1.  Stop chasing the next big thing 2.  Document a content strategy 3.  Find content everywhere 4.  Achieve your measurable goals 5.  Connect with me and rate this session

We made it!

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Chris Moody /in/chrismoody @cnmoody [email protected]