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Defining the Plan
Part III of an idfive Content Marketing Plan
Slide2Part III - Defining the Plan
This is where the rubber meets the road.
The culmination of Part I +
II – Situation Analysis
+
Strategy
Development.
idfive has provided these templates to help bring your plan to life. Use them as a starting point to develop an executable content marketing plan. Feel free to modify them as needed. They’re just suggestions.
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Who are they?
How can we be there for them?
What are their demographics?
What content matters to them? What can we teach them? How can we entertain them?
What do they think of us?
What do we want them to think of us?
What do they want?
What can we give them?
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Who are they?
How can we be there for them?
What are their demographics?
What content matters to them? What can we teach them? How can we entertain them?
What do they think of us?
What do we want them to think of us?
What do they want?
What can we give them?
Slide6Catchy Persona Name
Brief description/ “thumbnail sketch” of persona. Try to encapsulate their personality, attitudes, and needs in a few sentences.
Be
creative!
Background
Education
Career
Other relevant facts
Demographics
Age
Gender
Annual income range
Representative Image
Slide7Slide8Identifiers
Adjective
Why?
Why?
Adjective
Why?
Why?
Adjective
Why?
Why?
Catchy Persona Name,
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Slide9Goals
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Challenges
Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Opportunities
Opportunity 1
Opportunity 2
Influencers
Media:
Relationships:
Catchy Persona Name,
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Slide10Power Mom Mandy, CPA
Can climb mountains in high heels,
but stalled at mid-level manager rung on career ladder. Looking for a Masters degree in Finance to make the ascend.
Background
Has held 2-4 serious jobs
Young family
Demographics
35-45 years old
Female
$85k-$100k
EXAMPLE
Slide11Identifiers
Busy
Raising a family
Working full-time
Dependable
Working, firm middle-class foundation
Basic building blocks: House, kids, cars, etc.
Antsy
Career mid-life crisis
Ready to take classes to give you specific skills
Power Mom Mandy, CPA,
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EXAMPLE
Slide12Goals
Earn a Masters in Finance
Keep her full-time job
Earn Masters within three years
Challenges
Can’t commute to every single class
Needs the extra skills in Finance to pursue other job opportunities
Opportunities
(BRAND) Earn a Master online and on campus
Receive professional advice from professors and expand professional network
Influencers
Media: Financial Executive Publication, Pinterest, LinkedIn
IRL: Colleagues, Friends, Mentors
Power Mom Mandy, CPA,
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EXAMPLE
Slide13Slide14What?
(type of content (e.g. 30 second video))
When?
(how often will it be published?)
Who?
(who will be responsible for publishing in
this channel?)
Why?
(why does this channel fit overall strategy?)
Target?
(who are the target audiences?)
KPIs?
(how will we measure success?)
Channel Overview
Slide15What?
(type of content (e.g. 30 second video))
Articles responding to timely topics. Approximately 800-1200 words.
When?(how often will it be published?)
Weekly
Who?
(who will be responsible for publishing in
this channel?)
Executive Editor
Why?
(why does this channel fit overall strategy?)
Develop thought leadership in industry category.
Target?
(who are the target audiences?)
Industry thought leaders.
KPIs?
(how will we measure success?)
Connections, comments, sharing.
Channel Overview
EXAMPLE
Slide16Slide17Type of content
(type of content (e.g. 30 second video))
Frequency
(how often will it be published?)
Creator
(who will be responsible for publishing in
this channel?)
Channel
(what channels will these be shared on?)
Audience
(who are the target audiences?)
KPIs?
(how will we measure success?)
Repurpose method
(how can you repurpose this content into other content forms)
Content Overview
Slide18Criteria
Poor
Good
Excellent
Audience Relevance
The content is probably not relevant to the target audience(s)
The content is somewhat relevant to the target audience(s) but may not address their immediate developments, issues, or challenges.
The content is highly relevant to the target audience(s).
Industry Relevance
People who follow this industry would not find this piece of content relevant to them.
People who follow this industry would find this piece of content somewhat relevant to them but it may not address immediate developments, issues, or challenges being faced by this industry.
People who follow this industry would find this piece of content extremely relevant when considering current industry developments, issues, and challenges.
Timeliness
The content does not relate to a recent event, trend, or news item.
The content relates to a somewhat recent event, trend, or news item, but may not offer a new or unique viewpoint.
The content is immediately relatable to a current event, trend, or news item and offers a unique viewpoint on the topic.
Shareability
The content does not relate to a recent event, trend, or news item.
Members of the audience may feel some interest in sharing this content, but may have reservations because it lacks in timeliness, relevance, or style.
Members of the target audiences would be eager to share this content because of its timeliness, relevance, and style. Sharing this piece of content would potentially raise their status among their peers.
Readability/Experience
The content uses language and sentence construction that the target audiences would find hard to read or overly simplistic
The content uses a few words and/or sentence structures that the target audiences might find hard to read or overly simplistic.
The content uses language and sentence structure that will resonate with the kinds of content the target audiences most frequently experience.
Style/Tone
The overall style/tone of the content does not seem appropriate for the intended audience(s and the desired brand experience.
The overall style/tone of the content generally seems appropriate for the intended audience(s) and desired brand experience, but may lack elements that would engage those audiences.
The overall style and tone of the content is entirely appropriate for the target audience(s) and fully communicates the desired brand experience. Target audiences will be engaged by this content.
Strategic Content Rubric
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Slide19Criteria
Poor
Good
Excellent
Length
The length of time it takes a member of the target audience to experience the content (read, listen, view, etc.) is too long or too short for the medium in which it will be released.
The length of time it takes a member of the target audience to experience the content is generally appropriate for the medium, though the content could use some trimming or additional exposition.
The length of the content is ideal for the medium in which it is being published.
Multimedia
The content does not include any multimedia content or includes content that does not expand upon, enhance, or otherwise support the main idea(s) of the content.
The content includes at least one multimedia element that somewhat expands, enhances, or supports the main idea(s).
The content includes appropriate multimedia that expands, enhances, and supports the main ideas of the content.
References
The content states facts or assertions without providing any reference to their source.
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
All facts and assertions provide references to their origin.
SEO/
Metadata
The final content submitted does not include any metadata information that could assist SEO efforts. The body of the content contains few (if any) relevant keywords.
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
The content includes a complete set of relevant metadata and contains numerous and appropriate instances of relevant keywords in the body.
Mechanics
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
The content contains no spelling, punctuation, grammar, or formatting errors.
Brand Alignment
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
Most of the facts or assertions made in the content provides references to their source.
The content appropriately adheres to published brand standards and will enhance the overall brand experience of the target audience(s).
Strategic Content
Rubric
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Slide20Slide21Slide22Define Publishing Process/Personnel
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Ideate
:
Identify/Assign Topic
Create
:
Write/Design Content
QC
:
Final Review
for Quality &
Legal
Edit
:
Review & Revise
Publish
:
Publish & Promote
Extend
:
Leverage & Repurpose
Learn
:
Measure & Analyze
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Slide23Contact
To learn more about Parts I+II or to discuss your next project
chris.smith@idfive.com
| 443-610-7288