Writing Content That Resonates With Influencers
- 1. Writing Content That Resonates With Influencers Matt Roberts, Co-founder, VP Product @Linkdex
- 2. My two favorite words
- 3. Because we’re all need to do it
- 4. Resonated if communications have been received & understood
- 5. Influenced if changed behavior & achieved objectives?
- 6. Resonate & influence combined Communications Received Objectives Message Achieved Understood Changed Behavior
- 7. We’re at a content conference. What does success look like? • Mentions & Links • Tweets / Likes / Shares • Rankings / Traffic / Conversions • Awareness
- 8. So who are we going to resonate with to maximize influence
- 10. Influence the few and reach the many
- 11. What if it wasn’t true!
- 12. And it’s way more complicated Read these books!
- 13. REAL key to is influence are human relationships with those closest to us
- 14. People like your customers
- 15. Market experts
- 16. You chose agencies because they have established relationships
- 17. Only the best content can be promoted
- 18. Need to invest in the best content
- 19. Great writers also have existing relationships in the right circles
- 20. Establish & maintain deep relationships 150 – 290 Plates Dunbar Killworth Number
- 21. Resonate in the right place
- 22. Take responsibility influencer success? Read Nancy Duarte’s book ‘Resonate’
- 23. Flexible about who drives the agenda?
- 24. News is dynamic and moves fast…be ready
- 26. Offer opinions on today’s conversation
- 27. Supplement the news agenda
- 28. As well BIG ideas driving the agenda
- 29. Even own BIG ideas (that might be wrong)
- 30. Does it work?
- 31. I eat it…it’s tasty!
- 32. We wanted to talk Geo Rankings • Whitepaper • Think Tank • Lunch Briefing • Guest Posting
- 33. Then…our amazing authorship data
- 34. If I’ve resonated you’ve heard & understood that • We all need to resonate + influence • Finding and maintaining relationships with people is key • Taking part in today’s conversation is as important as starting your own
- 35. I will have influenced you if… • You change the way you work because of what you’ve heard • You come and find out more about Linkdex
- 36. Matt Roberts, Co-founder, VP Product @Linkdex
Editor's Notes
- #4: They’re amazing words because they are the business we’re all in.Marketing / PR / SEO / Customer Service / Social / Copywriting / Branding / Journalism / DM / Promotion / Sales / Sponsorship / Design
- #5: Your communications have been received& understood
- #6: But just because your audience has understood doesn’t mean you’ve influenced them.To do this you’ve go to changetheir behavior& achieved your objectives
- #7: So we always need to do both.
- #8: Mentions & LinksTweets / Likes / SharesRankings / Traffic / ConversionsAwareness
- #9: Let’s talk about our audience.Usingthe few influential to get to the many – right!Or broadcasting to the many lots of times.Permission marketing.All of the above.
- #10: How many people have read these books?
- #11: How many people have read these books?
- #12: How many people have read these books?
- #13: Philip is here today and his book is a MUST read on this topic alongside another one by Paul Adams.It’s not just more complicated than the idea that influencinga few influential people ensures success. It’s wrong.There’s no evidence for it. At all.
- #14: It’s the people we have strong relationships with that drive success.People like our friends and our customers.The ones we know well.Which means.Connect with people before you need them.Get to know them.Develop deep relationship.Don’t be a fair weathered friends.
- #15: Ask apple the value of amazing customer.
- #16: Instead of looking for overly influential people, businesses should look for regular people who are likely to be interested in what they have to say.
- #17: It’s so much easier when you’ve invested in establishing relationships
- #18: In fact, it turns out that there is no substitute for quality.You REALLY can‘t make a silk purse our of a sows ear. No matter who you get to push it.
- #19: Invest in experts that can write content.And experts that know experts.
- #20: Invest in experts that can write content.And experts that know experts.
- #21: Invest in relationshipsWhere possible turn them into friendshipsOut of sight / out of mind
- #22: It’s also a two way process
- #23: In Nancy Duarte’s book on resonating, she notes how important it is to step back from the spotlight and make your audience the hero. What are the problems they need to overcome? What are your insights and how will it impact them? What are the dangers ahead (the opportunity cost) if they don’t listen to you?!Most importantly, she emphasises that the greater benefit of this relationship should be for the hero (here the influencer). There’s no better way to win someone over than to help them and take responsibility for their success – even above your own need for your ideas/product to be shared or invested in (that comes naturally later :D).
- #24: You don’t always have to drive the agenda.
- #25: Breaking newTriggersExcitementPeakOld NewsDone
- #28: Add value to the conversationGraphicsQuotesPollsNews hijackingMedia alerts
- #29: You could also be a thought leader
- #32: It’s sometimes hard, but you’ve always got to eat your own dog food.