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CONTENT MARKETING
Planning Template
this guide weve created 4 steps and templates that will help
you put together an effective content marketing plan for either
your business or those of your clients.
STEP 2: Define the right objectives and KPIs for that plan
STEP 3: Brainstorm content ideas and map these across your funnel
Example
Now youve completed the SWOT analysis of your current content marketing efforts its time to
use that information to create an actionable plan. This actionable plan should be based upon the
strengths and weaknesses youve identified from your current efforts, it should take advantage of
opportunities in the market and also account for potential threats to your current strategy.
Example
ntent Mar
keting WSO T Action Plan (Example)
Begin testing of paid social media distribution for
existing content that has performed well and roll
out to new content if results are good.
who interact with your content and who then convert into leads.
CONVERT: This stage focuses on increasing conversion rates
from leads to sales.
Example
In the following
example you will see a
one-page summary of
your content marketing
strategy linking SMART
objectives in the left
column to how theyre
achieved, as well as
detailed KPIs to review
if youre on track.
You can use the SMART
template we provided
as part of this download
to create your own
goals for this template.
SMART objectives
Strategies to achieve
goals
Key performance
indicators
Reach
Increase brand awareness
and visits to company
websites, apps and social
network sites.
Act
Increase audience interactions with content on company-owned media platforms to
generate leads.
Convert
Increase conversion rates
from leads to sales volumes
achieved online or offline.
Leverage technology to
improve personalization
for returning leads.
Create content ROI
reports to better
understand the return on
our content marketing
efforts.
Engage
Increase long-term customer
engagement and loyalty
leading to repeat sales and
advocacy.
Leverage technology to
improve personalization
for returning leads.
Lead to customer
conversion rate %
2015 CONTENT MARKETING PLANNING TEMPLATE: SMART GOAL SETTING AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
Customer lifecycle stage
and aims
SMART objectives
Reach
Increase brand awareness and visits
to company websites, apps and
social network sites.
Act
Increase audience interactions with
content on company-owned media
platforms to generate leads.
Convert
Increase conversion rates from leads
to sales volumes achieved online or
offline.
Engage
Increase long-term customer
engagement and loyalty leading
to repeat sales and advocacy.
CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
These are different tasks we are doing to help us
better promote the content we are publishing. As
identified in step one during our SWOT analysis, we
want to test social distribution. We are first going to
trial this with existing content and then start using
for all new campaigns we launch. We will continue
to invest in Adwords campaigns to promote our
whitepapers but will also be focused on improving
the organic visibility of our resource center. Finally, we
will be taking the product videos and using them to
improve our existing lead nurture campaigns.
Example template
Month: January
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