Module 2- Content marketing Flashcards

1
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How does content marketing add value to a business?

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Drives valuable search traffic and email and social media engagement to increase the number of valuable actions taken by your target audience

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Benefits of effective content marketing?

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Grow awareness
Recruit advocates
Increase and improve SEO
Generate new leads
Nurture sales prospects
Convert customers
Enhance understanding of your business

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Qualities of effective content marketing

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relevant
personalized
Educational
Useful or entertaining
Address needs or interests
Include ctas
Demonstrate that you are the solution

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What is topical content?

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Happening now, short lifespan .

Short written pieces
Tweets and social media posts
Memes, videos, and images
Audio content, podcasts

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What is evergreen content?

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Longer lifespan, timeless, high value.

How to articles,
Video tutorials
Beginners guides
FAQs
Case studies
List articles
Checklists

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What is a content marketing strategy?

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Determines content needs of audience
Defines their user journey
Aligns to business objectives
Can always be tweaked and modified
Sets out objectives and scope of projects

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What are the five main types of content marketing goals?

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Awareness
Consideration
Conversion
Affinity
Advocacy

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What are some key factors when aligning content marketing goals with overall business goals

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Consistency
Timing
Input
Website

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What is a buyer persona?

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An imaginary character based on research and data that represents your ideal buyer or target audience

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What are some considerations when creating a buyer persona?

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Objectives
Location
Demographic
Job details
Platforms
Devices
Purchase behaviors
Interests

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What are six key steps in creating a content campaign

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Use social listening and competitor research
Do keyword research
Write creative brief
Create content themes and topics
Share
Review engagement metrics

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What is social listening

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Method of tracking online conversations in relation to keywords topics or phrases to derive key insights about your target audience

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What are some benefits of social listening?

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Identify talking points
Spot potential risks
Understand brand sentiment

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What is competitor monitoring

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Refers to the process of tracking and analyzing the online strategies and tactics of competitors

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What are some benefits of competitor tracking

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Define content that works well
Spotify content gaps
Identify innovation
Avoid clash of content
Track competitors online reputation

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What are some tools for social listening and competitor content analysis

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Tweetdeck
Buzzsomo
Google alerts
Fanpage karma
Sprout social

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What is keyword research?

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Helps guide content development. We can look at what people are searching for

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What are key steps for carrying out keyword research?

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Pick a topic
Brainstorm ideas
SEO keyword tool
Review relevance
Prioritize keywords
Group related keywords

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What are some elements of a creative brief

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Personas and customer insights
Social listening
Competitor analysis
Keyword research
Audit of current content library

20
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How can brand storytelling enhance your brand

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Helps with credibility
Highlights authenticity
Supports in times of crisis

21
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What are three categories of content that will enhance brand personality

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Functional
Emotional
Essential

22
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What are best practices when using keyword research to generate content ideas

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Identify content topics that your audience is interested in

Identify keywords with high volume

Use keyword data to identify content themes

23
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What questions should marketers ask when writing a creative brief

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What is the campaign idea

What channels will be used
What is the brand personality
Who is the audience

24
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What are key elements of an effective brand story

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Selected channels
A well structured story
An identified audience
A clearly defined goal

25
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What are key components of a brand personality

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Essential elements
Functional elements
Emotional elements

26
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What are the steps in the creative process for content marketing

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Research
Expands
Brainstorm
Leave
Return
Test
Create

27
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What are some content formats

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White papers
Ebooks
Infographics
Blogging
Interactive content
Videos
Articles
Templates and checklists
Webinars
Podcasts

28
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Why is it important to have variety in content marketing strategies

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Increases brand awareness
Develops thought leadership
Generates excitement
Reaches wider audiences

29
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What are the four common motivations that drive users to share content

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Incentives
Fame
Utility
Topicality and trends

30
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What are four types of curated content

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aggregation
Distillation
Mashups
Chronology

31
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What are benefits to repurposing content

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Low cost
Save times
Efficient
Reinforcement

32
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What is content seeding

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Publishing content so that it is seen by an audience who will positively engage with it

33
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ABCD of effective video content

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Attract attention
Brand naturally
Connect with the viewer
Direct the user

34
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What is content scheduling

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The method by which content uploaded for future publishing

35
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What are the two types of scheduling

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Native scheduling and third party applications

36
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Why is community management important

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Manage negative experiences
Respond to business queries
Gain insights
Find opportunities to network
Drive new sales

37
Q

What do marketers need to take into account when deciding which content platforms to use

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User actions
Audience mindsets
The format and messaging
Tone

38
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What are benefits of distributing content strategically

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Attract influencers
Boost content reach

39
Q

What are best practices for creating effective video content for marketing on YouTube (4)

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Brand naturally
Attract attention
Connect with viewer
Direct the viewer

40
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What are benefits hat content scheduling provides to a digital marketer

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Cross posting
Time efficiency

41
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Which statements describe why community management is and important part of content marketing

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Brands can respond to questions
Brands can manage negative experiences
Brands can find opportunities to network

42
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What are benefits of measuring content

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Justify spend
Provide learnings
Unearth insights
Create roadmap
Clarify topics

43
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What are some engagement metrics

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Average time on site
Bounce rates
Social shares

44
Q

What are some conversion metrics

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Path to purchase
Cost per sale
Goals achieved

45
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How can marketers use metrics to derive valuable actionable insights from content activities

A

Examine the content channels
Analyze the content groups

46
Q

How can AI tech help digital marketers to enhance their content marketing (4)

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Content scheduling
Content creation
Content evaluation
Content customization