Enter the Content Strategist: Content Strategy as an Asset

Wanted to share an excellent presentation from my good friend (and past content strategy co-presenter) Kristina Halvorson (@halvorson) from Brain Traffic.

Couple of points that I think are important to pull out of this presentation:

  • Everything you do today in marketing can and should be web content (see Slide 55).
  • Readers of this blog already know this, but the role of what we call the “content strategist” is one of most important roles in a marketing organization.  Any aspiring journalists out there? Start the path to becoming a content strategist.
  • Content, or the delivery of valuable information for your customers to evoke some action, is often discounted by brands (a pesky, last-minute detail).
  • Unorganized, irrelevant content will confuse customers and hurt the brand. Relevant, organized content is an asset (and a powerful one at that).

I especially love the commentary on how we are “using brands” today. Yesterday Gerber…Today Babycenter.com. Yesterday Hush Puppies…Today Zappos.com.

Nice job Kristina.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted March 14, 2009 at 2:23 am | Permalink

    Brilliant post. Some great stuff in here.

  2. Posted July 10, 2009 at 2:16 am | Permalink

    I agree with you 100% — very good write up, makes sense :)

  3. Posted July 16, 2009 at 3:00 am | Permalink

    Brilliant post. Some great stuff in here.

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