5 Digital Marketing Tips | Devherds Software Solutions
How to create content campaigns that top journalists love for unknown brands
1. How to create content campaigns
that top-tier journalists LOVE for a
brand that NO-ONE’s heard of or
likes
Creative Director
@CarrieRosePR
2. Building links for any brand is not easy. But one thing
is clear, we need to start thinking a little more
creatively
@CarrieRosePR
3.
4. In the past 5 years, I’ve built
THOUSANDS of links
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5.
6. And I haven’t paid for a single one of
them.
@CarrieRosePR
7. “Cleaning of the London Underground will be
stepped up each night over the summer period
across 50 stations and five tunnels.”
SADIQ KHAN, MAYOR OF LONDON
I’ve created content
that caught the
attention of people like
this…
8. CAMPAIGN GO LIVE DATE
And helped produced graphs that go like this...
35. Every article needs imagery – whether that’s their own or yours
@CarrieRosePR
36. But you’re much more likely to land a placement if you can provide all
of that at once
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37. Tip: Journalists use videos to not only keep users on page for longer
but monetise – make money for ads placed on video content.
Meaning they’re more likely to cover video content for this reason.
@CarrieRosePR
38. Here’s an example of where stock video footage and a blog post got
169 links from nearly every national publication
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47. So we did some research and found that choking deaths were on the
rise…
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48. As my client is an expert in health and safety, this was something my
client could help raise awareness of and provide content to educate
parents and act as a resource for journalists.
@CarrieRosePR
56. So what made this campaign a success?
• Timely – choking stories dominated press and we reacted
• Positioned my client as an expert
• Targeted a highly engaged and sharing community – parents
• We created graphics/imagery and shared video
• We created a resource on site “Choking report 2019” for journalists to
link to and use for future stories
• We targeted journalists who were already talking about this topic
57. We should think about link building as a two-step
process:
1. What can we do to earn coverage?
2. What can we do to turn that coverage into links?
@CarrieRosePR
59. What is Digital PR and content marketing?
It’s creating stories or content that journalists and users naturally want to talk
about and link to, because it’s that awesome, resourceful, useful or different.
@CarrieRosePR
60. However, you should ALWAYS start with the story and not the
content type
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61. Remember you have experts – whether its in UPVC windows, chainsaws
and hammers, or courier insurance
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66. Lets talk about relevancy…
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May be good on-site but not for off-site
Try not to go below an 8
Relevancy in content
67. According to Search Engine Journal you should …
“only approach websites that are relevant to your target readers”.
@CarrieRosePR
68. This doesn’t mean if you are a gambling client you need to just target
gambling sites/blogs like Gambling times. Your audience aren’t there!
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69. This is where most link builders are going wrong!
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84. Having something on site to link to which
ticks at least ONE of these boxes:
❑ Adds Value
❑ Positions you as an expert
❑ Acts as a resource
❑ Is engaging
85. But one thing I want to end on, is this…
@CarrieRosePR
86. THANK YOU
Follow Me @CarrieRosePR
Feel free to send any questions via LinkedIn
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