Brandchat Notes: BRANDS + CONTENT FLOW/COLLABORATION

#brandchat questions for Wed, 2/7 chat, BRANDS + CONTENT FLOW/COLLABORATION

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Chat Moderator:  @mariaduron
Special Guest:  @heyorca

OPENING CONVO: What's your greatest challenge with CONTENT COLLABORATION?#brandchat

Q1:  How do you find companies identify their content gaps? What do you recommend?  #brandchat
Q2:  What agency best practices will help ensure that content reflects overall marketing strategy?  #brandchat
Q3:  How do you recommend brands stay customer-centric in their content?  #brandchat 
Q4:  Discuss tag structure and documenting it in Content flow?  #brandchat
Q5:  Discuss the biggest pitfall brands need to be aware of as they implement a content flow/collaboration strategy.  #brandchat 
Q6:  Share the best practice brands need to implement in content flow and collaboration.  #brandchat 


ARTICLES FOR THE CHAT:
https://www.heyorca.com/blog/social-media-planning/social-media-tags-filtering/
https://www.heyorca.com/blog/content-strategy/better-content-workflows/
https://customerthink.com/a-new-era-of-content-management-and-strategic-collaboration/


This week’s stats:
35 participants; 574 tweets; reach of 112,905



Q1: How do you find companies identify their content gaps? What do you recommend? #brandchat
The first challenge is having the right team of people. You need creators, editors, and project managers.  - @johncloonan

The next challenge is cat-herding - keeping the creators on task, on deadline, especially if they don't report directly to u - @johncloonan

It's important for brands to write and map all their content to the stages of purchase funnel for a… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961273577763872768 - @HeyOrca

I generally have them go back to goals. What are they trying to achieve? What content, when, will achieve that goal? - @johncloonan

Content gaps can be found via social when/if your audience doesn't respond, which could be for num… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961273719883812865 - @OkemaForever




Q2: What agency best practices will help ensure that content reflects overall marketing strategy? #brandchat

Tie your content goals to your business goals, and make sure your content is created with those goal… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961275788698923009 - @HeyOrca
Well, let's see. Make sure content is part of strategy, maybe? Have a brand roadmap & style guide. Build personas & use 'em - @johncloonan

I'd say that sticking to the same tone/voice across all parts of your business helps! - @BrixxSoftware

Keep your agency plugged in to your latest strategy, offerings, and thinking. They can't amplify what they don't know. - @allisonryder

A strong, highly communicated and deeply understood strategy is most effective. And your #MarketingStrategy is y… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961276477386915840 - @michelletweet




Q3: How do you recommend brands stay customer-centric in their content? #brandchat

Listen to your current customers through interviews, surveys or online communities - eavesdrop! What… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961277499098349568 - @HeyOrca

USE YOUR BUYER PERSONAS! - @johncloonan

By knowing exactly what problem that you are "solving" for your customer and sticking to it! - @BrixxSoftware

See what they want, what they're responsive to. Ask | Typically they'll tell. Scout other brands. https://twitter.com/brandchat/status/961277352415199232 - @OkemaForever

Track metrics and do your best to design your content around user behaviors, i.e., time on page, link clicks, w… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961277810437435393 - @allisonryder

Also, metrics. With what content is your customer engaged? - @johncloonan



Q4: Discuss tag structure and documenting it in Content flow? #brandchat

Tagging your assets and posts in your #SMM or #CMS platform helps you keep organized, and makes it… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961279189914550272 - @HeyOrca

Do you mean like #trackerURLs? Every piece of stand alone content should have one! Or do you mean tagging like f… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961279652496052224 - @michelletweet
Tagging projects and themes in a way thats easy to navigate and understand has been one way I’ve found people w… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961280529877303298 - @casey_nickel




Q5: Discuss the biggest pitfall brands need to be aware of as they implement a content flow/collaboration strategy. #brandchat
Not documenting your workflow. Everyone in your organization will benefit from knowing how is respon… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961280355528425472 - @HeyOrca

I see this one happen so often - not committed to the ongoing creation of content, so channels fade away and slowly die.  - @johncloonan
Not being flexible enough to change the strategy when needed.  - @BrixxSoftware

Not documenting your workflow. Everyone in your organization will benefit from knowing who is respon… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961280555173134336 -  @HeyOrca
Also, a lot of what makes so many marketing projects fail - no vision, no goals, no plan, no updates. - @johncloonan




Q6: Share the best practice brands need to implement in content flow and collaboration. #brandchat

Do a full audit first! Is there any overlap in responsibility? Where are the major bottlenecks in y… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961282087058722816 - @HeyOrca
Define roles, but also be flexible with your project teams. Communicate! - @allisonryder

For tips on how to create a well-documented and detailed collaborative content workflow, check out… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/961282187860459520 - @HeyOrca

Answer: Who's creating? What are they creating? For what purpose? To what audience? In what channels?  - @johncloonan

Manage your strategy to the answers to those questions. - @johncloonan