Branded Content

Content Creation & Management

At its core, advertising has always been about telling a story to sell a product. Today, the selling and the storytelling are so intertwined that it’s difficult to discern where one ends and the other begins. Audiences expect brands to support them throughout their purchasing journey with entertainment and information in real time. As a result, brands need to create content on a massive scale and deliver it when and where consumers want it.

Content Strategy

Delivering the right content to the right audience at the right time starts with an integrated content strategy. One that combines existing brand research, linguistic profiles and audience listening programs to help identify what content you should provide, what current assets you can leverage across media and what content you need to create. Just as important as the what, is the how: How will you distribute the content from a technical perspective? How will it get created – by internal resources or third-party content providers? How will you inspire audiences to share your content? And how will your content be found? Finally, a solid content strategy considers the where: Where does your audience hang out? And where does it make sense to publish your content across bought, earned and owned media?

Content Development

Brands, media and consumers used to have distinct roles in the marketing relationship. Today, those roles overlap, creating new opportunities – and responsibilities – for marketers. Our heritage in sales and marketing helps us understand what consumers want based on what they’re looking for.

Community & Content Management

Today, marketers need to go beyond simply publishing content. They need to be active, agile and aware of what consumers are saying about their brand. So while we develop a content marketing strategy to guide content development, we also arm our clients with additional guidelines to make sure resources and processes are in place to react quickly to both positive and negative comments and posts. Together, we monitor activity in real time and modify campaigns as necessary for optimal results.