What's Your Content Strategy?

The Web is not optional. Take charge of your voice, your image, your brand. Ensure that what you say is of value.

What is Content Strategy?

Basically, it's about getting the right information to the right people at the right time in the right form.

It's about being able to do that consistently, because there is a sustainable system in place for standardized production, regular review, and revision.

This involves creating and implementing

  • guidance , e.g., content templates, style guides
  • tools , e.g., workflow for editorial review, web analytics
  • routines , e.g. publishing schedules
to enable you to
  • convey who you are, and what you have to offer
  • be found, heard, and captivating
  • inspire responses and exchanges that serve you and your audience, and thus your bottom line, mission, or reason for existing.

The goal is to set things up so that your communicators can focus on creating effective content, rather than everything else involved in getting it out there.

Why Content Strategy?

Someone should NOT wonder about the ROI of paying attention to you, nor should they regret it when they do.

Don't be

"BLAH BLAH BLAH" "WHAT'S YOUR POINT?" "WHO CARES" "WHAT IS THIS" "ZZZ" "GET OUT MUCH?" "SERIOUSLY" "WHAT AM I LOOKING AT" "FORGET THIS" "WHO?" "HUH?" "AND I WOULD WANT THIS WHY?" "SEE YA" "TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW" "WHO" "BUH BYE" "SO WHAT DO YOU DO?" "WTF" "DIAF" "POSER" "TOOL" "GET TO THE POINT" "JUST TELL ME HOW" "I JUST WANT TO..." "HEEEELLLLLLOOOOOOOO GOOGLE"

Don't get lost in the noise.

Why Center-Surround?

Because content strategy isn't just for big companies who can afford big-name strategy consultants. It's for everyone.

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