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Background information
• Working in Social Media/SEO/Content Marketing for 10
years
• Digital Content Strategist for Florida Blue
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Where you can find me
• Facebook – Facebook.com/VictoriaEdwards
• Twitter - @TallChickVic
• LinkedIn - LinkedIn.com/in/VictoriaLEdwards
• Instagram - @TallChickVic
• Email – Victoria@Victoria-Edwards.com
• Website – Victoria-Edwards.com
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When I am not working…
#pubcon
Overview
• Educate Your C-Suite
• Getting Buy In from Employees
• Best Practices with Onboarding
• How to Get Leadership Involved
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#pubcon
Educate C-Suite On How Content Can:
•Drive leads and conversion
•Be a more efficient funnel
•Be a low-cost avenue for bringing
leads
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#pubcon
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Getting Buy In from Employees
•Educate
•Inspire
•Empower
•Promote
•Reward
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Educate
• Value of content for their own resume benefits
• Great way to establish their personal brand
• Sell how the content will get promoted
• Opportunity for becoming a subject matter
expert
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Inspire
• Share how they will be the educators
• Appeal to their higher values
• They can develop content that speaks to
them & their passions
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Empower
• Give your employees training
• Give them the right tools to succeed
• Make them feel valued
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Promote
• Internal email to departments
• Social media
• Internal news publications
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Reward
• Work with HR to develop reward incentives (Guiding
Star)
• Perks and rewards based on amount of content
shared or developed
• Reward with gear/gift cards
• Helps others see & increases chances of others
getting involved
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Best Practices with Onboarding
Once the employees are committed a few
steps need to be taken:
•Develop blogging guidelines
•Develop release forms
•Develop social media guidelines
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Blogging Guidelines
• What tone the author should take
• Length of content
• List of approved resources to reference
• How to reference properly
• Image requirements
• Bio information and headshot
• Formatting tips
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#pubcon
Social Media Guidelines
• Can associate themselves with the brand
• Conduct yourself appropriately in social
media
• Employees cannot disclose internal news,
financial, legal or operational updates in
social media
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How to Get Leadership Involved
• Show them the value for the company
• Personal branding for them
• Explain how it benefits them as a thought
leader/subject matter expert
• Helps the company as they share their
expertise
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#pubcon
Make It Easy for Them
• Repurpose content they have already developed
• Phone interviews
• Email interviews
• Video interviews
• Ghostwriting
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Ghostwriting Tips
• Set up a call to interview the subject matter experts
• Develop and send questions ahead of time
• Once interview is completed, write up the story and
send to your review team (or other people who can
edit for you)
• Send back to subject matter expert (SME) for final
review
• Make sure to get bio and headshot of byline
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  • 2. #pubcon Background information • Working in Social Media/SEO/Content Marketing for 10 years • Digital Content Strategist for Florida Blue
  • 3. #pubcon Where you can find me • Facebook – Facebook.com/VictoriaEdwards • Twitter - @TallChickVic • LinkedIn - LinkedIn.com/in/VictoriaLEdwards • Instagram - @TallChickVic • Email – Victoria@Victoria-Edwards.com • Website – Victoria-Edwards.com
  • 4. #pubcon When I am not working…
  • 5. #pubcon Overview • Educate Your C-Suite • Getting Buy In from Employees • Best Practices with Onboarding • How to Get Leadership Involved
  • 7. #pubcon Educate C-Suite On How Content Can: •Drive leads and conversion •Be a more efficient funnel •Be a low-cost avenue for bringing leads
  • 10. #pubcon Getting Buy In from Employees •Educate •Inspire •Empower •Promote •Reward
  • 11. #pubcon Educate • Value of content for their own resume benefits • Great way to establish their personal brand • Sell how the content will get promoted • Opportunity for becoming a subject matter expert
  • 16. #pubcon Inspire • Share how they will be the educators • Appeal to their higher values • They can develop content that speaks to them & their passions
  • 20. #pubcon Empower • Give your employees training • Give them the right tools to succeed • Make them feel valued
  • 23. #pubcon Promote • Internal email to departments • Social media • Internal news publications
  • 24. #pubcon Reward • Work with HR to develop reward incentives (Guiding Star) • Perks and rewards based on amount of content shared or developed • Reward with gear/gift cards • Helps others see & increases chances of others getting involved
  • 26. #pubcon Best Practices with Onboarding Once the employees are committed a few steps need to be taken: •Develop blogging guidelines •Develop release forms •Develop social media guidelines
  • 27. #pubcon Blogging Guidelines • What tone the author should take • Length of content • List of approved resources to reference • How to reference properly • Image requirements • Bio information and headshot • Formatting tips
  • 29. #pubcon Social Media Guidelines • Can associate themselves with the brand • Conduct yourself appropriately in social media • Employees cannot disclose internal news, financial, legal or operational updates in social media
  • 30. #pubcon How to Get Leadership Involved • Show them the value for the company • Personal branding for them • Explain how it benefits them as a thought leader/subject matter expert • Helps the company as they share their expertise
  • 32. #pubcon Make It Easy for Them • Repurpose content they have already developed • Phone interviews • Email interviews • Video interviews • Ghostwriting
  • 33. #pubcon Ghostwriting Tips • Set up a call to interview the subject matter experts • Develop and send questions ahead of time • Once interview is completed, write up the story and send to your review team (or other people who can edit for you) • Send back to subject matter expert (SME) for final review • Make sure to get bio and headshot of byline