Note – header image is from Jason Miller blog/book “Welcome to the Funnel”.
Fall is coming. Thanksgiving is approaching and marketers on the other side of the Atlantic (my side is the European) are ready to take a break, turn their brain off for a few days and stop thinking about marketing, content & ROI.
Well… ever heard about Content Marketing Thanksgiving analogy?
The concept is simple. The idea is to look for opportunities to repurpose the content that you already have – exactly as you’re repurposing Thanksgiving food for some time. The analogy comes from an interview to Rebecca Lieb. When asked about tips for companies struggling to produce enough content, she replied:
“I use a Thanksgiving analogy. You cook up this giant bird to serve up on one glorious occasion and then proceed to slice and dice this thing for weeks on end. If you are like most families you are going to be repurposing this bird as leftovers for quite some time creating everything from sandwiches, to soups, and more. Your content marketing strategy can be thought of in the same way.”
The idea here is basic, but straight forward: marketer have to look for opportunities to repurpose the content that they already have. For instance, eBooks can be repurposed into infographics, SlideShare presentations, blog posts, video and then disseminated via social media channels.
The idea is to look for opportunities to re-purpose the content that you already have, exactly as you’re repurposing thanksgiving food for some time.
Jason Miller adds:
“This concept can be taken a step further and applied to “Big Rock” pieces of contents . The idea is to develop an all-encompassing guide to whatever your keywords or topics are which is written strategically instead of instructionally. This type of content is very top of funnel and can serve many purposes such as SEO, fuel for social and lead generation, sales enablement, and event collateral to name a few.”
Rebecca Lieb, Jason Miller, Alex Barca (Curata) all mention the analogy, with small variations (the Thanksgiving analogy, the Content Pyramid, etc). Jason Miller put the analogy, together with the Big Rock concept, at the centre of his book “Welcome to the Funnel”.
All good readings, if you are a content marketer.
Resources:
- Content Marketing Expert Rebecca Lieb Discusses Strategy, Influencers, and Leftover Turkey – Jason Miller on Marketo Blog
- A Brilliant Content Marketing Analogy; Thanksgiving Food for Thought, Literally – Jason Miller, LinkedIn Pulse
- Leftover Turkey: A Content Marketer’s Dream – Jason Miller, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Blog
- Content Marketing Strategy and the Thanksgiving Dinner, Alex Barca on Content Marketing Forum
- Content Marketing Pyramid and Thanksgiving Dinner, infographic