Storytelling for link building and content marketing

The story approach to content marketing and link building focuses on discovering ‘people stories’ through one-to-one interviews with important audiences, and then turning those stories into compelling web content. Content that will put you way ahead of the competition. As you probably know, content marketing today is getting really competitive. Everyone wants to get the powerful benefits that great content brings butto be successful, your content needs to stand out against all the others. That’s pretty difficult butusing real people’s storiescan really make your content stand out. We’ll give you inspirational examples from well-written, successful blogs plus examples fromimportant news sources such as the BBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many others. We’ll show you how pioneering publishers atlocal, national and international levels are harnessing the power of people stories and howyou can do exactly the same! Real practitionersThis course is intensely practical. You’ll learn from two active practitioners whoworkevery day in content marketing and link building. Ken has over 30 years experience in public relations, content marketing and link building whileKristina Welch is an experienced journalist who is now a full-time content marketer. Both have conducted interviews with many hundreds of people, written compelling content based on their answers, and successfully pitched hundreds of blogs and news sites. Over the last two years, Kristina and Kenhavepioneered the story approach in winning coverage and valuable editorial links from a wide variety of publishers. Why are people stories important?People stories are authentic and providea powerful way to connect with audiencesPeople stories are Google friendly - they’re full of the natural language that Google lovesThey create unique content every freshinterview is different and thecontent based on it, is trulyuniquePeople stories make content easy to write reporting and commenting on what people say is so much easier than creating the content from scratchStories are full of meaning when youget real people talking, they’ll share their deepest feelings with youPublishers love people stories - and will reward them with coverage and backlinksStories create multiple types of content from interviews with many experts, to single in-depth profiles, the potential of people stories is huge. In this course you will learn: Why people stories are so important to content marketingWhy content marketing will become increasingly difficult and how you have to raise your game to succeedThe secrets of turning people stories into fantastic contentWhy publishers love people stories and are readyto publish themThe link building potential of people stories and how you can take advantage of the opportunitiesHow to pitch people stories effectively to publishers, editors, journalists and bloggersHow to find people stories in any company using 4 rich and reliable sourcesHow to engage with customers so that they give you stories that help you sellWhy company founders often don’t realise the potential of their own stories and how you can help them to do soHow to harness your team’s daily experiences to show the attractive, human face of your businessHow to identify, approach and interview significant influencers in your industryHow to plan and set up interviews effectivelyHow to organise interview material so that people’s stories are always at your fingertipsHow to create multiple pieces of content from interviews. Indeed, you will learn everything you need to know to use people’s stories to create successful content marketing campaigns. Well be adding new content regularly and of course, well be here to answer your questions promptly! Thank you so much for checking out the course. The need for quality, unique content for the web is pressing and likely to get ever more urgent so wed love to share our knowledge on the course and help you with your content marketing, public relations and link building. Were sure youre going to enjoy the course and that you will learn a lot you can start apply applying right away. We look forward to seein you on the course and guarantee youll enjoy it. So dont wait any longer. Hit the green button above and well see you very shortly.