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Content marketers have become
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
“I woke up to produce content no one wants”
eBay -32,000 Employees –7 shares
Comcast –115,000 employees-12 shares
Could have done
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
OR
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Death to the content calendar 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisschoenbohm/
1 man band 
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Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
What content can I produce? Where do I start? Audiences? Personas? Keyword research? Twitter research ? FB research? Or…
Send a TWEET!
If you could ask your financial data any question, what would it be?
Lead to this…
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Refused
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
“7 ways to…” Get you to click on this headline
Do I tip well?
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Content Calendar?
1 year later 15 person team
Content 
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NewLens
Content is too easyContent is a commodity
36,000 articles
Do 1 thing well 
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Give it away now
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
The REAL Win…
@iamchrisle
46 
http://bit.ly/kw-competition
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Improves MozTools? Win for SEER + ALL of YOU!
Not Sold?
Our site’s traffic
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
52 
Sep 1 2012 –Jun 21 2014545,235
Where am I going?
54 
Well….
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
56 
Impact of SustainableContent
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
58 
Duration: 60 daysUsers: 294,000Investment: 200+ hrs$15,000
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
60 
Duration: 660 daysUsers: 292,000Investment: 0 hrs
Every day it gives answers
Answers a curiosity
Gets Re-Discovered
ZERO EFFORT Since Launch!
Surprise! Social Pickup!
Surprise! Google Pickup!
While I was sleeping 
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I’m Addicted
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
DrPeteMoz
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Big content is a BARRIER to ENTRY 
@dr_pete
DRIVE A WEDGE!
1 Question: If your content was removed from the web, would anyone miss it?
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
D 
Unicorns& Rainbows
The experience
80 
Failed #RCS
Slow down learn theJOURNEY
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You job is not over when something RANKS!
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
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Ranking, but not working, how do you know?
Choose Your OwnAdventure
Keep Alive?
OR?
Decisions, Decisions
Do I have a good data set? Is this a problem worth solving? Occasional Use? Daily Use? Is this better than what exists? Did I overdesign the solution?
This CAN help people make better decisions CHOOSE: stick with it. What’s next?
Make a 20% oopsbudget
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Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Mobile Pinch+ Zoom
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Left over money?
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Switch Gears
Obsession with “get money”
108 
Links get money@McGswagg
1098 Quote Requests1.08% Conversion Rate
11020 Quote Requests1.37% Conversion Rate
111 
8 Quote Requests 
$1,600 
20 Quote Requests 
$4,000
11215 Quote Requests0.62% Conversion Rate
11354 Quote Requests4.73% Conversion Rate
114 
0.62% Conversion Rate 
$3,000 
4.73% Conversion Rate 
$10,800
Useful #RCS that is not findable
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Doesn’t Rank
Secret for you 
People LOVE it
This is PRECISELY why SEO is NEVER EVERGoing to die
We have no couponse-commerce site
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Jan 2012 –Sep 2014$2.8M x 7% (commission) $196,000
124 
That doesn’t include the $$ from assets, increased rankings, assisted conversions etc.
Thank god for Six Flags!
Fun Tip: Email targeting w/ cancel pageSign up email
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Subject line targeting
Subject line targeting
Fun Tip: Cancel Query TargetingCompetitor Frustration
Fun Tip: Email targeting w/ cancel pagesign up email
Fun Tip: Email targeting w/ cancel pagesign up email
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Marketing Strategies that make money while you sleep
Target pages in GDNDon’t use the comp. name in adsTarget pages ranking well about Comcast/SkySearch Companion Ads Search-GDN
Enterprise content to drive conversions & ease frustrations@chadgingrich
Helping Customers in your SLEEP 
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THANK YOU! @wilreynolds

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