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Unify your content flows
                                  The human side of
noz.urbina@urbinaconsulting.com    semantic content
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
Content strategist &
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Top marketer priorities
       Content and experience management                                                            45%

                               Analytics                                          32%

           Audience and data management                                           31%

                  Omnichannel marketing                                    27%

                         Personalisation                                 25%

                                               First choice             Second choice               First choice
                                           Chart reproduced from Econsultancy Digital Trends 2018: bit.ly/2PFk7mb

                                                                       @NozUrbina
                                       THE CHALLENGE                   #SemanticsConf
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
Today
        ?
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
Later today…

      Persona or
   customer-journey-
      based KPIs
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
Later today…
                       Unified strategy

                       Omnichannel governance

                       Documented standards
                       (lots!)

                       Cross-platform
      Persona or       categorisation
   customer-journey-
        based
         KPIs
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
Top marketer priorities
            Content and experience management                                                            45%

                                    Analytics                                          32%

                Audience and data management                                           31%

                       Omnichannel marketing                                    27%

  This is big                 Personalisation                                 25%
  business!
                                                    First choice             Second choice               First choice
                                                Chart reproduced from Econsultancy Digital Trends 2018: bit.ly/2PFk7mb

                                                                            Reproduced from:
ECONSULTANCY DIGITAL TRENDS 2018
                                                                            bit.ly/2PFk7mb
The human side of semantic content - Unify your content flows
65% of B2B buyers say they’re likely          Between 2012 and 2014, the number of
   to switch brands if a company                 18 to 34-year-old B2B researchers
doesn’t personalize communications           increased by 70% to 49% (and it's only trended
          to them (Salesforce)                         upwards since then). (Google)

                 31% of B2B buyers want to research and buy online
             unassisted, with the option to receive phone support for
              issues. 10.5% want no sales assistance, 12.5% still want
                 someone to walk them through the process (Brafton)

 67% of the B2B buyer's journey is done          Mapping marketing activities to the
digitally. 57% of B2B buyers have already         buyer’s journey has proven to
 made a purchase decision before even              increase upsell and cross-sell
        contacting a vendor. (prdaily)            opportunities by 80%. (Aberdeen)
But!
60% of marketers struggle to per              For ~60% of marketers & execs,
 sonalise content in real time –          personalisation still acts as a channel-
   yet 77% believe it’s crucial         specific solution integrated with only some
            (cmo.com)                       elements of the tech stack (pure360)

                           82% of B2B decision makers
                              think sales reps are
                           unprepared. (Sirius Decisions)

   B2B customers use ~6 different             When online, B2B buyers rate pricing as
  channels throughout the decision           the most useful information, followed by
 journey and ~65% will come away             technical information and specs. Product
     frustrated by inconsistent                 demonstrations are least valued.
       experiences. (McKinsey)                              (eMarketer)
We have incrementally built up a process,
adding pieces and patches as needs evolved, with the
knowledge that was available at the time.

Now, at no fault of their own, the majority of marketing teams use
processes that are no longer fit-for-purpose

                                                       @NozUrbina
             INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE CONTENT             #SemanticsConf
How would content &
       process look if
     redesigned today?

                                @NozUrbina
INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE CONTENT   #SemanticsConf
NOW: Fixed, one-off
deliverables.
FUTURE: RECONFIGURABLE.
                      MADE OF STANDARDS-BASED,
                      REUSABLE PIECES.

NOW: Fixed, one-off
deliverables.
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FUTURE: RECONFIGURABLE.
                      MADE OF STANDARDS-BASED,
                      REUSABLE PIECES.

NOW: Fixed, one-off
deliverables.
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FUTURE: RECONFIGURABLE.
                      MADE OF STANDARDS-BASED,
                      REUSABLE PIECES.

NOW: Fixed, one-off
deliverables.
                        Toy ambulance Emran Kassim bit.ly/2EPgur7   Helicopter ER0L bit.ly/2HtAdez   Race car Photo credit: Creative Tools on Visual Hunt /CC BY
FUTURE: RECONFIGURABLE.
                      MADE OF STANDARDS-BASED,
                      REUSABLE PIECES.

NOW: Fixed, one-off      Consistent content that complies
deliverables.           with a model is scalable, adaptable
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Making content adaptive
     WWW    No machine-readable structure
        .
            Single format (design baked in)
            Significant duplication
Making content adaptive
                  WWW      No machine-readable structure
                     .
                           Single format (design baked in)
                           Significant duplication

                              Break up content into
                              well modelled, format-
                                free components

NOTE: Components are also known as “atoms”, “molecules”, “chunks”, ”blocks”, “fragments”, “topics”, “containers”
Component-based reuse
 Overall set   New        New        New
 of assets     Scenario   Audience   Platform
Index
                  Create                   Transform     Persistent
                                                         metadata!      (Engine)

                                                                       Your tools or
                                                                       3rd Party, e.g.
                           Well tagged     Generate                        Google
   Structural
                            (machine-     output with                                    Specific,
   model of
                            readable)     Schema.org
“store” content
                           description                    Publish                        relevant
      type                                 metadata
                           of “a store”                 “Store” page                      answer
Case study:
 Content Reuse: A
Super-Simple Way
  to Get Started
     (source)
Unique

                            Reused from case
                            study repository.
                              Candidate for
Reusable & re-purposable
                                adaptive
Reused: e-book : 75
 Examples to Spark Your
Content Marketing Creativity   Reused: Weekly social
                                       post
What’s the catch?
How are you going to
find, sort, and deliver
all these little pieces?
Intelligent, adaptive content
             The #1 most important skill set for
        omnichannel is content strategy - know how to
         model content, measure success,
             and develop a strategy

                                                          About Michael
         MICHAEL PRIESTLEY, IBM                           bit.ly/2wHklAF
               Enterprise Content Technology Strategist
Content model & content types

             Taxonomy & metadata

         Layered systems architectures

                                         @NozUrbina
INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE CONTENT            #SemanticsConf
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Content type
Media                                                  Key Features Lists
                                                         Durable, resilient flooring resists       Low VOC emission floor coverings
                                                          damage caused by high-traffic footfall     support healthy indoor air quality and
                                                          and rolling equipment.
                                                         Low maintenance, coating-free
                                                                                                     do not contain PVC, plasticizers
                                                                                                     (phthalates) or halogens (e.g.
                                                                                                                                                Each component type have
                                                                                                     chlorine).
                                                                                                                                                associated guidelines for copy,
                                                          flooring needs little more than tap
                                                          water for cleaning, keeping your          Ergonomic support reduces strain on
                                                          facility free of chemical contaminants     staff while simultaneously providing a

                                                                                                                                                metadata, structure and
                                                          that affect students and staff.            slip-resistant surface for high-activity
                                                                                                     student areas such as gyms, hallways
                                                         Reduces life cycle costs thanks to         and auditoriums.
                                                          simplified maintenance, while
                                                          exceptionally hard wearing rubber         Acoustic control reduces footfall
                                                                                                                                                processing
                                                          outlasts the average span of facility      noise and echoes for a less disruptive
                                                          renovation cycles.                         learning environment.

Taglines                                                                                                                                        The consistency makes
                                                       Calls-to-Action
  So kids can be kids.                                                                                                                          components adaptable,
                                                         Learn more about building a better learning
                                                         environment at www.company.com/us/education
                                                                                                                                                manageable, reusable, and
                                                                                                                                                automation-ready
Short Descriptions
  We’re committed to creating safer schools that
                                                       Testimonials
  support students as they learn, play and grow. At
  company®, we recognize the significant impact that
  floor coverings have on your K-12 facility. That’s    “This company’s products provide a comfortable,
  why we build the following benefits into every
  square inch of flooring we produce.
                                                        low-maintenance and long-lasting solution that will
                                                        be here long after we’re gone. That’s why we chose
                                                        it.”

                                                        – Customer Name, director of facilities, XYZ School
Adaptive content model & reuse
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                                      Topic Overview

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                   description                                   >

                      Video       >                                  YouTube,
                                      Case Study       Leaflet       FB, Vimeo
                  Title, Image,                                      (with subtitles)
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                   description

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                   description                                                        >

                                   “We atomized our
                                                              How to atomize 1
                      Video                 >
                                  content, and revenue      piece of killer content       YouTube,
                                   bumped up 28%”Case Study                Leaflet
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                   description

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                   description                                             >

                                  Format-neutral reuse can lower
                      Video             translation
                                          >           costs                    YouTube,
                                          by 30-50%+
                                              Case Study         Leaflet       FB, Vimeo
                  Title, Image,     with increased consistency                 (with subtitles)
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                   description

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                         Content marketers for tech-heavy products
                   Title, Short
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                   description                                            >
                         are reusing content straight from technical
                         documentation & placing call—to-action in
                      Video            >
                                       post-sales docs                        YouTube,
                               (think 6x higher
                                            Caseclick-throughs)
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                   description

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Content model & content types

            Taxonomy & metadata

        Layered systems architectures

                                        @NozUrbina
OMNICHANNEL PERSONALISATION             #SemanticsConf
INTELLIGENT CONTENT &     Noz Urbina
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE   InsightLanc
Content categories: Taxonomy

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Adaptive content model
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             Case Study:
Whitepaper    Pharma
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                                     Feature /
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firm has roughly
seven internal                                       >
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Content model & content types

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                                         @NozUrbina
INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE CONTENT            #SemanticsConf
Layering the architecture
By separating the creation process into layers, content processes scale better

1   Create (or extract) &
    categorise components
    (manual or automatic)
                                   2   Manage & translate
                                       in “Headless” mode   3   Content Assembly
                                                                (manual or automatic)   4   Layout & delivery
                                                                                            (manual or automatic)

                Unified strategy        Omnichannel                Documented           Cross-platform categorisation
                                        governance                 standards

                               centralised standards and systems
We must industrialise:
Manage content as a business asset,
separate from format,
with scalable, efficient processes

                       CONCLUSION:     Noz Urbina
                                       InsightLanc
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   or do in the channel to what
     the customer
    wants to see or do

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value you give        will come back
to consumers              your way
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