Nowadays almost every company uses content marketing. The demand for more quality content is never ending and it can quickly become overwhelming. Marketing pros understand the value in categorizing and repurposing core content to generate future assets.
The mastery of repurposing increases content output and enables you to leverage old material for new needs while providing more time for higher priority tasks. Nearly 60% of marketers repurpose content assets anywhere from two to five times, with over half turning assets into “snackable” content. It saves time, reduces costs, and showcases your expertise to expand your audience.
Organizing your webinar content for repurposing sounds simple enough, but it actually requires key tactics to differentiate which content has enough material to support additional assets, what content can be used in future comparisons, and which assets should be ignored.
The first step in repurposing your webinar content is to add a tab in your content editorial calendar to easily reference in the future.
Categorize the content of your past webinars as:
· Evergreen content: Content that is not time sensitive and holds repurposing value “as is,” including definitions, references, beginner’s guides, interviews, or historical retrospectives.
· Numbered content: Any trends or stats referenced or mentioned in webinar presentations, such as “93% of people say the image is the #1 factor of the buying decision,” “89% of marketers want to understand how to measure social media ROI,” or “the average number of followers on Twitter is 208.”
· Expired content: Content that is time sensitive and has lost its relevance, like giveaways, product launches, contests, old trends, or future predictions.
Evergreen content can be used at any time – it’s ready to go. Numbered content is great for repurposing since creating charts and graphs to illustrate a point takes quite a bit of time and effort. However, all numbered content will need to be checked for current viability and relevance before reuse. Expired content should typically be discarded altogether.
Once you’ve gone back through each webinar and categorized your content, you’ll have a quick reference tool to use in the development of future webinars or other media and saved yourself the time and effort of starting from scratch.
Want to learn more? Join us live on Tuesday, August 11, at 3:00 pm BST for BrightTALK Academy’s “Generating New Leads With Last Year’s Webinars,” an in-depth look on how to evaluate your previous content to drive strategic initiatives, repurpose best performing content to create new leads, and refresh and republish your breadwinning content.