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Content Marketing Case Study: TydenBrooks Security Products Group

May 21, 2021 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

TydenBrooks is the global leader in security seals and custom security solutions. Security seals are tamper-evident mechanisms used to seal cargo in transit in a way that provides tamper evidence and some level of security. These seals can help detect theft or contamination and are used on all forms of cargo shipments including by truck, rail, sea, and air. As a 147-year-old brand and the global leaders in their industry, TydenBrooks was looking to put in place a successful content marketing program that included owning the industry’s thought-leadership space as well as running successful social media, e-mail marketing, and digital ad campaigns. The end goal of this strategy would be to generate leads and increase traffic to the e-commerce website.

TydenBrooks hired Arc 3 Communications to create a content marketing program that would place them as the thought leaders in the industry. Through a combination of content, email marketing, digital ad campaigns, and SEO, Arc 3 was able to build and put into place a successful program that resulted in leads, sales, increased brand awareness and new product launches. The process began with a content audit of TydenBrooks’ existing content efforts. A strategy session was then held with the marketing and sales team to identify goals, audiences, and objectives. From there a content marketing strategic plan was created and put into play.

Content marketing strategy included website content in the form of weekly thought leadership content geared toward their target audience. The topics of these blog posts would vary by month based on vertical focus. Keywords were strategically used in each piece to drive SEO. These blog posts were then uploaded to the website, shared across social media channels. Arc 3 also created and distributed a monthly e-newsletter that ensured customers were informed of new products as well as the latest trends in cargo and supply chain security. These newsletters helped drive leads and increase traffic to the website and social media channels.

Arc 3 set up digital ad campaigns for TydenBrooks through Google Ads and LinkedIn. After conducting intensive keyword research, an extensive SEM campaign was created promoting TydenBrooks products and services. Through a combination of text and display ads that included a retargeting campaign, these campaigns earned the client strong ROI.

Content from weekly blog posts were also utilized as sponsored content geared toward the industry vertical it pertained to using LinkedIn ads. Through LinkedIn, specific industries, or even specific job titles were targeted to make sure the ads get to potential customers who are most likely to click through. These ad campaigns brought in quality leads through newsletter sign-ups.

TydenBrooks now owns the thought-leadership space for their industry, further cementing their place as the global leaders. Its extensive archive of evergreen content that includes blog posts, case studies, and infographics is a resource for everyone in their industry. TydenBrooks content journey has not only resulted in an increase in leads generated and traffic to the website, but ultimately an increase in sales and revenue.

Website Development Case Study: North Carolina Aggregates Association

May 14, 2021 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

The North Carolina Aggregates Association (NCAA) is the leading advocate for the aggregate industry in the state of North Carolina. It is a non-profit, member-driven association that has both producer and associate members. The mission of the NCAA is “promoting the environmentally sound, responsible and economically viable extraction of crushed stone, sand and gravel for use in all types of construction for public benefit and for positive statewide economic development.” North Carolina is one of the largest crushed stone producers in the United States.

The NCAA is a non-profit trade association incorporated in 1964. During the past 60 years, consumption of aggregates per capita has increased from 3.5 metric tons per year to over 10 tons annually. Companies engaged in the production and/or sale of crushed stone, sand and gravel in North Carolina make up the association. Environmental programs in legislation; marketing and public relations; technical specifications, safety and health, air, and water quality; mining and reclamation; transportation and research are all services offered to member companies, specifiers, and users of aggregate products.

With the aggregate industry experiencing renewed optimism, the NCAA wanted to reflect this by updating their communications with a redesigned website. They wanted the new site to be mobile friendly and present content to their members in a way that made information easy to find while being aesthetically pleasing as well. Arc 3 Communications worked hand in hand with NCAA to create a website that represented their brand and gave them a strong new visual identity. Many features such as a slider of member logos, an interactive calendar of events, easy to navigate menu, and membership sign-up were incorporated to create a successful and informative user experience.

The North Carolina Aggregates Association’s new website resulted in substantial growth in unique visitors and page views to the site. NCAA’s website has provided a new strong visual brand identity for the association that stands out and represents them well. Most importantly, NCAA’s new website has resulted in an increase in member engagement, greater awareness about the aggregate industry among key partners, state legislators, and civic leaders; and more associate membership leads.

Overview Video Development Case Study: Telesis

March 8, 2018 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

Telesis is the global leader in product ID technology. They sell permanent marking equipment including laser marking, dot peen marking, and software that works with the equipment to produce permanent marking on product. Everything from automotive parts to important medical devices, to plastic bottles; they supply industries with the appropriate marking equipment.

The leaders at Telesis were looking to have an overview video made that would highlight their company and products while showing that they were the leaders in their industry. They wanted the video to automatically play on their homepage when someone came to the site and act as a montage of the capabilities of their equipment. Arc 3 Communications worked with Telesis to form a plan and to learn of Telesis’ goals and objectives that they had for the overview video.

Arc 3 Communications worked to create shot lists, storyboards, and prepare a shooting schedule. Filming was carried out at Telesis Technologies Inc. Corporate Headquarters in Pickaway County, Ohio where they were able to showcase the various machines and equipment allowing for successful footage to be taken of the marking process. They also conducted interviews with the company’s executives in the areas of global sales, operations and engineering.

With this new overview video, Telesis was able to present their brand to their customers and potential customers in a way that helped them better understand Telesis and the complex and comprehensive services they offer. The video has since gained thousands of views on the company’s social media channels and has led to increased traffic to the company’s website and increased new business leads for the company. Video is quickly becoming the most effective way to reach audiences, and many companies and trade associations are jumping on board with creating video to help their brands.

Need help with your content strategies, messaging and content development for your company or association? Contact us at https://arc3communications.com/contact-us/.

Content Marketing and Social Media Training for Georgia Movers Association

November 2, 2017 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

Arc 3 Communications recently conducted a content marketing and social media training program for the Georgia Movers Association as a part of their annual conference. The program was attended by hundreds of moving company executives from across the state of Georgia. The annual conference was held at the Idle Hour Country Club in Macon.

Arc 3 Founder Patrick Burns provided insights on what is content marketing and why it is important for a moving company’s marketing efforts. Participants were provided insights into how to incorporate a content marketing process inside their business and the fundamental elements for developing and implementing a content marketing program.

The Arc 3 Communications team also provided insights regarding the major platforms in digital marketing today – Facebook and Google. Session included strategies on how moving companies can utilize Facebook advertising to market their business using tools like the Power Editor for targeting and Facebook Pixel for re-targeting. Tips for sharing timely and informative posts and how to leverage Facebook’s live video feature were also provided.

Session attendees were also provided tips for “Keeping Google Happy”. Practical and helpful website tips in the areas of security, page speed, local SEO, caching, optimizing images, accelerated mobile pages (AMP), and inbound links were shared. Finally, insights into Instagram Stories and Snapchat and trends that may lie ahead in marketing were presented.

The training session on content marketing and social media stimulated conversation among the moving company executive attendees on the types of content and marketing tactics members were using to help them to achieve their business goals.

Arc 3’s content marketing and social media training seminars are customized for trade associations and have been very valuable to their members. Content marketing and social media are changing everyday with new platform updates, tools, shifting audiences and techniques. Through our research, lab work and networking we keep up with the latest trends in content marketing and social media.

Want to talk about a customized content marketing and social media training program for your association? Contact us here or via Facebook Messenger. Or sign up for our newsletter to get the latest tips here.

Content Marketing Case Study: The Grady Health Foundation

March 31, 2017 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

The Grady Health Foundation works with philanthropists, corporate leaders and civic activists to raise critical dollars and secure in-kind donations to benefit the Grady Health System. The Grady Health Foundation is a 501(c) 3 that directly supports metro-Atlanta and Georgia’s largest safety net hospital – Grady Memorial Hospital.

In an effort to increase public awareness about Grady’s unique role in the health of the city and state, the Foundation hired Arc 3 Communications to remodel its traditional marketing program into a content marketing program that utilized its website, social media, email marketing and digital advertising programs in a way that created a donor content journey that resulted in more subscribers, donors and advocates for Grady. Grady’s leadership sought to transform an essential Atlanta institution into the leading public academic health center in the U.S., and have patients and their families rave about their experience at Grady regarding the quality of care they received.

Working with the Grady Health Foundation staff and the Grady Health System public affairs team, a content audit was made of all content online; and a strategy session was conducted to identify audiences of current and potential donors, stakeholders and advocates. Audience personas were created and a content marketing program was developed that included the messages and content strategies that resonated with different donor audiences via the Foundation website, social media, email marketing and digital advertising via Facebook and Google. Content strategies included having a good balance of content in a variety of specialty areas that pertained to the capital campaigns underway, and having content with both broad donor appeal and geared towards more elite audiences such as major gifts and foundational grants. Seasonal trends – such as end of year giving – were also considered and out of the park content was planned each quarter and repurposed. Reused content such as photos and stories from the remarkable history of a 120 year old Atlanta institution was also incorporated into social media strategies. Video content for the Foundation’s annual White Coat Grady Gala honoring Grady’s top physicians and their lifesaving work was also created and repurposed throughout the year leveraging healthcare observances in specialty areas. Analytics and testing tools were utilized to analyze content before and after publishing on the website, social media, email marketing and digital ad platforms. Headlines, images and text were tested and reworked for improvement. As content was readied for distribution, channels were carefully selected and optimal times for publishing on them were chosen. Data and traffic were looked at every day for success or failure and improvement.

Today, Grady Health Foundation’s website is one of the most visited online health care foundation destinations. Its social media following is also impressive, with more than 8k Facebook fans and 5k Twitter followers. The Grady Health Foundation has seen a dramatic increase in donations made over its website and seen an increase in major gifts to its capital campaigns and grants from national foundations from across the country. Within the last year, Grady raised a record $1.8 million at the annual White Coat Grady Gala and saw the official dedication of the Marcus Trauma and Emergency Center at Grady, funded through a contribution made by philanthropist Bernie Marcus and the Marcus Foundation.

Content Marketing and Social Media Case Study: Georgia Agribusiness Council

April 25, 2014 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

The Georgia Agribusiness Council (GAC) is the state’s leading trade association for agribusiness interests. The mission of the Georgia Agribusiness Council is “To advance the business of agriculture through economic development, environmental stewardship and education to improve the quality of life for all Georgians.” Agribusiness is a 76 billion dollar industry in Georgia that employs more than 375k people.

Long a cornerstone of Georgia’s economy, agribusiness is an important and vital industry in the state. Education about the benefits of agriculture and farming, especially to millennials and younger audiences is a key part of the Georgia Agribusiness Council’s mission. The Georgia Agribusiness Council was increasingly concerned about the growing presence online and in social media of misinformation about agricultural practices being propagated to milliennials by environmental activists and animal rights groups.

In addition, the Georgia Agribusiness Council wanted to better harness the power of online content and social media to recruit new members; publicize events and support fundraising and policy initiatives.

Arc 3 Communications worked with the Georgia Agribusiness Council to develop a plan for creating content for their website and social media networks to educate and inform stakeholders, millennials, association members, political leaders and regulators and the media.

Through the development of a content marketing plan which included an identification of key messages, audiences and content buckets, and the establishment of a content marketing ideation process inside the association, the Georgia Agribusiness Council was able to launch a content marketing and social media program that reached key audiences.

The Georgia Agribusiness Council’s new content marketing and social media program has resulted in a 32% increase in fans on Facebook; 25% increase in followers on Twitter; and 51% follower growth on LinkedIn. The Georgia Agribusiness Council website has experienced a 93% growth in unique visitors and 1000% increase in social media referrals to their website.

However, a successful content marketing and social media campaign is not just measured by the number of likes and followers. More importantly, the Georgia Agribusiness has seen an increase in member engagement; greater awareness about agriculture issues among Georgia millennials, state legislators and reporters; and more membership leads. The Georgia Agribusiness Council recently added 85 new member companies, setting an all-time high in membership for a single year.

Content Marketing and Website Development Case Study: Georgia’s Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (CAPRN)

January 25, 2014 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

Georgia’s Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (CAPRN), formed in 2010, unites 20 advanced practice registered nursing organizations across the state of Georgia to improve the healthcare of all Georgians through collaboration, advocacy and legislative initiatives. CAPRN represents over 8,000 advanced practice registered nurses in Georgia, including nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists.

The leadership at CAPRN decided in order to better serve their members and also to help grow awareness and increase new membership, that they wanted to redesign their website and develop a content marketing and social media strategy. The leadership wanted a website that was easy to navigate, mobile friendly, and had a modern, professional look. For their content strategy, CAPRN wanted to solidify their place as the leader in promoting quality healthcare, educating about the advanced practice registered nursing profession in the state, and advocating for the profession at the State Capitol.

Arc 3 Communications worked with CAPRN to develop a plan for their new website that would meet all of their goals. From this plan, a new, modernized website was built that represented the mission of CAPRN, and brought value to members and potential members alike. This new website was mobile first, provided easy-to-find valuable resources, and allowed for donations to the association, and easy new member registration.

In addition, Arc 3 did a thorough content audit of their current social media presence and content efforts. From this audit, Arc 3 was able to identify key messages, audiences, and objectives that would help in forming a successful content marketing strategy for CAPRN. The Arc 3 team then held a content and social media training session with the group, providing a new content marketing plan and providing strategies and insights on how to grow the group’s digital presence and in turn increase traffic to the website and ultimately grow their membership.

Since the creation of the new website and the development of a content marketing plan, CAPRN has experienced substantial growth in unique visitors to their website. They have also grown their social media following by over 100%. The new website has given the association distinction and a strong online presence, leading to increased awareness and new members.

Does your association need a new look for your website or a content and social media marketing plan? Contact us here.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Arc 3 Communications

December 19, 2013 By Patrick L. Burns Leave a Comment

Thank you to our clients, friends and colleagues who have helped to make Arc 3’s 2nd year a great success. We set out to do ambitious and interesting work in 2013, and our clients have entrusted us to do just that.

Over the last year, we have done innovative work in the area of content marketing, digital and social media for clients in the political, public affairs and government space. It has been our passion to help trade associations, right-center campaigns and local and state governments evolve their communications and marketing strategies to fit the digital age.

Content and measurable data are both important to us. Arc 3 has helped clients to develop and implement effective strategies and campaigns that help them to achieve their organizational goals in a complex media and public affairs landscape. Content marketing and digital and social media only work if they help an organization to reach those real world objectives that result in a return on their investment.

The golden age of mass media communications through print, television and radio has begun to fade, and a new multi-platform and digital age has begun. The digital age has resulted in new ways in which people – especially millenials – are processing issue and policy information.

Over the last several years, businesses have been going through a transition from traditional marketing to content marketing out of necessity in order to reach consumers. Our civic institutions, campaigns and trade associations will have to change as well in order to sustain their key roles in the public square.

As our agency grows and evolves in the dynamic landscape in media and public affairs, we look forward to another year of fun, interesting and purposeful work.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Patrick L. Burns, Founder and President, Arc 3 Communications

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