Data-Driven Content Strategy: Planning, Scoring, and Prioritization is an intermediate-level course for marketers and content creators ready to move from reactive content production to proactive, strategic planning. If you've ever wondered if your content is truly effective or struggled to decide what to create next, this course will provide the framework to answer those questions with data. You'll learn to build a powerful quarterly content roadmap, meticulously mapping each idea to specific buyer personas and their journey through the marketing funnel—a technique mastered by industry leaders like First Round Review.

Plan and Score Content

Plan and Score Content
This course is part of Campaign Execution, SEO & Social Media at Scale Specialization

Instructor: LearningMate
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What you'll learn
Develop a content roadmap aligned to personas and use a data-driven scoring model to evaluate and re-prioritize content.
Skills you'll gain
- Content Marketing
- Strategic Prioritization
- Spreadsheet Software
- Content Creation
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Content Strategy
- Persona Development
- Marketing Planning
- Marketing Effectiveness
- Performance Measurement
- Prioritization
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Web Analytics
- Target Audience
- Content Performance Analysis
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There are 2 modules in this course
This module lays the foundation for a proactive content strategy. Learners will move beyond creating ad-hoc content and learn to build a quarterly roadmap that is strategically aligned with business objectives. By defining buyer personas and mapping content to each stage of the marketing funnel, they will learn to deliver the right message to the right person at the right time. This module uses real-world examples from Google and Trello to make the planning process tangible and immediately applicable.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments
In this module, learners will learn how to close the loop on their content strategy by using data to measure what's working and what isn't. They will move beyond simple vanity metrics to apply a weighted scoring model that evaluates content based on its true business impact. Drawing on models from the Content Marketing Institute and the agency Animalz, this module provides a framework for making objective, data-backed decisions to continuously improve the content roadmap.
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