Launch Planning – Website Development
- Designing web graphics
- Editing web copy
- Fixing broken links on the company website
- Installing tracking codes on the company website
- Publishing blog posts
- Renewing domains and hosting plans
- Sourcing images to accompany blog posts and status updates
Launch Planning – Build Content
- Identify key topics and subtopics for the content
- Gather information on the identified topics. You may gather using product guides, blogs, knowledge base, etc.
- Organize topics and subtopics to start creating structure. Identify key questions for each topic.
- Filter organized content to decide what really is required for presentation based on your target audience. Eliminate any unwanted and unneeded content.
- Re-write content in your own words through your filtered list of content. Check for grammar, spelling, punctuations, etc.
- Copy right check information and content.
- Get a review done from an authorized professional writer, and have them correct your work for finalization.
- Add any visual elements, diagrams. Design to appeal to your content.
- Author your work either online or with the team. This should be in the target format of either blog, ebook, white paper, PowerPoint, etc.
Launch Planning – Build Video Content
- Developing video content
- Hiring a vendor to develop video content
- Writing video scripts
- Develop keyword lists for tagging videos
- Writing video descriptions
- Publishing video to YouTube
- Publishing video to the company website
Launch Planning – Search Engine Optimization
- Developing keyword lists
- Appropriately naming images on the company website
- Choosing anchor text for backlinks
- Distributing articles to article submission websites
- Listing the company in online local business directories
- Listing the company website in niche directories
- Managing relationships with the major search engines
- Pinging sites after new content has been published
- Renaming files so they are optimized for search engines
- Writing blog content based on a keyword strategy
- Writing article content to publish online
- Reviewing website backlinks
Launch Planning – Google Analytics
- Analyzing Google Analytics
- Measuring search engine optimization results
- Performing competitor keyword analysis
- Reviewing eCommerce sales data
- Review social media metrics, like Facebook Insights
- Running reports to track growth, response, or ROI
Launch Planning – Social Media
- Developing editorial calendar for content sharing
- Updating Facebook Pages
- Updating Google+
- Updating LinkedIn
- Updating Twitter
- Answering LinkedIn questions
- Updating Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, and other social networks
- Managing your Yelp profile
- Bookmarking blog content on social bookmarking sites
- Building out custom Facebook pages
- Designing cover images for social profiles
- Developing social media marketing plans
- Guest writing for industry blogs or websites
- Interacting with consumers via social media
- Recruiting guest bloggers
- Researching bloggers
- Writing a social media corporate policy
- Scheduling social media status updates to be published
- Responding to questions on Quora
- Researching bloggers
- Monitoring competitors’ social media updates
Launch Planning – Promotions
- Developing contests to promote a business or product
- Designing contest pages
- Writing contest rules
- Promoting contests to contest directories
- Promoting contests online on the company website
- Promoting contests online through company’s social profiles
- Promoting contests through the company’s email newsletters
- Tracking the progress of contest entries
- Choosing winners of contests
- Announcing contest winners
- Notify winners of contests
- Distributing contest prizing
- Distributing coupon codes online
- Listing your events with local online events calendars
- Ordering premiums created to hand out
- Writing white papers
- Posting white papers online on sites like Scribd.com
Launch Planning – Sales
- Writing proposal
- Creating lead capture forms for the company website
- Writing sales follow up a copy
- Writing sales scripts
- Submitting eCommerce products to shopping aggregators
- Using lead scoring for prospects
- Developing demonstrations or tutorials
- Networking – in person!
- Writing tips & how-to articles to share with prospects or customers
- Researching affiliate programs
Launch Planning – Email Marketing
- Choosing an email marketing software vendor
- Designing email newsletter templates
- Distributing email newsletter
- Writing email newsletter copy
- Setting up trigger emails
- Setting up an account with the email marketing software vendor
- Sending test copies of the email newsletter
- Segmenting email newsletter lists
- Reviewing email newsletter metrics
- Cleaning up the database (fixing typos, adding in new data)
Launch Planning – Public Relations
- Commenting on articles or blog posts online
- Documenting online media placements
- Following up with people product samples were sent to
- Pitching bloggers to review a product
- Writing press releases
- Submitting press releases thru online wire services
- Sending out product samples
- Searching forums for influencers
- Reviewing forums for consumer feedback
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Project Manager
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