Content Strategy and Copywriting
Plan content with purpose and write copy that persuades.
About this course
Plan content with purpose and write copy that persuades. Over seven days you will research your audience, define a brand voice, and build a content strategy that links every piece you publish to a clear business goal.
You will practise writing for websites, social media, email, advertising and search, use proven copy frameworks and storytelling techniques, and organise your work with an editorial calendar. A closing workshop lets you build a strategy and a portfolio of sample pieces for a real brand.
What you'll learn
- Build a content strategy aligned with business and audience goals
- Define brand voice and tone guidelines
- Write persuasive copy for websites, social media, email and advertising
- Apply storytelling techniques to make messages memorable
- Plan and manage an editorial calendar
- Write search-friendly content without losing readability
- Edit and measure content to improve its performance
Curriculum
- Content strategy versus content marketing
- Linking content to business goals
- Owned, earned and paid channels
- Auditing existing content
- Audience research methods
- Building personas
- Mapping content to the customer journey
- Search intent and audience questions
- Defining voice and tone
- Core messages and value propositions
- Writing a style guide
- Consistency across channels
- Features versus benefits
- Classic copy frameworks such as AIDA and PAS
- Headlines that earn attention
- Calls to action that convert
- Story structure and the hero's journey
- Customer stories and case studies
- Emotion and credibility
- Visual and data storytelling
- Website and landing page copy
- Social media posts and captions
- Email subject lines and newsletters
- Short video scripts
- Keyword research for writers
- Structuring articles with headings
- Meta titles and descriptions
- Balancing search and readability
- Content pillars and themes
- Editorial calendars
- Repurposing content across formats
- Approval and publishing workflows
- Self-editing techniques
- Clarity, brevity and plain language
- Proofreading checklists
- Using AI writing tools responsibly
- Choosing content metrics
- Engagement, reach and conversion
- Learning from analytics
- Updating and retiring content
- Building a content strategy for a real brand
- Writing a portfolio of sample pieces
- Presentation and peer feedback
Who it's for
Marketers, communication officers and writers who create content for organisations and brands.
Before you start
- Good written command of the language in which you will produce content
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