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Content Strategy

内容策略

Plan what content to produce, why, when, and how. Stack-agnostic. Works for blogs, knowledge bases, marketing sites, newsletters, and product content surfaces.
This skill is the strategic layer. Tactical execution sits in
content-and-copy
,
landing-page-copy
, and
email-sequences
. SEO-driven content planning sits in
seo-keyword
. This skill stitches those together into a coherent program.

规划要生产什么内容、为什么生产、何时生产以及如何生产。与技术栈无关,适用于博客、知识库、营销网站、新闻通讯和产品内容展示平台。
此技能属于战略层面。战术执行请使用
content-and-copy
landing-page-copy
email-sequences
。SEO驱动的内容规划请使用
seo-keyword
。此技能将这些环节整合为一个连贯的项目。

When to use

使用场景

  • Planning a new content program or relaunching an existing one
  • Defining editorial positioning and content pillars
  • Building an editorial calendar
  • Structuring topic clusters and content hubs
  • Establishing content governance (review, approval, lifecycle)
  • Aligning content with broader brand and revenue goals
  • 规划新的内容项目或重新启动现有项目
  • 定义编辑定位和内容支柱
  • 构建编辑日历
  • 搭建主题集群和内容中心
  • 建立内容治理(审核、批准、生命周期管理)
  • 使内容与更广泛的品牌和收入目标保持一致

When NOT to use

不适用场景

  • Writing specific content pieces (use
    content-and-copy
    )
  • Writing landing pages or sales copy (use
    landing-page-copy
    )
  • Writing email sequences (use
    email-sequences
    )
  • Pure keyword research (use
    seo-keyword
    , then return here for strategic planning)
  • Auditing existing content for keep/update/delete decisions (use
    seo-content-audit
    )

  • 撰写特定内容稿件(使用
    content-and-copy
  • 撰写着陆页或销售文案(使用
    landing-page-copy
  • 撰写邮件序列(使用
    email-sequences
  • 纯关键词研究(使用
    seo-keyword
    ,之后返回此处进行战略规划)
  • 审核现有内容以决定保留/更新/删除(使用
    seo-content-audit

Required inputs

必填输入

  • Brand positioning and audience (from
    brand-discovery
    or
    creative-brief
    )
  • Business goals the content needs to serve (traffic, leads, brand authority, retention)
  • Existing content inventory (if any)
  • Keyword research output (from
    seo-keyword
    ) if SEO-driven
  • Production capacity (writers, budget, cadence)
If brand positioning is unclear, run
brand-discovery
first. If audience is undefined, do that work before strategy.

  • 品牌定位和受众群体(来自
    brand-discovery
    creative-brief
  • 内容需要服务的业务目标(流量、潜在客户、品牌权威、用户留存)
  • 现有内容库存(如有)
  • 关键词研究结果(来自
    seo-keyword
    ,如果是SEO驱动的策略)
  • 生产能力(写手、预算、发布节奏)
如果品牌定位不明确,请先运行
brand-discovery
。如果受众群体未定义,请先完成这部分工作再制定策略。

The framework: 5 layers

框架:5个层级

A content strategy has five layers. Skip layers and the program drifts.
内容策略包含五个层级。跳过任何一个层级,项目都会偏离方向。

1. Editorial positioning

1. 编辑定位

What this content program stands for. The "why we write" statement.
Components:
  • Mission. Why this content exists. One sentence.
  • Audience. Who it serves. Specific.
  • Promise. What readers get from us they cannot get elsewhere.
  • Distinction. What makes this content different from the 50 other publications in the same space.
Example structure:
We help [audience] [achieve outcome] by publishing [content type] that [unique angle], unlike [common alternatives] that [common shortcoming].
A strong editorial positioning forces choices. If you cannot complete the sentence, the positioning is too vague.
该内容项目的核心主张,即“我们为什么创作”的声明。
组成部分:
  • 使命:内容存在的原因。一句话概括。
  • 受众:服务的对象。需具体明确。
  • 承诺:读者能从我们这里获得的独特价值,是其他渠道无法提供的。
  • 差异化:与同领域其他50家出版物相比,我们的内容有何不同。
示例结构:
我们通过发布[内容类型],以[独特视角]帮助[受众群体]实现[成果],区别于[常见竞品]的[普遍不足]。
清晰的编辑定位需要做出取舍。如果无法完成这个句子,说明定位过于模糊。

2. Content pillars

2. 内容支柱

The 3 to 5 themes the program owns. Every piece of content belongs to a pillar.
Per pillar, define:
  • Theme. One sentence describing the topic territory.
  • Why we own it. Audience need + brand authority + competitive opportunity.
  • Sub-topics. 5 to 15 sub-topics that fit under the pillar.
  • Cornerstone content. The 1 to 2 pieces that anchor the pillar (long-form, comprehensive, link-worthy).
  • Supporting content. Articles, videos, tools, comparisons that reinforce and link to the cornerstone.
Pillar selection criteria:
  • Audience cares about it (research-backed, not assumed)
  • Brand has credibility or can earn it
  • Topical authority is achievable (you can plausibly become a top-3 source)
  • Connects to revenue (directly or indirectly)
  • Distinguishes you from competitors
3 to 5 pillars is the sweet spot. Fewer than 3 risks brittleness. More than 5 dilutes focus.
项目聚焦的3到5个主题。每一篇内容都必须归属于某个支柱。
每个支柱需定义:
  • 主题:一句话描述主题领域。
  • 我们聚焦该主题的原因:受众需求 + 品牌权威 + 竞争机会。
  • 子主题:5到15个隶属于该支柱的子主题。
  • 核心内容:支撑该支柱的1到2篇内容(长篇、全面、值得链接)。
  • 辅助内容:文章、视频、工具、对比内容等,用于强化核心内容并与之建立链接。
支柱选择标准:
  • 受众关心该主题(基于研究,而非假设)
  • 品牌具备相关可信度或可以建立可信度
  • 可以获得主题权威(你有理由成为该领域的前三信息来源)
  • 与收入直接或间接相关
  • 与竞争对手形成差异化
3到5个支柱是最佳选择。少于3个会导致项目脆弱,多于5个则会分散注意力。

3. Content formats and types

3. 内容格式与类型

The shapes the content takes.
Format dimensions:
  • Length. Short (under 500 words), medium (500 to 1500), long (1500 to 3000), epic (3000+)
  • Depth. Surface (overview) vs. deep (comprehensive)
  • Type. Article, guide, comparison, listicle, case study, interview, data study, tool, video, podcast, newsletter, social
  • Originality. Aggregation (summarizing existing knowledge) vs. original research (new data or insight)
  • Evergreen vs. timely. Lasting value vs. moment-driven
Format selection criteria:
  • Match the audience's preferred consumption (do they read, watch, listen?)
  • Match the topic (some topics demand depth; others demand brevity)
  • Match production capacity
  • Match distribution channels (LinkedIn favors short; YouTube favors video; SEO favors long evergreen)
A content program typically has 3 to 5 formats it returns to consistently. More than that fragments production and brand recognition.
内容呈现的形式。
格式维度:
  • 篇幅:短篇(500字以下)、中篇(500-1500字)、长篇(1500-3000字)、超长篇(3000字以上)
  • 深度:表层(概述)vs 深度(全面解析)
  • 类型:文章、指南、对比文、清单文、案例研究、访谈、数据研究、工具、视频、播客、新闻通讯、社交内容
  • 原创性:整合型(总结现有知识)vs 原创研究型(新数据或新见解)
  • 常青内容vs时效性内容:持久价值vs热点驱动
格式选择标准:
  • 匹配受众偏好的消费方式(他们喜欢阅读、观看还是收听?)
  • 匹配主题(有些主题需要深度,有些则需要简洁)
  • 匹配生产能力
  • 匹配分发渠道(LinkedIn偏好短篇内容;YouTube偏好视频;SEO偏好长篇常青内容)
一个内容项目通常会固定使用3到5种格式。格式过多会分散生产精力,降低品牌辨识度。

4. Editorial calendar

4. 编辑日历

When content publishes.
Cadence options:
  • High frequency (3+ pieces per week): builds momentum, requires significant production capacity
  • Medium frequency (1 to 2 per week): sustainable for most teams, builds steady audience
  • Low frequency (1 to 4 per month): each piece must be high-impact; longer production cycles
  • Burst-then-pause (10 pieces in a month, then 3 months off): launches and campaigns
Calendar structure:
  • Pillar rotation. If you have 4 pillars and publish weekly, each pillar gets one piece per month.
  • Content type mix. Within a month, blend types (e.g., 2 articles + 1 case study + 1 video).
  • Timely opportunities. Reserve flex slots for newsjacking, seasonal content, launches.
  • Updates and refreshes. Plan time for updating existing high-performing content.
Common failure: publishing whatever happens to get written. Without a calendar, the program drifts toward the topics easiest to write, not the ones the audience needs most.
内容的发布时间安排。
发布节奏选项:
  • 高频(每周3篇以上):能快速积累势头,但需要强大的生产能力
  • 中频(每周1-2篇):对大多数团队来说可持续,能稳定积累受众
  • 低频(每月1-4篇):每篇内容必须高影响力,生产周期较长
  • 爆发式暂停(一个月发布10篇,然后暂停3个月):适用于项目启动和营销活动
日历结构:
  • 支柱轮换:如果有4个支柱且每周发布一篇,每个支柱每月发布一篇内容。
  • 内容类型组合:一个月内混合不同类型(例如:2篇文章 + 1篇案例研究 + 1个视频)。
  • 时效性机会:预留灵活时段用于借势热点、季节性内容和产品发布。
  • 内容更新与刷新:规划时间更新现有表现优异的内容。
常见误区: 发布碰巧写完的内容。没有日历的话,项目会偏向于容易撰写的主题,而非受众最需要的主题。

5. Governance and lifecycle

5. 治理与生命周期管理

How content gets made, reviewed, published, measured, and retired.
Production workflow:
Idea → Brief → Outline → Draft → Edit → Review → Publish → Measure → Update or Retire
Per stage, define:
  • Who owns it
  • What inputs they need
  • What outputs they produce
  • What the quality bar is
  • How long it should take
Roles:
  • Editorial lead. Owns positioning, calendar, quality bar.
  • Writers. Produce drafts. May be in-house, freelance, or AI-assisted.
  • Subject matter experts. Provide expertise, review for accuracy.
  • Editors. Polish, ensure voice consistency, fact-check.
  • SEO lead. Keyword optimization, internal linking, schema.
  • Publishers. Ship the content (CMS, scheduling, distribution).
Lifecycle decisions:
  • Update cadence. Top-performing evergreen content reviewed every 6 to 12 months.
  • Retire criteria. Content that no longer serves the audience or hurts the site (use
    seo-content-audit
    ).
  • Republishing. Updated content republished as fresh, not buried as an update.

内容的创作、审核、发布、衡量和淘汰流程。
生产工作流:
创意构思 → 任务 brief → 大纲 → 初稿 → 编辑 → 审核 → 发布 → 效果衡量 → 更新或淘汰
每个阶段需定义:
  • 负责人
  • 需要的输入信息
  • 产出的成果
  • 质量标准
  • 所需时长
角色:
  • 编辑负责人:负责定位、日历和质量标准。
  • 写手:产出初稿。可以是内部员工、自由职业者或AI辅助创作。
  • 主题专家:提供专业知识,审核内容准确性。
  • 编辑:润色内容,确保语气一致,事实核查。
  • SEO负责人:关键词优化、内部链接、Schema设置。
  • 发布人员:发布内容(CMS、调度、分发)。
生命周期决策:
  • 更新节奏:表现优异的常青内容每6到12个月审核一次。
  • 淘汰标准:不再服务受众或损害网站的内容(使用
    seo-content-audit
    )。
  • 重新发布:更新后的内容作为新内容发布,而非作为更新内容被埋没。

Workflow

工作流程

  1. Confirm inputs. Brand positioning, audience, business goals, capacity. If any are missing, surface that first.
  2. Draft editorial positioning. Mission, audience, promise, distinction. Stress-test the positioning by trying to complete the "We help X" sentence.
  3. Define content pillars. 3 to 5. Each with a theme, justification, sub-topics, and planned cornerstone content.
  4. Choose formats. 3 to 5 formats the program returns to consistently.
  5. Build the calendar. Cadence, pillar rotation, format mix, flex slots.
  6. Set up governance. Roles, workflow, quality bar, lifecycle rules.
  7. Document. Use the template in
    references/content-strategy-template.md
    .
  8. Operationalize. Set up the editorial calendar in whatever tool the team uses (CMS, Notion, Airtable, etc.).

  1. 确认输入信息:品牌定位、受众、业务目标、生产能力。如有缺失,先补充这些信息。
  2. 草拟编辑定位:使命、受众、承诺、差异化。通过尝试完成“我们帮助X”的句子来测试定位是否清晰。
  3. 定义内容支柱:3到5个。每个支柱需包含主题、理由、子主题和规划的核心内容。
  4. 选择格式:项目固定使用的3到5种格式。
  5. 构建日历:发布节奏、支柱轮换、格式组合、灵活时段。
  6. 建立治理机制:角色、工作流、质量标准、生命周期规则。
  7. 文档记录:使用
    references/content-strategy-template.md
    中的模板。
  8. 落地执行:使用团队常用的工具(CMS、Notion、Airtable等)搭建编辑日历。

Failure patterns

常见失败模式

  • Strategy without capacity. A 3-piece-per-week plan with one part-time writer fails. Match strategy to actual production capacity.
  • Pillars chosen for SEO alone. Pillars must serve the audience and the brand, not just keyword opportunity. SEO is a downstream filter, not the strategy itself.
  • Too many pillars. 7 pillars dilute the brand. The audience cannot remember what you stand for.
  • Calendar without governance. Content gets produced but quality drifts. Without a quality bar, the program loses authority.
  • No update plan. Top-performing content goes stale. Competitors with fresher versions overtake.
  • Vanity metrics. Pageviews and follower counts without conversion tracking. Define what success looks like in business terms.
  • Strategy that lives in a doc. A strategy document that doesn't translate to the editorial calendar and the production workflow is decoration. Operationalize or it doesn't exist.

  • 策略超出生产能力:每周3篇的计划却只有一名兼职写手,必然失败。策略要与实际生产能力匹配。
  • 仅为SEO选择支柱:支柱必须服务于受众和品牌,而不仅仅是关键词机会。SEO是下游筛选工具,而非策略本身。
  • 支柱过多:7个支柱会稀释品牌影响力,受众无法记住你的核心主张。
  • 有日历但无治理机制:内容得以生产,但质量会下滑。没有质量标准,项目会失去权威性。
  • 无内容更新计划:表现优异的内容会过时,竞争对手的更新版本会超越你。
  • 虚荣指标:只关注页面浏览量和粉丝数,不跟踪转化情况。要从业务角度定义成功标准。
  • 策略仅停留在文档中:如果策略文档没有转化为编辑日历和生产工作流,那它只是摆设。必须落地执行,否则等于不存在。

Output format

输出格式

Default output is a strategy document at
content-strategy.md
plus an editorial calendar in whatever tool the team uses.
Strategy document structure:
  1. Editorial positioning
  2. Content pillars (3 to 5, each detailed)
  3. Formats
  4. Calendar (cadence and structure, not the specific items)
  5. Governance (roles, workflow, lifecycle)
  6. Measurement plan (metrics, review cadence)
  7. Production capacity and budget
Editorial calendar (separate, ongoing):
  • One row per planned content piece
  • Columns for: title, pillar, format, target keyword (if SEO-driven), publish date, owner, status

默认输出为
content-strategy.md
策略文档,以及团队常用工具中的编辑日历。
策略文档结构:
  1. 编辑定位
  2. 内容支柱(3到5个,每个详细说明)
  3. 内容格式
  4. 日历(发布节奏和结构,而非具体内容项)
  5. 治理机制(角色、工作流、生命周期)
  6. 衡量计划(指标、审核节奏)
  7. 生产能力与预算
编辑日历(独立且持续更新):
  • 每行对应一篇计划生产的内容
  • 列包括:标题、支柱、格式、目标关键词(如果是SEO驱动)、发布日期、负责人、状态

Reference files

参考文件

  • references/content-strategy-template.md
    - Strategy document template.
  • references/editorial-calendar-template.md
    - Spreadsheet column definitions and calendar structure.
  • references/content-strategy-template.md
    - 策略文档模板。
  • references/editorial-calendar-template.md
    - 电子表格列定义和日历结构。