Posts Tagged ‘advertising’
5 remarketing strategies to prep for Q4
Remarketing is always one of the most powerful tools in an ecommerce marketer’s belt, but it takes on added importance in Q4. With the holidays fast approaching, you can do a good amount of prep work now to put yourself in a great position to capitalize on the holiday rush. I’ve outlined my five favorite…
Read More7 Tips for Finding Blog Ideas That Have Not Been Created Online
Have you developed the perfect business blog, but you are still struggling to find new content? I’ve been there, and it’s frustrating… You want to deliver creative content that will give your blog the “wow” factor, but no topic seems to fit the bill. Regardless of your niche, it can be quite a daunting task…
Read More5 Phrases To Banish From Your Copywriting (And What To Replace Them With)
As marketers, we’re all doing two things: Writing with the intent to sell something. Maybe it’s a product description in an e-commerce store, maybe it’s a landing page trying to generate a lead, or maybe it’s a blog post (like this one!) that’s trying to sell you an idea. Writing phrases and clichés that turn…
Read MoreHow to Develop Content for Every Stage of the Customer Journey
For marketers, it’s nearly impossible to get through a day without hearing about or discussing content in one way or another. As the core of your strategy, you can not view content as a bunch of one-off projects. The creation of it needs to come out of one comprehensive strategy. Because it is such an…
Read MoreThe New Copywriter: Meeting Modern Content Writing Demands
Millennials will make up roughly 35% of the global workforce in 2020 and right now many are optimistic about their career prospects – two-thirds to be exact.1 Because of the collective push for well-curated and highly targeted content in both B2B and B2C markets, skillful young writers have ample opportunity to break into the workforce…
Read MoreThree strategies for cracking the B2B code on Facebook
When most people think Facebook advertising, they think B2C marketing. Many tend to assume that B2B marketing on Facebook doesn’t make sense or would not be effective – because it would be too hard to get in front of professionals, decision makers, and the right industry positions, and even if you do, they’re not in…
Read MoreWhat Your Customers Really Need Is…More Site Testing?
Why do your customers buy? What are they looking for? Why do they convert on your site? Ask most marketers or business owners these questions and you’ll usually get a lot of very specific answers. “We have the best prices”…“Our product has more features than the competition”…“Our customer service is incredible”… Now, all of these…
Read More3 ways to scale your SEM efforts when you are hitting a wall
It happens to every AdWords practitioner at some point. We launch our campaigns, split out exact match and broad match, mine for queries, work on expansions, test different initiatives, run betas, etc. – and then we hit a wall. What do we do next? How do we continue to push forward and scale our paid…
Read MoreWhy Customer Experience Is the Key to an Amazing Business
In this post – 5 Steps to Restart, Recharge and Revive Your Marketing Right Now! – I introduced an aggressive initiative to help any business owner struggling to stay on plan with their marketing for the year. The idea is to take the mid-point of the year and get a fresh restart. In post #4 of 5,…
Read MoreWhy You Must Optimize for Conversions Before Awareness
When marketers plan their campaigns, the objective is usually to achieve one of two goals: increase brand awareness or maximize conversions. These two styles of marketing work together but they’re distinct from one another. Awareness marketing involves establishing a reputation within your niche, differentiating yourself from competitors and bringing people into the top of your…
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