With our increasingly busy schedules, it can feel as if the simple pleasures – like a few trivia questions – are harder and harder to come by. Of course, you can go through a few fun trivia questions using apps but there’s nothing like having a trivia night with friends and family. While I can’t help […]
A segmented market is valuable. Demographic segmentation is often the first step in creating customer profiles that help you make better products, messages, and close deals. Before we had things like Facebook and Google that let you target your customer’s interests, intent, and behaviors, – the things that make up psychographic segmentation – all we had was […]
Almost no one buys from your website on the first visit. It takes multiple interactions. The onus is on you to create an opportunity for your visitors to come back and interact with your brand. How do you do that? Blog into oblivion? Spam social media? Create awesome videos? No, not exactly. If you said […]
Marketese is your enemy. Marketese kills your conversions. Marketese is to be fought with extreme prejudice. If marketese were a living creature, we’d shoot it in the head, drag it back to its home, shoot all its offspring, burn everything to the ground, then dissolve the remains. Marketese is a disease. If left unchecked, it […]
Satisfied customers are the lifeblood of any business. Happy customers spend more on brands they support which means increased sales and revenue. As a result, successful businesses aim to improve customer satisfaction. One of the most effective ways of accomplishing this goal is by listening to your customers – gathering feedback. With each conversation or […]
What do marketers of today find challenging? According to a recent report, marketers find it especially tough to calculate marketing ROI, create cohesive customer journeys, and engage customers in real-time. Luckily, marketing automation helps to overcome all of these hurdles by enabling marketers to create seamless, omnichannel marketing workflows that provide a top-notch customer experience. […]
In today’s world, there are plenty of channels a brand can use to reach a prospect. Digital channels are the ones that draw the most attention and a great deal of engagement. Of course, by “digital channels”, I don’t mean targeted online ads, landing pages (here are some landing page examples to steal, by the […]
When you’re communicating online or digitally, many acronyms are thrown around and you’re expected to understand what they mean. SMS, CTR, KPI, CC, and BCC are just a few of them. CC and BCC in email are important to understand because, like with other forms of communication, there are accepted norms around usage. If you […]
Internet scams are nearly as old as the internet itself, and many have roots in cons that existed long before the World Wide Web. Email is the delivery method of choice for many of these scams, which trick unsuspecting users into giving up valuable data and even money. Awareness is key to recognizing and avoiding […]
It would be amazing if you could create a product or service and people started lining up to buy. Unfortunately, that rarely happens in the 21st century. There’s too much competition and choice for people to miraculously notice you. So what do you do? How do you bridge the gap between where you are and […]
Leads are the lifeblood of your business – whether online or offline. If you’re struggling to get leads, there’s a chance that your lead generation strategy is leaky. According to 65% of businesses that responded to a survey by HubSpot, “generating traffic and leads is their biggest challenge when doing business online.” Nowadays, customers are […]
B2B lead generation is a tricky path. B2C transactions often involve shorter sales cycles and impulse purchases. In contrast, B2B sales typically hinge on longer decision-making processes and higher stakes. Hence, generating high-quality leads is the key to sustaining and scaling a B2B enterprise. In the B2B context, lead generation extends beyond merely attracting website […]
We spend a lot of time on marketing, messaging, sales, and retention. There are countless articles on the internet covering those topics. Do you know what’s surprisingly under-represented? Pricing strategies. No one is talking about pricing strategies because no one truly understands it. Optimizing your pricing has a 4x greater impact on your revenue than acquisition. […]
Marketing is one of the most important disciplines for small businesses to master. Successful marketing campaigns can be the difference between lasting success and swift failure. They depend on the right marketing mix. To that end, it’s important to understand and utilize the main principles of marketing to establish a solid strategy. When used well, […]
E-signatures on PDF documents tackle an interesting challenge that has made the business world much smaller. Before you could eSign PDF documents, everything needed a physical signature. Not anymore. Before we get into that, let’s start at the basics. What is a signature and why do we need one? A signature is a stylized word […]
You know what’s annoying? Loud, Irritating popup ads that make you want to chuck your laptop out the window. Those terribly designed popups ruin the online shopping journey. But you also know what’s effective? Strategic sales popups that are thoughtfully crafted to increase sales and conversions. I’m talking about smart exit-intent popups, cart abandonment popups, […]
Businesses don’t exist solely to enrich the owners. Of course, you should be rewarded for all of your hard work but that’s not all. The companies that stand the test of time have compelling vision statements and mission statements. These are the guiding light that makes it possible to survive for a hundred years and […]
As AI-powered technologies mature, businesses are racing to find newer ways to generate leads and drive sales. One future lead generation technology that holds tremendous promise in revolutionizing marketing success is computer vision development. This marketing service has profoundly transformed construction, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, and other sectors. Today, computer vision has the potential to generate […]
