Marketing

8 Pieces of Marketing Advice you Should IGNORE!

8 Pieces of Marketing Advice you Should IGNORE!

Everyone has marketing advice but not everyone should be sharing it. What works for Company A in situation X may not work for Company B in situation Y. And just because someone has seen a series of ads on television or a social media platform does not mean he or she is a marketing expert.

Once Upon a Time in a Marketing Campaign…

Once Upon a Time in a Marketing Campaign…

Customers expect to be entertained. As such, strategic storytelling should be an integral part of your brand marketing. Stories provide context and meaning to people across different walks of life. Brand storytelling is the sharing and compilation of the feelings, relationships and attributes of your brand. It inspires people to act.

The Ultimate Word-of-Mouth: User Generated Content (UGC)

The Ultimate Word-of-Mouth: User Generated Content (UGC)

Definitions – UGC

· A term used to describe any form of content created by consumers or end-users.

· Any form of [visual media] that is created by users of an online system, made accessible via social media. (per Pixlee which has a visual focus of photos and videos)

Personalized Marketing

Personalized Marketing

Consumers are more connected across more devices than ever before, thanks to the booming growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). At the same time, consumers increasingly value being treated as individuals and personalized marketing is one-to-one marketing in its truest sense.

Interactive Content

Interactive Content

The average person loses concentration after eight seconds and copious amounts of static content have further desensitized Internet users. Interactive content responds to those issues, providing users the opportunity to engage and interact with content. It is seen as the future of content marketing. Engagement is a metric proven to directly relate to buying decisions and interactive content is one of the most effective ways to engage an audience – it gets a user emotionally involved.

Branding vs. Direct Response Marketing

Branding vs. Direct Response Marketing

The marketing funnel has changed.  The old concept of offering repeated exposure and hoping for the best is on its way out.  A new, multi-prong approach requires marketing efforts to first attract consumers, then find a way to connect with them, and then engage and nurture them to the point of purchase.

What is Site Indexing Anyway?

What is Site Indexing Anyway?

When asked about search engines, many people think of Bing, Yahoo, AOL, or Google but there are actually a large number in existence. Google handles a majority of Internet searches so most of what is discussed pertains to their particular practices. However, other search engines function in a similar manner. What some people might not understand is that an Internet search does not, literally, search the Internet.

Why Gender Based Marketing Should be Reconsidered

Why Gender Based Marketing Should be Reconsidered

Treating either women or men as a homogeneous group is nonsensical. The demographics of “male” and “female” cover a broad spectrum and must be segmented to market effectively. Without taking too much into consideration, women could be split into some basic categories that require diverse marketing approaches. Consider, for example, stay-at-home moms, working moms, and non-moms.

Email is Not Dead!

Email is Not Dead!

Email is an open platform which makes it a powerful, low-cost marketing channel. Internet users sent and received a daily average of 269 billion messages in 2017. The modern form of direct response marketing, email is one of the most effective inbound and outbound lead sources. Even with the increase in other channels of lead generation, email is still a strong way to upsell current customers and convert leads.