You’ve spent a lot of time and money generating leads. Each one offers a potential relationship with your brand—or even a sale. You don’t want to lose or abandon those leads if they might still lead to something worthwhile. Think of those leads like food items at the grocery store. [...]
Over time, email lists inevitably become less engaged. Some subscribers simply lose interest and stop opening your emails. When that happens, you have three choices: Keep emailing them, and let your open rate continue to decline Remove them from your email list Start a re-engagement campaign A re-engagement campaign is [...]
For years, bloggers were told that the key to a successful blog was a steady stream of content. So people created detailed content calendars and hopped on the content marketing treadmill. Many organizations are still on that treadmill, scrambling to crank out anywhere from one to several blog posts every [...]
A decade ago, reading email on your phone would have been considered a luxury. The iPhone just hadn’t been out for very long, and smartphones were far from ubiquitous. But today, depending on your industry and audience, 85 percent or more of the people you are trying to reach might [...]
Say your sales reps have a booth at a conference they’ve never been to before. They prepare to spend plenty of time introducing people to your brand, explaining what your organization does, and discussing how your product or service helps people. But before they even get started, everyone says, “Oh, [...]