If you don’t create high quality lead magnets, it doesn’t matter how good your ad assets are. Your offer will be less compelling, and your leads will be less engaged with your future messaging. Every lead magnet you send also teaches people what to expect from you. So low-quality lead [...]
Print ads give your designers and marketers a lot of room to get creative. But what’s the best way to use all that space? Some print ads are successful because they blur the line between advertising and content. This is often easier to do in print than digital because readers [...]
The vast majority of organizations have websites. But most aren’t using them to their full potential. Whether you’ve had a website for decades or you just launched yours last week, odds are you’re missing some crucial pages your customers need to discover your brand, research your solutions, and get what [...]
A website is never really “done.” There are always things to add, remove, refresh, and improve in order to make it more valuable to your organization and your audience. But it’s often hard to know what to change and how to prioritize updates. As you start making plans for the [...]
When it comes to best practices, the marketing world rarely experiences dramatic shifts. But every year, there are a handful of new insights we can use to better reach and engage our audiences. As you roll out your plans for this year, here are six stats to keep your marketing [...]
New Year’s Day is the perfect time to reflect on how last year went and what you’d like to be different next year. For many people, New Year’s resolutions are a helpful way to make commitments to create change. So why shouldn’t they do the same for your organization? We’ve [...]
A lot of people have been asking us: can you embed videos in email? Unfortunately, it’s a yes-or-no question without a yes-or-no answer. Technically the answer is yes . . . but more accurately: sort of. You can use an HTML 5 code to add a video to your email, [...]
Who’s your audience? Who are the people you want to talk to? Who buys your products, uses your services, or supports your mission? Most organizations have a broad understanding of who these people are. But with buyer personas, you can hone in on the specific groups of people you’re trying [...]
You defined your audience. You created your ad, landing page, and lead magnet. But for some reason, your ad impressions just aren't leading to conversions. Or your leads aren't turning into customers. If you aren't seeing the click-through rate (CTR) you want, it doesn't mean you have to go back [...]
The herculean task for any online organization or retailer is to create an audience out of the millions of everyday Internet users. Digital marketers do that through content marketing, advertising, search engine optimization (SEO), or social media. Growing an audience requires a lot of work, attention, and recalibration. And you [...]