Facebook’s carousel ads have been around since 2014, but many brands still aren’t familiar with them and don’t understand what makes them effective. These ads let you use multiple images and calls-to-action (CTAs) on a single ad. You can even link to multiple pages on your website. But digital advertising [...]
Instagram Stories are short, temporary videos which appear at the top of people's Instagram feeds, and more subtly in your profile, beside every post you share, and in your direct messages. If a story gains traction and catches on, you can also save it as a permanent “highlight” which remains [...]
Let’s say you just poured a ton of effort into an ad campaign. You selected a relevant audience. You chose the right lead magnet. And as a result, you got thousands of people to sign up for your email list. But then you sent a series of sales emails and [...]
Print ads can be intimidating. Especially if you’re used to the restrictions of digital ad formats, it’s hard to decide what to do with a full-page spread. There are no character limits or image restrictions to guide your creative process. But having more room to work with empowers you to [...]
Imagine a friend invites you over for dinner and you’ve never been to their house before. They give you their address and tell you how to navigate their apartment complex. But when you show up at the address, there’s no apartment complex. It’s a house. Even with the address right [...]
Designing print ads can be tricky. They’re often far larger than their digital counterparts, which means you have more space to work with—but it can easily feel like too much space. There’s also more at stake: once they go live, there’s no turning back. You can’t just pull a print [...]
It’s notoriously difficult to measure the full value of print ads. It’s simply impossible to track every conversion or to measure the impact of exposing your audience to your brand. But that doesn’t mean print ads aren’t valuable. In fact, they play a vital role in branding, and psychology teaches [...]
It takes a lot of work to grow and maintain a healthy email list. It’s not just a megaphone for you to communicate with thousands of leads. It’s a community you’re responsible to nurture. And if you’re not careful, it can quickly become a ghost town, where despite all the [...]
Nearly a century ago, a team of psychologists led by Edward Thorndike discovered that when military officers evaluated soldiers on a variety of qualities, one rating would always affect the others. If a soldier was rated high for their physical appearance, they were also perceived as smarter, better leaders, and [...]
While reading content can feel like work, watching a video is effortless. Videos help you simplify complex information by visually representing concepts and letting your audience passively absorb your message. They’re one of the best ways for brands to engage their audience in ads and social media. But for many [...]