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What Advertisers Can Learn from the Halo Effect

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 [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-05-16T14:32:19+00:00

4 Simple Ways to Create Videos

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 [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-05-09T03:19:10+00:00

3 Reasons Your Lead-Gen Campaign Is Struggling

When your lead-generation campaign underperforms or doesn’t scale well, it’s easy to blame your assets. Your ad used the wrong button text or button color. Or your image should’ve had people in it (or not had people in it). Or the copy was unclear. Those could all certainly be factors. [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-05-01T14:30:08+00:00

When to Use Emojis in Your Subject Lines

Over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed an emoji or two in your inbox. Some brands use them all the time. But for most organizations, if they use emojis at all, they’re a rare treat. Still, it’s become increasingly popular to use emojis in email subject lines, and some [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-04-24T16:44:55+00:00

What Does Your Audience Actually Want?

When every marketing decision comes back to your bottom line, it’s easy to focus on the things that create the biggest immediate results. That’s why so many email lists, blogs, and social media pages wind up being just a series of sales pitches. It might also be why your audience [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-04-18T15:45:42+00:00

Women Are Church Leaders, Too

As an advertiser, you want your audience to see your ads and think, “Hey, this is for me!” You want to speak to their aspirations and problems so clearly that they feel like you understand them and your product or service can really help them. You want them to see [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-04-11T17:31:08+00:00

How to Choose the Right Button Color

For well over a decade, marketers have debated about the most effective button color. At first, the answers were wildly inconsistent. Some marketers argued that all buttons should be orange. Or that red was better than green. These conclusions were largely based on personal experience, or a single A/B test. [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-04-04T16:01:10+00:00

Should Your Organization Be on YouTube?

Next to Google, YouTube is the most popular website in the world. Incidentally, that also makes it the second most popular search engine. And it’s also a social network. From a marketing standpoint, YouTube is an incredibly unique platform. It’s a place where brands can build a following by regularly [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-03-27T18:15:21+00:00

How to Get the Right Information from Your Leads

When running a lead-generation campaign, you want there to be as few barriers as possible between your leads and your list. Whether you’re collecting email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, or something else, you want clear, simple forms. The harder it is for people to sign up, the fewer leads [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-03-20T17:27:14+00:00

How to Follow-Up with Your New Leads

When you create an advertising campaign, it’s easy to focus on the parts that generate leads: the ad itself, your landing page, forms, etc. But creating leads is only half the battle. If you want your leads to actually convert and move down your marketing funnel or sales pipeline, you [...]

Ryan Nelson2019-03-13T21:19:21+00:00

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