5 Ways “Show Don’t Tell” Works in Marketing
Creating marketing content with the “show don’t tell” principle proves to customers that your product or service is valuable. Here are 5 ways to do it.
The Top 5 Ingredients of Expert Content Marketing
Expert content marketing is all about providing free value to your customers and potential customers in order to win them over. It’s about building an audience and creating relationships of trust and reciprocity, so that potential customers become so much more than mere customers. They become fans. Advocates. Guerrilla advertisers for [...]
How Smart Content Helps People Discover Your Business
You don’t have to be an SEO pro to make your business more discoverable. You can create smart content by understanding your customers.
Is Your Website Turning Into a Ghost Town?
A lot of websites have a problem that doesn’t get much attention: dead pages. These are pages nobody ever visits—and you may not even be aware they exist. Some dead pages are so outdated you wouldn’t want anyone to see them. They might be based on old data, use terms [...]
5 Ways to Use Retargeting Ads
Retargeting ads are one of the more fascinating types of digital ads you can use to drive traffic to your website. We’ve all seen ads follow us across sites and apps to show us the products we just viewed. But retargeting ads are a lot more versatile than that. Since [...]
4 Reasons You Should Invest in Branding
The value of branding is intangible. But if you care about how your brand is positioned in your market and what consumers think of you (or whether they think of you at all), branding is a crucial investment. It may seem strange to dwell on the significance of colors, imagery, [...]
4 Reasons to Consider Direct Mailing Right Now
Businesses have had to make a lot of difficult decisions this year. Organizations of all shapes and sizes have had to tighten their belts and adjust their budgets. Many brands are struggling to attract new customers and keep them engaged. As you consider strategies to reach your target audience, it [...]
4 Tips for Marketing in 2021
No one was prepared for how disruptive this year has been. But whether you’re cautiously optimistic about 2021 or you’re hunkering down for another challenging year, there are some things you can have in mind now to ensure your marketing stays relevant and useful in the months ahead. Churches may [...]
5 Clever Sources for Content Ideas
Whether you’re posting on social media, writing a newsletter, or thinking about new lead magnets, it helps to have a well of ideas you can draw from. But coming up with a steady stream of topics can be tough. That’s where it helps to have a variety of sources you [...]
5 Common Advertising Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
When you have an idea for a campaign, from time to time, you may hear a colleague say, “We already tried that. It didn’t work.” But in advertising, if a campaign doesn’t produce the results you were expecting, that’s not always an indicator that it was a bad idea. Sometimes [...]