Test. Measure. Change. For digital marketers, that’s an endless cycle. We create variations of every ad, email, headline, and landing page, measure how our audience interacts with them, and then choose the versions that deliver the best results. But a single A/B test isn’t enough to create trends or make [...]
Instagram has quickly become one of the world’s largest social media platforms. With more than 1 billion users worldwide and more than 100 million in the US, it’s no wonder businesses are using Instagram to connect with their target audience. But just because everyone is on it doesn’t mean it’s [...]
When Instagram first came on the scene in 2010, it was hard for most companies to imagine how it would be useful. The photo-focused social platform offered few opportunities for sales-centric marketing, and hashtags could only get you so far. But a lot has changed since then. All sorts of [...]
Every brand has a story. It’s the reason you exist. It’s what you do. It’s the problem you help your customers solve and the aspirations you empower them to fulfill. Maybe you inspire people to have a positive impact on their community. Or you equip pastors to lead their congregations. [...]
While most other forms of advertising disrupt a consumer’s reading or viewing experience in some way (like a forced a commercial break or a popup ad), native ads are designed to imitate the natural ways people expect to find content. Native ads blend in with the sites, apps, and platforms [...]
It’s easy to get focused on speaking directly to your target audience and forget the relationships that can impact their buying choices. If you’re trying to reach married men, you market to married men. If you’re trying to reach teens, you market to teens. But there’s someone else you might [...]
When you acquire new leads, you can’t just start blasting them with hard sells. They signed up for a reason—and a sales pitch wasn’t it. There was a problem your lead magnet promised to help them solve or a goal you said you could help them reach. You need [...]
Making a good sales pitch isn’t just about having the right message. It takes good timing, too. If you send a hard-sell email when your leads aren’t ready, it’s like picking an apple while it’s still just a blossom. Even though they might fall into the right demographics and they [...]
When you send an email promoting your product or services, how many people does it go to? How many views does your average blog post get? What about social media? Your YouTube channel? If no one’s listening, it’s a lot harder to justify putting in the work to create great [...]
You’ve heard it before. Always. Be. Closing. The ABCs of sales teaches your salespeople to stay on the lookout for opportunities, but this mentality also values short-term gains over long-term success. Your organization has a relationship with every lead you capture. When you seize every opportunity to ask for the [...]