What is a Landing Page? A landing page is a standalone page on a website that is created to convert visitors into leads. The goal is to gather information about visitors by encouraging people to enter their contact information through a lead-capture form in exchange for an offer. Here are... read more →
Nov
12
Oct
13
iOS 15, Apple's newest version of its operating system, is available and the impact for marketers is, well, big. Here's what to know and what to do to ensure you're prepared. TL;DR Takeaways: iOS 15 was released on September 20 While you would think iOS 15 will decrease open rates,... read more →
Sep
24
Leveraging social media in your marketing strategy can be a game-changer in meeting your business goals and objectives. Think of social media as an important piece of the marketing pie. In general, social media shouldn’t replace other elements of your marketing mix, like email marketing or public relations. Instead, it... read more →
Aug
26
So many meetings are productivity killers. They breed inefficiencies, waste time, and cause frustration among your team. Consider this: The average employee spent 24 days in meetings in 2020. They sit in meetings for five hours a week and spend four hours preparing for them. Meanwhile, executives report 67 percent... read more →
Aug
11
Email remains key to a successful marketing strategy. More than one-third of marketers ranked email as “the most effective” marketing channel in their organization in a Litmus survey. The same survey found four in five would rather give up social media than email. So, now that we’ve established the importance... read more →
Jul
29
With so much content available online, how do you ensure your blog posts stand out? Here are four tactics to drive more traffic to your blog and increase readership. Focus on education While your blog content should be relevant to your business, think about how it will benefit your prospects... read more →
Jul
22
What is Inbound Marketing? Inbound marketing is an approach that draws customers to a company through useful content and experiences tailored to that customer’s needs and challenges. It differs from other forms of marketing in that, rather than sending out generalized messages to audiences, it attracts prospects who are actively... read more →
Jun
16
We have to respect today’s buyer, and they just won’t hurdle from the top of the marketing funnel to becoming a customer. This is particularly true if you have a product or service that requires a heavy lift on the customer’s end — such as a high price or investment... read more →
Jun
10
Checking in on your marketing every quarter is key to success. Often, shifts in marketing technology, competition, trends, consumer preferences, and more can mean your current marketing strategy needs an update. Here is an 20-point checklist to make sure your marketing plan is on track. Why Conduct a Marketing Analysis... read more →
May
13
Many leads aren’t sales-ready when you first engage with them, which is where a lead nurturing process can be critical to sales success. You’ve paid for the lead, so the last thing you want to do is let it slip into the abyss, never to be contacted again. Lead nurturing... read more →
Apr
01
Gone are the days of growing a Facebook or Instagram audience organically. Why? Because Facebook is a for profit company that makes its money from advertising. Facebook’s shareholders expect a return on their investment, and advertising is the way Facebook delivers. So, Facebook has made growing and reaching your audience... read more →
Mar
26
Most businesses struggle with aligning sales and marketing. This negatively affects business growth and often results in wasted resources and inefficiencies, making it a huge opportunity for improving performance. Why Businesses Struggle with Aligning Marketing & Sales Businesses struggle with sales and marketing alignment for a variety of reasons, but... read more →
Mar
20
A quarterly check-in is a crucial part of tracking business success. Every 90 days, you should be checking in on your marketing goals, how you’re tracking to them, and adjust as needed. Here is a checklist to analyze your marketing going into Q2. Review your KPIs I find the best... read more →
Mar
17
Sales enablement in concept is simple — providing your sales team with the knowledge and resources to close more deals. However, in practice, it can be more challenging. Sales enablement integrates sales and marketing to ensure sales teams have the insights, content, training, and tools they need to be more... read more →
Feb
11
Email marketing is one of the best ways to engage prospects and customers, and it’s consistently underrated. That said, since the beginning of the pandemic, email volume has skyrocketed. One might expect this to drive performance down (my inbox is overloaded, how about yours?), but in fact engagement rates are... read more →
Nov
18
In these tough times, companies are having to adapt at lightning speed as the pandemic impacts business operations. Many organizations are doing this really well. Many are stumbling, and who would blame them? And then some are making poor decisions. Here's a quick lesson in marketing transparency and why it... read more →
Nov
12
What makes creative people ... creative? Creativity can seem daunting when we’re overwhelmed with the daily minutiae, but it’s critical to success and finding joy in our work. I use creativity everyday in my job, but not in the traditional sense. And often, I feel that forces like deadlines, stress,... read more →
Nov
06
A customer journey map is a visual representation of the process your customers go through to purchase, including phases of that journey and the touchpoints they have with your brand online and offline. Why map your customer journey? Because understanding how your customer learns about your product and ultimately makes... read more →
Oct
16
This week, Google launched Google Analytics 4, and it has some new exciting features. Here’s a rundown of what the new Google Analytics offers and how to set it up. First, the benefits. Google Analytics 4 uses machine learning to offer new predictive insights, better Google Ads integrations, cross-device tracking,... read more →
Oct
01
From the emails to the blog posts to social media to digital ads, marketers today are constantly publishing new content across many platforms. And thankfully, we have marketing automation technology to help us do it! In this guide, I’ll talk about what marketing automation is, how it benefits businesses, how... read more →
Sep
25
Developing a LinkedIn marketing plan for your company will help you ensure your efforts on LinkedIn align with your business goals. If you aren’t familiar with using LinkedIn for your business, it provides you with a company page similar to your business page on Facebook. In addition, you can create... read more →
Aug
10
Ebooks, guides, and other educational long form content can be incredibly successful lead magnets, but not without a high quality ebook landing page. Unlike the homepage of your website that attracts visitors at all stages of the buyer journey and from many sources, a landing page is focused on a... read more →
Jul
18
I took the Digital Summit at Home email marketing master class with Michael Barber and thought I’d share these quick insights for better email design. Subject line length doesn’t matter Opt for skinny, single column layouts Your headers should be around 30 pixels or larger Body text should be 16... read more →
Apr
09
I left college and then the Great Recession occurred. When I first went into marketing, I’d often hear that in times of trouble my role would always be first to go. But, here’s the thing. Today — especially today — marketers can and should show how their role directly results... read more →
Mar
16
I’ve noticed a lot of discussion about how to cope with working from home if you’re not used to it. Since I’ve been happily working from home for nearly three years, I thought I’d share some advice. First, for your silver lining, here a few benefits to working from home: ... read more →
Feb
11
People often ask me how my clients find me, and while marketing and networking have played large roles, so has LinkedIn. A complete LinkedIn profile that is optimized for search can make a huge difference in whether you show up when a prospect is searching LinkedIn. So, here are my... read more →
Jan
20
Our client Gleam Car Wash, a green car wash, had been using Google Ads for more than a year to build local awareness and grow customers. However, when we reviewed the strategy and numbers, we identified improvements that would help Gleam lower its cost per click and drive more sales. ... read more →
Jan
07
Data is changing marketing. Once upon a time it was difficult to track marketing initiatives directly to revenue, but today marketers and business owners have access to data and analytics to inform decision making. Companies large and small that take advantage of their data have a competitive edge on those... read more →
Dec
20
Google Ads offers an effective way to reach users looking to buy your product and can offer immense return on investment. But how long does it take for Google Ads to work? When launching a new Google Ads campaign, there are four phases: pre-launch, launch, learning, and optimization. You won’t... read more →
Sep
25
Compositive is a nonprofit focused on whole-child education. It wanted to build awareness among parents of young children on its new approach to education. We created a digital marketing strategy to help Compositive reach its goals using content marketing, social media, SEO, email marketing, and digital advertising. $10K in Free... read more →
Sep
24
Think about it — what sales and marketing efforts don’t in some way relate to content? Whether it’s the sales scripts your team uses for sales calls, an email about an offer or sale, a press release announcing a new product, or your website’s About Us page, it’s all content. A... read more →
Sep
05
Google Ads is a powerful tool for getting your business in front of customers right when they are searching for relevant products or services. When your ad displays at the top of the search results you increase brand awareness, drive traffic to your website, and generate leads. A successful Google... read more →
Aug
29
Today Facebook published an update on the changes it is making to ads focused on social issues, elections or politics in the United States. First, why do we care? Beyond the possible implications for the 2020 election, even if you're not an advertiser that has any involvement in politics or... read more →
Jun
05
I get asked about buying email lists a lot. So, here is my rundown on why you never, ever want to do it. You want your customers to like you, right? Think about how you feel when someone spams you. Not cool — so great, don’t do it to others.... read more →
Mar
01
Applying for Google Ad Grants can be a frustrating process. If you are reading this, you’ve most likely been ferociously searching the web (ironically, Google) for answers on how to activate your account and have had no luck. It almost feels like an impossible feat; there is so much outdated... read more →
May
23
Integrated marketing is not just a buzzword. It’s a necessity for success. I see many businesses that have a siloed approach to marketing, where there is no consistency across channels. I see many others that put all of their resources into one or two channels without considering their audience. Both... read more →
Apr
11
Is your product or service the most innovative, transformational, next-generation, best-in-class, cutting edge, synergistic, win-win, unprecedented, outside the box, game changing, insane, amazeballs thing to hit your industry, well, ever? Great, but please, please stop using these words in your marketing content. Respect your audience and tell them why your... read more →
Dec
12
Email continues to be the platform that marketers say delivers the highest return on investment. Here I’ve provided valuable insights from three recent reports that illustrate the continued importance of email to companies and to marketers. How Consumers are Using Email in 2017 Adobe in its Email Use in 2017... read more →
Nov
02
Last Friday, Facebook announced it is getting rid of dark posts. This is in response to the ad campaigns that were served during the last election, but how does this change affect marketers? What are dark posts? Businesses can run ads that never show up on their business pages. The only... read more →