Selling to cold audiences won’t work; sell to a warm audience. Warm audiences are those who are aware of your brand — they’ve seen you somewhere (from an ad to a Tweet on Twitter). Leads and sales aren’t always the only objectives when you try to use paid advertising for your business. When no one … Read more
Do you run Facebook ads? It’s tricky. Have you been sitting at your desk wondering if Facebook ads are the best thing that could happen to your business? Or maybe you are still contemplating a fit? You can read all about funnels, the right way to run Facebook ads, and even take a peek at … Read more
The reason why you want to spend time building sales funnels is because you need to guide your visitors towards the steps you want them to take. You won’t last a day trying to manage your digital marketing efforts — organic or paid — without the help of the right set of tools to build … Read more
Most myths are useless. Some of them hurt. Marketing automation myths are no different. A Salesforce State of Marketing report pegs that over 67% of marketing leaders currently use a marketing automation platform (thank you Jordie Van Rijn of Email Monday for that). For many businesses that don’t, there’s at least a plan in place … Read more
Digital marketing minimalism is a hard concept to follow; just like minimalism itself is. What do Joshua and Ryan who run The Minimalists and Courtney who runs BeMoreWithLess have in common? They are minimalists. The advocate the need to get rid of all the crap you hoarded in your life. I followed their advice (what … Read more
The problem with most of us is that we conveniently believe that we are always doing the best we can with respect to everything. We barely even scratch the surface of what we can really do. When it comes to digital marketing, we have a tendency to stick to what “seems” to work rather than … Read more
B2B marketing rules are hard to follow. I get it. B2B marketing often involves an extended sales process, is more geared towards companies (and not individuals, and the inherent complexity of B2B products and services. With B2B marketing, it’s also harder to identify the right buyers and create the complex pricing structures that it demands. … Read more
Whether you use Facebook ads, Google Adwords, or any other traffic sources, it’s imperative that you plan your campaigns the right way. If you don’t, you lose money. You’ll call it an experiment. You won’t get anything from it. You did hear that more than 98% of all ad spend is wasting, didn’t you? It’s … Read more
Exactly 1 out of 143 clients in the last 3 years have bothered with email marketing A/B testing. It’s not surprising since many clients don’t even have “absolutely anything to do” with email marketing itself. I mean, who the heck bothers with the old and boring email marketing when there are really hot social media … Read more
Disclaimer: This digital marketing sample plan is generic. Every business — depending on different circumstances — can approach this differently. Also, this is purely an organic marketing plan sample. Things are slightly different for paid advertising plans. The point is that this can be the best marketing sample plan only if you treat each of … Read more