Do a quick scroll through your Instagram feed. If you’re anything like me, it’s literally back-to-back posts featuring food and cocktails. But when someone asks me, “Where would you like to eat?” even after scrolling past dozens of food finds, my mind is completely void of ideas. How can this be? The problem is this: Instagram is so...
Not all customers are created equal. On one end of the spectrum, there’s the shopper who uses a coupon from one of those daily deal sites to take advantage of a special offer, and never comes back to buy anything else. (Yeesh!) On the opposite side of the spectrum are your best customers - loyal patrons who have...
Does this list describe you? You’re a marketer. You know what hashtags are and how to use them. You don’t want to spend your days figuring out the best hashtags to use. Then keep reading. Using hashtags to help you promote your posts and draw attention to your business is a no-brainer for most marketers. And you’re most...
More than 100 years ago, the showman P.T. Barnum observed, “Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.” That statement couldn’t be more true today. Would you dare step foot in a restaurant before checking the reviews? How often do you opt for the YouTube tutorial with five views vs. the one with 5,000? In a world where...
Which part of this article’s headline convinced you to click on it? Was it the “Instagram followers” part? The “more sales” part? Or, both parts equally? For most business owners, increasing sales is their ultimate goal, but by including the term “Instagram Followers” to this article’s headline, we’ll have increased its SEO and open rate by a good...
When running a contest, giveaway, or other interactive marketing campaign, whether it’s your first or fiftieth, there are a few things you should know: There are sophisticated, cost-effective tools out there to help you build your campaign quickly and easily. You’ll want to do more than just slap a “like this post” or “tag your friend...
If you live in the US, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the big box chain, Target. And if you’re like me, you’re more than familiar with it - you’re running into one three times a week to grab cat food, deodorant, birthday candles and the like. But even for those who have never been in a Target, you’re...
Blast \blăst\: verb. blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives. make or cause to make a loud continuous musical or other noise. send one, homogeneous email message to your entire email list and miss out on the conversion potential of an automated email marketing campaign. Ok, I made the last one up. But it’s true! There’s a...
Can I reward participants for sharing my contest or giveaway on social media? It's a question we get on the daily. And I'm sorry to report, but for the most part, social media Share buttons are useless. Data shows that less than one percent of website visitors will click a Share button from a mobile device and even...
Email marketing isn’t what it used to be. Think of two opposite ends of a spectrum - on the one end, you have the game of Hungry Hungry Hippos in which players frantically grab at a bunch of marbles to try to collect the most. On the opposite end, think of a fine antiquities dealer, thoughtfully curating...
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