The subject line of any marketing email is often overlooked when it comes to sending out any type of email. This could be a newsletter or cart abandonment email. The subject line is crucial because it gives businesses the opportunity to get recipients to open their messages. The time spent crafting an email is useless if the recipient doesn’t see the value in it, finds it boring or believes that … [Read more...]
15 Effective Ways To Reduce the Cost of Acquisition
Cost per Acquisition (CPA) is the cost of advertising or marketing money used to convert leads or acquire them. In simpler terms, you can ask: How much marketing budget must be spent to acquire a paying customer? Use the following formula to calculate your CPA: CPA = cost/conversions. CPA reduction can help increase your ROI (return on investment) in a short time and without the need to … [Read more...]
Your Startup Team’s Psychological Safety
These days, psychological safety is a topic that we hear often. What does this mean? Google's team study on psychological safety attracted a lot of attention. Google researchers looked at a variety of companies to find out what makes them successful. They discovered that psychological safety is the key ingredient to successful teams. Psychological safety is based on a few key points. The first is … [Read more...]
I thought that I was a coach of football. It turned out that I am actually a social marketing manager.
By Gavin McMacken, {grow} Community Member This is a time of year when college football in America is reaching its frenzied peak. We’re enjoying the pageantry and tradition of bowl games and the upcoming championship games. I’m lucky enough to be part of this world — I just finished my 21st season as a college football coach. You might be wondering why I would be following Mark Schaefer’s … [Read more...]
9 Proven Techniques to Get More Product Review (+ Examples)
You won't be able to make a quick decision if you are looking to purchase one of the many iPhones on sale right now. If you are like most people, you will first think to use a browser to search for "iPhone opinions" to determine which one is the best. 85 percent of consumers trust online reviews more than personal recommendations. Reviews can make or break a customer's purchase decision. … [Read more...]
Merchant Stories: Cincinnati Health Institute
We love hearing stories about merchants' ecommerce experiences, so we are sharing them with you. Continue reading to find out how Cincinnati Health Institute's online store has been a success (via Dr. Andrea Beaver - Chiropractic Physician and Cofounder) What inspired you to open your online shop? Chiropractic Physicians listened to patients and realized that customers wanted to be able to … [Read more...]
Customer retention – A lost art and science of marketing
It was difficult to understand which marketing programs produced the best results in the past. This is not the case today. Marketing departments are drowning in data. However, the key to demonstrating ROI in Marketing is using the most up-to-date tools like marketing automation and all of the data that are available to modern marketers to make the right business decisions to drive business … [Read more...]
Digital World: Team Building
Slack, WhatsApp and Trello are all online tools that make it easy for teams to communicate anywhere, anytime. These tools can help increase productivity. Team members don't have to reshuffle their work schedules or travel to the same place to meet up to manage tasks. Everything can now be done via chat or message. Managers worry that online tools can reduce productivity but they could also cause … [Read more...]
The 10 Best Marketing Blog Posts in 2021
Each year, I have a tradition of compiling my best marketing blog posts of the year, based on the number of reader views. It’s a way for me to reflect on the year as well as highlight some good posts you might have missed. Here is the 2021 10 most popular post countdown … with a few bonuses at the end! 10. The content marketing argument for selling nothing Your boss wants your content to sell, … [Read more...]
9 Simple But Powerful Customer Testimonial Examples You Can Steal
The following statements are likely to be true if you're reading this article: You are selling something online or offline. If this sounds familiar, today's guide may be for you. It will show you how to deal with objections and increase sales by sharing the nine types testimonials that are available. Let's get started. You would like to see more testimonials? We have compiled a bonus … [Read more...]