Social media is a great way to generate traffic and brand awareness but it is not so easy for instant conversions or lead generation. Inherently, social media platforms are tough for marketing because people use social media to get entertained and distracted from work. They may not be too willing to think about their business, even if they are decision-makers. Here are a few ways to drive traffic and convert it into conversions, sales, and
How to Embed a PDF Reader In Your WordPress Site With Optional Downloader
A trend that’s continuing to grow with my clients is putting resources on their sites without forcing the prospect to register to download them. PDFs specifically – including white papers, sales sheets, case studies, use cases, guides, etc. As an example, our partners and prospects often request that we send them sales sheets to distribute the package offerings we have. A recent example is our Salesforce CRM Optimization service. Some sites offer PDFs via download
Marketing Campaign Planning Checklist: 10 Steps To Superior Results
As I continue to work with clients on their marketing campaigns and initiatives, I often find that there are gaps in their marketing campaigns that prevent them from meeting their maximum potential. Some findings: Lack of clarity – Marketers often overlap steps in the buying journey that don’t provide clarity and focus on the purpose of the audience. Lack of direction – Marketers often do a great job designing a campaign but miss the most
Marketing Needs Quality Data to be Data-Driven – Struggles & Solutions
Marketers are under extreme pressure to be data-driven. Yet, you won’t find marketers talking about poor data quality or questioning the lack of data management and data ownership within their organizations. Instead, they strive to be data-driven with bad data. Tragic irony! For most marketers, problems like incomplete data, typos, and duplicates are not even recognized as a problem. They’d spend hours fixing mistakes on Excel, or they’d be researching for plugins to connect data
How To Build An Authentic Brand
The leading marketing gurus of the world express it in different ways, but all agree that the current market is ripe with theories, cases, and success stories centred on human brands. The key words within this growing market are authentic marketing and human brands. Different Generations: One Voice Philip Kotler, one of the Grand Old Men of marketing, dubs the phenomenon Marketing 3.0. In his book with the same name, he refers to marketing managers and communicators who have “the
7 Ways the Right DAM Can Optimize Your Brand Performance
When it comes to storing and organizing content, there are several solutions out there—think content management systems (CMS) or file hosting services (like Dropbox). Digital Asset Management (DAM) works in tandem with these types of solutions—but takes a different approach to content. Options like Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Sharepoint, etc.., essentially act as simple parking lots for final, end-state assets; they don’t support all the upstream processes that go into creating, reviewing, and managing those assets. In terms of DAM
