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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

ConversionXL

The mind, as a defense against the volume of today’s communications, screens and rejects much of the information offered. Unconscious Branding by Douglas Van Praet (2012). On marketing and advertising. Ponderings of a PPC Professional by Kirk Williams (2020). – Al Ries. “Be interesting!

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How Can We Really Measure The ROI of Optimization?

ConversionXL

In 2012, MarketingSherpa posed the question , “Did optimization or testing demonstrate ROI in 2011?” Whether because of seasonality, day of week, external factors, press, advertising, etc, data just fluctuates. However, you have to have a predictable traffic stream (ie PPC) and even then it is rough. Word-of-Mouth.

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How To Prepare Your Business For Black Friday

YoungUpstarts

The history of Black Friday dates back to the early 20th century, when department stores in New York City hosted Christmas parades, ran advertisements in newspapers, and promoted the holiday season with special events. The Role of Advertising. There were 89 million shoppers on Black Friday in 2012, and 86 million in 2011.

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Stop Chasing Clients Once And for All: A Five-Day Plan To Bring Them To Your Doorstep

YoungUpstarts

In 2009, Matt Sonnhalter switched the focus of his advertising and marketing agency from B2B industrial manufacturing accounts to working only with companies that sell products to professional tradesmen. A great way to do that is by giving them information they want in the form of a free report. DAY ONE: Choose Your Niche Market.

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Why My Search Engine Use Is Dwindling and Why Yours Will Too

Duct Tape Marketing

This trend highlights the marketers need to go beyond SEO and PPC and move even deeper into the worlds of social networks, mobile marketing and app based local marketplaces. Apps using QR readers are helping you find deeper information on companies and products. What does this trend suggest for you in 2012?

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10 Rules for Winning (and Making More Money) in 2014

ConversionXL

Barack Obama won the 2012 US elections and his data-driven team played a huge part in it. And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). We have proof that data-informed decisions provide a great ROI, yet most are not doing it. What about PPC? Nate Silver. Any guesses? Smart or stupid?

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Shopping Cart Abandonment: Why It Happens & How To Recover Baskets Of Money

ConversionXL

Think about that for a second, for all of the work you’ve spent optimizing landing pages, pricing strategies, and perfecting your information architecture, just about 7 out of every 10 people are going to stop at the finish line. in Q4 2012). How depressing. The truth is, from $1.2 on major shopping holidays. Millions ($).