YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that 90 million shoppers descended upon shopping malls, strip malls and freestanding retail outlets on Black Friday in 2013. The average shopper spent $423 over the Black Friday weekend in 2013, which is a 7% increase over 2011. increase over 2013’s actual sales numbers.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Cutting out noise and creating a PPC strategy that drives business: It’s the goal of SEM professionals everywhere. marketing material. Another worthwhile exercise is sitting down with the marketing team or sales team to discuss the descriptive language used to attract & close customers. site analytics data.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

Paid search marketing is the paid use of search engines (such as Google or Bing) to promote your product or service. Paid search marketing is also sometimes called CPC (cost-per-click), or PPC (pay-per-click) marketing, because most search engine advertising is sold on a CPC or PPC basis.

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searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

B2B Search Marketing. In House Search Marketing. Search Marketing Toolbox. What is Social Media Marketing. How To: Social Media Marketing. Social Media Marketing Library. Our Social Media Marketing Events. More At Marketing Land. How To: Search Marketing. How To: Social Media Marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2016

10 Reasons Why People Don’t Trust Your Website written by Phil Singleton read more at Duct Tape Marketing. A 2013 study by Dimensional Research concluded that 90% of customers are influenced by online reviews – that is pretty much all of us. Let’s face it, most of us are skeptical when we visit a business website for the first time.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

When most marketers think about a value proposition, they’re thinking of the 10,000-foot-view—an overall company value proposition. And understanding the value prop at each level will make you a more effective—and perhaps more fulfilled—marketer. The core job of marketing is to discover and articulate that value. Not convinced?

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ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2014

While this is useful, it doesn’t give you a complete picture of how you are perceived in the overall market. According to a 2010 survey by Marketing Sherpa, 72% of companies reported that competitive research & analysis presented a challenge to their landing page optimization efforts. Sometimes your #1 Competitor is Google.

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ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2014

What I’m talking about of course is affiliate marketing. Or as it’s being used more and more nowadays – performance marketing. We’ll be looking at affiliate marketing from an merchant view point. But first, let’s get something straight… What Exactly Is Affiliate Marketing? billion respectively) in 2013.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2014

“We needed to think of value proposition as the center of everything we do,” – Peter Doucette, Executive Director of Circulation, Sales & Marketing for The Boston Globe. Who was their target market? How could they deliver the news they wanted to bring to their target market? million in incremental revenue. Conclusion.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 8, 2015

.” As a result, most sit idly, gathering digital dust, perhaps getting the occasional company news article, but never gaining any traffic and never becoming what blogs really should be for startups: critical marketing assets. So the question needs to be asked: Should seed-stage startups even blog in the first place?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! America’s Best Marketing Universities: Outbound And Outdated? “When our important brands depend on a 97% homogeneous group for ideas, the 3% problem is an injustice to marketing.”

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. Most startups fail. Facts about your customers don’t come from your friends and families.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

See step four in the process for creating your Digital Marketing and Measurement Model.]. Here's the complete year 2013… While the numbers for individual month are different, you can see that October spiked and then things came down to below Sept performance by December.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

For our Market Motive Analytics training course , we provide students with access to one ecommerce and one non-ecommerce site because they simply can't learn well enough from my magnificent videos. SEO & PPC, Because You Should! You spend money on SEO and PPC. Play with Enhanced Ecommerce Reports. Now, you can!

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2013

Local marketing practices change constantly, and one way to keep up with the times is to find leading experts and follow their blogs. Its areas of focus include developments in social media-based marketing, digital content, and the online facets of business operations. LocalVox Internet Marketing Blog. Duct Tape Marketing.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Marketers do the same thing. To demonstrate how common distraction is, WiderFunnel analyzed Enterprise’s PPC landing page , which also serves as their home page. By 2013, that number had fallen to 8 seconds, which also happens to be a second shorter than a goldfish. Example: Enterprise. What they found?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2016

After all, marketing is as much a science as it is an art. If your 2016 website has content dated from 2013, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Don’t forget search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). Related posts: Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips.

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ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2013

In Q1 2013 the average shopping cart, basket and booking abandonment rate among top 200 retailers was 73.6% (up from 70.7% This article on Web Marketing Today gives some really great advice on how to tackle the free shipping conversation realistically. How depressing. in Q4 2012). Free Ship-To-Store ( Wal-Mart , Ace Hardware ).

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. From validating an idea, to testing message-to-market match, coming up with a marketing plan, and actually building the product, it’s a miracle anything gets launched at all. I call it The Stairstep Approach. Step 2: Rinse and Repeat.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Marketing is an analytical process. Most small businesses and startups follow some version of this rational approach to operating and marketing a business. The result of this simple is your CPA, or Cost per Acquisition and this is the key to understanding whether your marketing tactics are working for you or not. And fourth?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Strategies span a range of methods, but we’re going to focus on PPC, social media, and search. You’d better understand— really understand—your target market. Your success online is directly proportional to how well you understand your target market. Finding your target market for PPC and display ads.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

As evidence of the difference speed can make, back in 2013, Walmart.ca On the email marketing front, Whirlpool went from four separate CTAs down to just one and improved their campaign’s click-through-rate by 42%. Unlike a great deal of B2B marketing, the page communicates like one human talking to another. seconds to 2.9

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. From validating an idea, to testing message-to-market match, coming up with a marketing plan , and actually building the product, it’s a miracle anything gets launched at all. I call it The Stair Step Approach. Step 2: Own Your Time.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. From validating an idea, to testing message-to-market match, coming up with a marketing plan, and actually building the product, it’s a miracle anything gets launched at all. I call it The Stairstep Approach. Step 2: Rinse and Repeat.

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Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2013

Content Marketing for Brand Engagement and Demand Generation written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is David Capece – Enjoy! Improve brand perception. Become a thought leader.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

A big problem email marketers encounter is inconclusive tests… Image Source. As Loren McDonald of IBM Watson Marketing explains, it’s easy to get off track… Loren McDonald , IBM Watson Marketing: “A) 1 in 5 emails will be opened on mobile | 5 key CRM questions. Inconclusive tests happen… often.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

While this series is by no means exhaustive, we’ll make every attempt to look at the most common & critical areas in the marketing funnel, and how you can take a data-driven approach to improve each area of the funnel. Before We Get Started – Understand Your Target Market, REALLY Understand It. image source.

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marketingland.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Search Marketing |. Email Marketing |. Affiliate Marketing. Column: Analytics & Marketing Column. Commodity traders have a saying for this, by the way: “don’t confuse brains with a bull-market.” when market conditions are moving in the direction that gives rise to that in the first place.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 15, 2015

How do they feel about being marketed to? Note how Influitive , a B2B advocate marketing software company, uses the bandwagon effect to establish credibility. In fact, conversions might have increased because of a validity threat like a PPC campaign or a seasonal change. Bandwagon Effect. Related to groupthink and herd behavior.

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marketingland.com

JULY 11, 2012

Search Marketing |. Email Marketing |. Affiliate Marketing. Column: Email Marketing Column. Flexible/fluid grids pose a problem for email marketers – while possible, complexity and consistent rendering are going to be at odds. Related Topics: Email Marketing | Email Marketing Column. Social Media |.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

It turns out that Marketers, especially Digital Marketers, make really silly mistakes when it comes to data. In the last couple months I've spent a lot of time with senior level marketers on three different continents. A benchmark for you: In 2013 if 30% of your time, Ms./Mr. Small data. " Right-time.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Once you understand the theory, you can begin to apply it to PPC ads, landing pages, etc. The best marketing – and the best copy – is not about duping the reader into believing something, but about amplifying their need, alleviating their fear and exciting them to action. The audience has changed. The society has changed. A print ad?

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