Advertising and Lead Generation
3 Easy Ways to Start Writing an Ad
When writing sales copy, most people start with the headline. Why? Because the headline is the first thing to appear in the copy. And so the logic goes: Start at the beginning and finish at the end.
Increase Foot Traffic with Well-Designed Signs
Although they’ve been used for generations, signs are still excellent drivers of foot traffic to brick and mortar businesses. Signs should be a vital part of your offline marketing strategy to drive new customers and sales to your business.
10 Awesome Headlines that Drive Traffic and Attract Readers
If you don’t learn how to write a good headline, then the chances are you will have trouble attracting traffic to your website or blog. In a digital economy, that can cost sales, because you need readers to turn up to buy your goods and services.
Mastering PPC: Quality Score, Ad Rank, and Why They Matter
Search engines are really, really good at extracting every last bit of revenue of every search. We’re never going to fully understand Google or Bing’s algorithm or everything that goes into PPC pricing. What we can do is explore the fundamentals of how the PPC marketplace works, what factors we can control and how we can use them to drive down our CPC.
VIDEO: What is Pay-Per-Click Advertising?
A quick description of what Pay Per Click is, how it relates to traditional advertising, and why it matters to your small business.
How Procrastination Cost Me 72,800 Email Subscribers
Putting things off can be an expensive form of self deception. The art of the start can be difficult because our internal conversations can paralyze and freeze. The reasons our mind conjures up are extensive and many.
Add Value First, Reap Value Later with Proactive Customer Service Skills
I was teaching about customer intimacy and loyalty when one participant asked, “What if your competitor has already built a close relationship with a customer, and you want to get inside?”
Mastering PPC: Tips and Tricks for Image Ads
Text ads may be the bread and butter of the paid search industry, but there is another ad type that also pulls its weight around the paid search house, and can be used in conjunction with your text ads. I’m talking about image ads.
VIDEO: Why Relying on Word of Mouth Marketing May Doom Your Business
Referrals are a great way to grow your business, but relying on them too early can crush your chances of getting the customers you need.
Easy Steps to Getting Local Government Contracts: Part 2
It’s important to demonstrate your value to the agency that you are attempting to obtain a contract from. At the forefront, establishing trust through a healthy, long-term relationship with the agency you are looking to contract with is essential.