Wanna be an annoying, sleazy marketer? HERE’S HOW!

by Joe Merkel This article is part of the Content Factory system. PRODUCERecord • Capture ➔ PROCESSTranscribe • Edit ➔ POSTPublish • Link ➔ PROMOTEAds • Share First off, let me start by saying this is just my own opinion. Despite that, however, I think most people will agree with me here.  On the other hand, if you practice any of …

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Your landing page might be broken — here’s how to fix it

Most landing pages fail because they focus on features instead of benefits. Your audience doesn’t care about what your product is—they care about what it does for them. If your landing page talks about “anti-rust guitar strings,” but not how they protect the fretboard or improve sound, you’ve missed the point. In this post, we break down why leading with emotional benefits—not technical features—is the key to higher conversions. Learn how to craft landing pages that make people say, “I need this.”

You ready for Instagram Ads?

Self service ads for Instagram are available on Monday, August 17th. If you’ve got engagement campaigns on Facebook, you should replicate a few of them over to Instagram inside your Business Manager. I predict this will lead to some “pollution” of the Instagram environment, since direct response has never been the haven of Instagram, which is for sharing beautiful photos. …

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The Hidden, but Most Obvious Reason Your Campaigns Are Failing

The creatives will say it’s for poor content, weak landing pages and lame creatives. The numbers geeks will say it’s conversion rate, quality score, insufficient budget, or some metric that’s off. These are all good things to optimize, but there’s something even more fundamental than that. I’m going to let you in on the “secret” that I use to get …

Learning Analytics with Dennis Yu and the Warriors

 I recently visited California to meet with one of our clients the Golden State Warriors to talk about the analytics we ran for them. Dennis is at the top of the field. He drew the diagram above out for the head of analytics at the Warriors while I tagged along. Their head Analyst was talking about wanting to set up …

Why get rich quick schemes are like strangers offering candy to children.

Remember the advice “don’t talk to strangers or adults offering you candy” as a child? When you’re a marketer, would you accept if someone offered you a program that makes $17,000 per day that sets up in less than 10 minutes? Uh, no. We shouldn’t touch get rich people. Replace the candy with “easy” schemes designed to lure you in. Like …

What is the best way to determine a page’s ROI?

This article is part of the Content Factory system. PRODUCERecord • Capture ➔ PROCESSTranscribe • Edit ➔ POSTPublish • Link ➔ PROMOTEAds • Share Everyone wants to determine the ROI on their page likes and be able to directly attribute a page like’s value relative to a conversion. But there’s been confusion conveying this value in a way that’s measurable …