More and more marketers are making potentially ill-judged, all-too-swift investments in new platforms in an effort to reverse declining response rates, caused for a raft of reasons: increased marketing channels, customers having more choice and savvy consumers zoning out prolific advertising, to name just a few. So, what can marketers do to improve returns...
Customer Experience Tools that Benefit Businesses and Customers
ECOMMERCE EMAILS SHOULD BE MOBILE OPTIMISED Email is still one of the biggest ROI drivers in ecommerce. Referral schemes or email offers sent via newsletters can often start a new relationship with a business, or they can bring a lost client back. Presenting new products and deals in the form of a newsletter can...
The end of the Twitter word count?
Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report from Bloomberg. The change could be made within the next two weeks! The company has not yet commented on the report. But in January, founder Jack Dorsey said Twitter would explore ways of enabling its users to...
Retargeting
Retargeting works by keeping track of visitors to your website and displaying your ads as they move around the web and visit other websites. On a technical level, this is done by placing anonymous retargeting “cookies” in the browser of those who visit your website. This enables retargeting platforms such as AdRoll to display...
A Guide to Launching New Campaigns on Social Media
Top tips when launching a social media campaign: 1) Be authentic – not promotional Avoid appearing overly promotional, because it won’t appeal to consumers and definitely won’t engage them to follow you. Instead try to tie your content into current events or cultural moments that are of interest to your audience. Not only responding...
Creating Images & Copy For Your Facebook Business Page
Images Unlike on Twitter where you can choose to include an image in your tweets, adding an image is required for you Facebook post/ad. The recommended size of your images should be 1200 by 627 px. Facebook lets you choose up to 6 images to show in your ad, this will rotated as the...
Lead Generation for Your Business
Here are some key strategies for boosting your lead generation campaigns. Knowing your audience This is where it all starts. If you don’t know your audience, you won’t be able to make informed decisions about what content to write to meet their needs and interests. Get this right and the following points become that...
Top Tips On Blogging
A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web. Blogging can be a right royal pain in the backside for many people who are short of ideas and pushed for time so I have put together a short list of things to help. Everyone will have different opinions on...
The Main Content Marketing Metrics You Should Track
Creating a range of engaging content is essential to your marketing strategy. But how do you actually know if that content is engaging? Strategies need to be adaptable and versatile, ready to change in an instant to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers. The only way to stay on top is by tracking your content...
Making Responsive Design Work
In the not too distant past, the main approach towards ensuring a great online experience for both desktop and mobile users involved creating completely separate pages. This was time consuming, required double the amount of work and resources, could lead to possible lapses in continuity across devices and offered poor scalability. This gave rise...