When is the best time to draft a marketing email? According to Grammarly, between 4:00am and 8:00am.For one month, Grammarly analyzed over one billion words proofread by their writing app. The infographic below, posted on MarketingProfs, shares more insights from their research.Got a comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter or Facebook.
Those of us in the arts sometimes have an aversion to math (or maybe that's just me?), but it is a crucial part of marketing and selling out. So take a look at this tips from Kissmetrics. They outlined 4 statistical concepts important for everyone to know. You can read the full list here and see the first concept below:"1. The Pareto PrincipleYou have probably already heard about the Pareto principle. You may know it as the 80/20 rule...
Recently, I saw one of my favorite live bands, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Probably best known for their appearance in the movie Swingers back in the mid-'90s and a couple of hits from the brief swing resurgence of the same time, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has eight members, all of whom have been with the band for the entire 25 years they’ve been together.And even though they’re not exactly a household name, they packed a club, whose footprint is...
How can we keep existing -- and catch new -- customers' attention? We're all looking for answers. According to Forbes, one excellent place to look for inspiration is Cooking Panda, known for its recipe videos. Forbes.com reports: "Render Media acquired Cooking Panda in 2015 with 800,000 followers, and in less than two years they’ve built a fanbase of 7 million followers with 105 million video views per month."Here are two of the five lessons in producing engaging content, straight...
Holidays and special days, like April Fool's, are great opportunities to create marketing campaigns that leave a lasting impression on your customers and, hopefully, catch the eyes of new customers. PSFK picked a batch of the best (and worst) April's Fools ads this year. Here a couple we like, too:"Fresh DirectWhile the battle over GMOs rages, Fresh Direct had lazy avocado lovers wondering: what if pitless avocados were a real thing?DuolingoAs emoji quickly becomes the final form of human...
We've all heard of March Madness, but how about Marketing Madness?In order to avoid this type of madness, WordStream has shared a list of affordable and effective marketing tools to help boost your business. The infographic below was originally published on Hatchbuck.Got a comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter or Facebook.
Ever wonder what your competitors are putting in their emails? Sure, you could subscribe to all of them, but that can lead to inbox overload.Instead, check out this infographic from HubSpot. They outlined some of the best email marketing trends happening right now -- perfect for you to steal borrow for your own campaigns.Got a comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter or Facebook.
You know a great video when you watch one, but do you necessarily know why it's so great? Entrepreneur and Explanify recently broke down the ingredients to a marketing video people will love, share and buy from:Got a comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter or Facebook.
Self-promotion is tough -- it's easy to come across as too pushy or "sales-y," but promotion is also essential for selling tickets (after all, if no one knows about your show, how can they go?).One easy way to gain some positive self-promotion? According to The Story of Telling blog, it's this: Make sure your audience leaves feeling good. "The feeling we leave our clients and customers with (about themselves and not us) as they walk out the door is the...
I don't know about you, but my grocery store has an entire aisle dedicated to cookies. Every kind you can imagine, including near-perfect knock-offs of every Girl Scout cookie variety.But that doesn't stop me, and plenty of other people, from looking forward to buying Girl Scout cookies every year. What's their secret? How do they get millions of people to eagerly and happily shell out for something they could easily pick up at the store whenever they want? Two...
