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Can Cold Calling Really Work?
I hate cold callers. The last thing I want is some random company calling me to try and sell me something I’m not in the market for. To be honest with you, even if I was, I wouldn’t buy from a cold caller on principle. Why should I have my working day or, even […]
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More Advice About Creating Google Adwords Ads
In my last post I talked about creating Adwords adverts with FOMO (the fear of missing out). But what about the rest of the advert? Google doesn’t give you a lot of room to play with when it comes to writing your ads. Other than your URL, you get a heading (25 character limit), […]
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Creating Adwords Ads With Added FOMO
What the hell is FOMO? It’s the holy grail marketers love. It preys on the insecurities of the buyer. It’s the Fear Of Missing Out. It can be generated through time limited offers, limited stock etc.. – you know, the type of thing that people won’t want to miss out on. That’s why FOMO […]
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Correcting Those Ooops Moments
There is one thing you and I have in common – we’re human. That means one thing. Things go wrong sometimes. Yes, it happens to everyone, so the next time someone tries to make you feel bad when you make a mistake claiming they would never do something so stupid, smile to yourself because […]
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3 Reasons Why Your Should Embrace Blogging as Part of Your Job
Your management team’s latest idea for boosting customer engagement is to get every team member to write a blog post. Today it’s your turn. Yes, you know you should have been prepared for it. Yes, you know you should be keeping an ideas list for articles, but you haven’t. Basically, you see it as […]
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The Power of You
You. A simple word that doesn’t get used enough in my opinion. When you use ‘you’ in your marketing it does something magical; it makes the reader believe you are talking to them. That’s a pretty powerful thing to be able to do because it drives engagement and makes whatever you’re saying personal to […]
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2015 Ranking Factors Survey
Ranking well in the search results would be easy if you had a crystal ball, but I’m guessing you don’t. That’s why mere mortals like you and me have to rely on the opinions of experts. That’s why I wanted to bring you these infographics from Moz. Every couple of years, Moz asks the brightest […]
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Effective Email Marketing Content in 8 Easy Steps
If your inbox is anything like mine, it attracts oodles of terrible email marketing. From the brightly coloured and badly formatted ones from “SEO experts”, to the “I’m emailing following our earlier call” that never happened, they annoy rather than inspire. You see, that email you send is the recipient’s window on your business. […]
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Successful Summertime Marketing
How do you know when you’ve hit the summertime marketing period? OK, smarty pants, yes the warmer weather is one indication, but here in the UK you can be waiting a long time for it to warm up. I’m thinking more about the quiet office; the phones stop ringing; clients and staff are jetting […]
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What is Periscope and Do You Need It?
According to Periscope’s website, it was inspired because they “…wanted to build the closest thing to teleportation.” In real terms, it is a way of exploring the real world through someone else’s eyes; it’s an app that allows you to share and watch live video broadcasts from your mobile phone. That’s pretty cool, but […]
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