marketing automation

Best Practices for Email Marketing Success

March 25, 2019 by Advertising

Do you ever feel like your email marketing efforts don’t lead to much success? Is the low open rate or no one downloading your content a regular occurrence for your sales campaigns?

We’ve all been there. Email marketing often may feel like shooting in the dark, but what if we told you it doesn’t have to be this way?

InsideSales.com analyzed over 18 million email marketing campaigns and today we’re going to share with you their research. We will also share useful tools to help boost your email marketing efforts in the future.

OPEN RATES

If you ever wonder how to optimize your emails for the best open and click-through rates, there are many tools that can help you determine best practices. Here are a few features worth checking out:

Send Time Optimization for Mailchimp Users – This tool uses data science to determine when your contacts are most likely to engage, and sends it then. Keep in mind that it’s a paid feature included with all Pay As You Go, Monthly, Pro, and High Volume Plans.
SendinBlue has developed a feature that allows you to account for different variables and optimize email efficiency while avoiding long hours of research and setup. You can sing up and send up to 300 emails/day for free!
CoSchedule – The best way to schedule emails is with a marketing platform built to get your team organized. With Email Marketing, you can easily connect your preferred email platform (MailChimp, Campaign Monitor, Constant Contact, and ActiveCampaign) to CoSchedule with just a couple clicks. You can also use CoSchedule’s exclusive Email Subject Line Tester to optimize and perfect every subject line to drive more opens, more clicks, and more conversions.

SUBJECT LINES

To determine the best subject lines for your email campaign, we recommend looking at it from a customer perspective first. What emails do you most likely click on? A shorter title that sparks your interest and leaves you wanting more or a long run-on subject line that looks spammy and is too vague?

ATTACHMENTS

Emails with attachments seem to add more importance and urgency to your message. It’s worth keeping that in mind since research from InsideSales.com shows that those emails are 10% more likely to be opened.

Download the full research on Sales Email Secrets HERE.

Email marketing doesn’t have to feel like a constant trial and error. With these helpful resources and best practices, we believe your next campaign will be a hit!

5 Ways to Skyrocket Your Email Marketing

If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how Advertising Is Simple can help you with email marketing, contact us today!

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Why Should You Outsource Digital Marketing Services?

November 1, 2018 by Advertising

We live in a fast-paced world, when nearly every piece of information needs to be delivered right away. These days we rely on technology so much that being constantly connected to social media became a bit of a job. Not to mention, there’s a sense of responsibility to be present online whether you know digital marketing or not!

So how are small business owners who deal with daunting day to day operations of running a business supposed to manage it all? Well, they don’t have to. That’s when you outsource digital marketing services!

You see, a digital marketing team you hire will not only stay abreast of all new digital marketing tactics, but they will also know how to help your business adapt to the changes. Trust us, nothing ever stays the same in the digital world! Just in the last year, Google Chrome made a number of changes to their security requirements, Facebook announced a new “community commitment” and Instagram updated their algorithm every few months. Is your business able to keep up with all the updates without the expert knowledge of how to navigate this digital space?

WSI experts said it best: When it comes down to it, working with an agency is better than going it alone – even if you’re a solopreneur – because there is so much to learn about the digital world. We say it all the time, but it’s tough to keep up with digital marketing trends, even for marketers and agencies. And we live this stuff, every single day!

When you work with an agency, not only do you solve the “time is money” problem and escape the sell-do loop, you also gain access to the knowledge of people and resources who can take you – and your business – to the next level. Gaining knowledge is power, and it’s also so much better than struggling by yourself.

Makes sense? Next time you worry about the numbers and not enough leads, do yourself a favor and think about outsourcing digital marketing experts! They will assess your online presence from every possible angle and come up with a solution and marketing strategy that’s catered to your needs! They will also make advertising for your industry simple and straightforward.

Ready to outsource digital marketing?

Contact Advertising Is Simple! Our mission is to increase our clientele’s brand awareness through the use of proven marketing techniques and unparalleled customer service in order to create a greater return on your investment.

We specialize in internet, television, and radio advertising, and are particularly vested in search engine optimization, website design, mobile website design, pay-per-click campaigns, and original content management in order to help our clientele claim their share of the marketplace.

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How to Qualify Existing Leads with Video Data

August 22, 2017 by Advertising

As marketers, we know video is an important marketing tactic to engage with your visitors and spark purchase intent. If you read our last post on the 3 different stages of the potential client’s journey, then you also know about the pivotal role that video can play in your marketing automation.

Are you looking for ways to secure your leads using existing video data? In today’s post we’re going to share 3 ways how you can use video data to qualify your potential leads.

How to Qualify Existing Leads with Video Data

1. Segment your contacts based on the videos they’ve watched.
See which videos your leads are watching, allowing you to better understand your customer acquisition funnel, work out which videos are helping drive conversions and craft more personalized follow up emails.

2. Consider video heat maps directly in contact pages.
Find out how much of a specific video your leads are watching and whether certain groups of users are engaging with your content.

3. Map your video content to the buyer’s journey.
Remember those 3 stages of client’s journey? Always try to organize your videos according to the awareness, consideration and decision stage of your viewer.

IN CONCLUSION
Did you know not all video data should be treated the same way? Some videos should be considered more important than others when it comes to lead scoring. Learning how to score and prioritize your leads will ensure better results and your team closing more deals in the future.

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5 Tips for Successful Video & Marketing Automation

August 8, 2017 by Advertising

At this point, you know why Marketing Automation is so important. You understand why video is a great communication tool. You’ve seen how goals influence marketing automation, and how video can be incorporated into those goals.

Last time, we talked all about why using videos and Marketing Automation is beneficial for your business. Today, we are going to dive in deeper and discuss 5 Tips for Successful Video & Marketing Automation.

5 Tips for Successful Video & Marketing Automation

Center it around the Story, Not the Sale. There is a heap of sales clutter on the Internet that is actively annoying and repelling your customers. Don’t let your brand be that guy – instead, your video should be centered on the story and not the sale. Remember, the same rules that apply for written content marketing apply for video marketing – concentrate on the value you’re providing for your customers.
Make it the Best 10 Seconds Ever. 1/5 of your viewers will click away from a video within 10 seconds or less. Short and to the point. Get right to the grit of the tale and manage expectations from the outset (within the first 5 to 10 seconds). Try sparking your audience’s curiosity by asking questions and using teasers to hook their attention right away. Your video should immediately convey its value and answer that “why should I watch it?” question that will be on your audience’s mind.
Lighten Up and Stop Being so Boring! Encourage your video creators to be creative and take risks. Think your B2B audience can’t handle humor? Don’t feel constrained by what’s gone before you in your industry and don’t try to emulate your competitor’s stiff tone and drowsy script. Stand out and take a chance on being funny.
Optimize for Search. The first thing you should do to derive the maximum SEO value from your video (before you upload your video to any sharing sites) is to host it on your own domain. It’s important to enable embedding on your video as this will help you increase the likelihood of receiving inbound marketing links. Ensure that your videos are tagged with relevant keywords and fully explained with fleshed out descriptions and unique titles. Keep this rule in mind: it is had a box, it has a purpose – Google needs you to fill it out to help you rank.
Educate and Prove Yourself. Did you know that 65% of your audience are visual learners? One of the most powerful methods you can use for video marketing is to educate your audience. Teach your customers how to use your product or service and provide useful tips on how to make the most of it. Or, create a webinar to showcase your industry knowledge, position your brand as a thought leader, add value to your consumers’ lives and collect leads in the process.

In conclusion

By combining video with your marketing automation tools, you can foster deeper connections with your leads by not only addressing their pain points, but anticipating them based on the buyer’s journey.

What are you waiting for? Start nurturing those leads!

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Using Video with Marketing Automation

July 25, 2017 by Advertising

Marketing automation has been around for years, and video has been around even longer. But using these two tools together is uncharted territory for many businesses. You probably have some questions.

If you’re reading this article, chances are you already know how important video is to your marketing strategy. By combining video and marketing automation, you’ll be able to take your video marketing to the next level by sending the right video, to the right lead, at the right time.

What comes first, the video or the automation?

How does each part assist the other? How do I set this up?

Marketing automation (also called lead nurturing) is one of the fastest growing areas of digital marketing. It’s an important channel to optimize to help you grow your business.

We discussed benefits of using a Marketing Automation software for your business in our latest blog post, which you can read here.

So how Using Video with Marketing Automation can benefit your business?

Stay tuned for part 2 of Using Video with Marketing Automation. Next month, we are going to go more in depth with what are the best practices for successful video marketing and how you can nurture your leads with video content.

Advertising Is Simple is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs. Get in touch.

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Best Practices for Email Marketing Success

Download the full research on Sales Email Secrets HERE.

5 Ways to Skyrocket Your Email Marketing

How to Qualify Existing Leads with Video Data

How to Qualify Existing Leads with Video Data

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com

5 Tips for Successful Video & Marketing Automation

5 Tips for Successful Video & Marketing Automation

In conclusion

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Using Video with Marketing Automation

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