Experimenting with your Marketing Tactics
Experimental practices have long been an important part of developing marketing strategies. They are an important first step in testing out marketing ideas before they are released to the public. They can be helpful in providing quantitative and qualitative support for whatever tactics you choose to go with. Below are a few of the most popular experimental and scientific techniques used in the field of marketing, and how each can be helpful in crafting your strategy.
Ways to Support Local This Holiday Season
It’s only fitting that 2020 will be coming to a close with a weird and unprecedented holiday season. Many small shops, restaurants, and other businesses are hurting, and need support now more than ever. Luckily, whether you’re planning to leave your house or just take care of all your holiday preparations from the couch, there are plenty of ways you can support local businesses. Below are a few ideas.
Skills to Help You Succeed in Marketing
There are so many different career paths under the marketing umbrella. No matter which specific division or position you end up in, there are a few skills that are universally helpful for anyone looking to work in marketing. Brush up on the skills below to help you blow away the competition and perform your best.
Common Digital Marketing Mistakes
Digital marketing is a huge factor in any company’s success. It is important to invest time, money, and resources into digital marketing efforts. When you are investing in these digital means though, you want to be sure you’re doing it in a smart way that will help your business grow. Below are 6 common mistakes businesses tend to make when it comes to digital marketing. Avoid these errors to keep your business at the top of its game digitally.
Start Up Keys to Success
It’s no secret that the majority of start-up companies fail within the first few years of business. Starting a business is hard, and keeping it afloat is even harder. If you have a new business, or are thinking of starting one soon, here are a few things to keep in mind to avoid common mistakes and give you the best possible chances of success.
Social Media and Psychology
Social media has a huge impact on all of us, for better or or worse. Sometimes, we don’t even realize the impact it’s having, or why we are so affected. To better understand how social media came to have such a tight grip on society, it can be helpful to view it through the lens of psychology. Here are a few psychological frameworks to view social media phenomena through.
Planning Ahead While Maintaining Flexibility
When it comes to scheduling posts for social media, it can be a delicate balance between scrambling at the last second and planning too far ahead. You want your content to be timely and relevant, but also want to be able to plan your posts in advance. You want to be able to plan and work ahead, but also be ready to change and adapt on a moment’s notice.
Successful Social Media Copywriting: Tips and Tricks
While not quite as glamorous or eye-catching as the photos and videos, the written copy on social media posts is just as important. It can make a social media campaign great if done well, and completely tank it if done poorly.
Things That Do NOT Factor Into the Instagram Algorithm
Businesses and influencers alike are always concerned with the Instagram algorithm. It can be helpful to craft your content in a way that works to “beat” the algorithm. However, there are many misconceptions about what actually factors heavily into the algorithm and what does not. Here are a few components that are commonly mistaken as being important factors in the algorithm that in reality, don’t matter much at all.
Marketing Around the Holiday Season
There is no more important time of year for marketing than around the holidays. Between parties, events, end-of-year corporate bonuses, and gifts for family and friends, consumers purchase more at this time of year than any other time. It is important for brands to capitalize on this increased spending to boost their sales in the final quarter of the year.