Which Digital Marketing Method is Best for Driving Traffic?

Every company, from the fresh solopreneur to the long established multinational, understands the need for high levels of online traffic.

The internet has become the first stop on a consumer’s journey to finding the right product. Savvy marketers understand this and the need for attracting as much traffic as possible. After all, you can’t run accurate A/B tests or optimize your materials if you don’t have the traffic to understand a trend.

But there’s one big problem. Which method of online marketing brings the highest levels of traffic?

You’ve read about the business built through PPC advertising, the social media queen who gets a hundred thousand visitors from Facebook and Twitter, and the startup who grew their audience with a slew of targeted guest posts.

Where do you start?

If you follow all of their advice, you’ll stretch yourself too thin and make little to no progress. So what should you do?

In the words of Ron Swanson, “Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing.” Choose one method, focus all of your attention and time on it, and you’ll see greater gains and higher profits.

The only question left is which method is going to be best for you. There’s no one size fits all, and you’re going to have to make the selection based on your individual needs.

With that in mind, here’s a quick breakdown of four popular traffic driving techniques with a focus on what businesses they’re best suited for.

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By |2015-06-02T11:24:15-07:00April 28th, 2015|Digital Marketing|0 Comments

Do Cultural Differences Affect Conversions?

As a copywriter, I’m all too aware of the differences between British and US English. The various spelling differences and the often confusing grammar dissimilarities can be a nightmare, especially when you’re crafting copy for audiences on both sides of the pond.

Thanks to the internet, we’re all aware of these differences and can easily adapt copy to an overseas audience with a few quick spelling and grammar changes.

However, simple language differences aren’t the only thing separating the US and UK. We might share a common tongue, but we have vastly different preferences when it comes to selling and being sold to.

How does region tone and advertising approach impact your conversions, and will a tone of voice that resonates well with a US audience tempt a British reader into buying your product, or signing up for your service?

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By |2015-04-13T17:18:50-07:00April 14th, 2015|Conversion Rate Optimization|0 Comments

5 Costly Email Autoresponder Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Frustrating, isn’t it?

You poured countless hours into coming up with the perfect email series, loading it in your email software, and dripping it out to your subscribers.

But where’s the engagement?

Where are the sales and customers?

For many businesses, automated email marketing doesn’t live up to the hype. It isn’t for a lack of effort. Marketers in a variety of niches grasp the concept, but they struggle with the execution. There’s a common pattern of mistakes that trip them up.

Discovering what those mistakes are is the first step to avoiding them and getting more out of your email autoresponder. Keep reading to find out how.

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By |2015-04-09T14:56:10-07:00April 9th, 2015|Conversion Rate Optimization|0 Comments
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