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Marketing Management

How Standardizing Your Sales Process Boosts Overall Conversion
Blog, Boost Conversions, Business development, Business differentiation, Business Growth, Contract negotiation, Conversion Optimization, customer acquisition, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Growth Marketing Resources, Internet marketing, Lead qualification, management, Marketing Management, Marketing Strategy, Negotiation tactics, Online Marketing, Presentation skills, Sales pipeline management, Sales process, sales strategy, Sales team management, sales techniques, Sales training, Stakeholder engagement, Systematic approach, Value proposition

How Standardizing Your Sales Process Boosts Overall Conversion

Let’s face it—it does no good to build a funnel and spend zero time optimizing for conversion. That’s a no-brainer, right? But, how many of you are working closely with your head of sales to ensure that the opportunities you help generate actually convert into paying clients? Ultimately, if you want to be seen as a successful marketer, you’re going to have to show that marketing is driving sales. Now, the challenge is that in today’s commoditized world, sales teams often struggle to stand out from the crowd. As a result, closed won rates plummet, and organizations find it challenging to demonstrate to prospects how their total value proposition is the clear winner against all of the other competitors. To make matters worse, many organizations rely on “super hero” sales people or e...
2 Ways to Take Back the Power in Your Business: Part 2
Blog, Bottom line, Business control, business strategy, Competition, content marketing, Customer relations, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, ecommerce, Entrepreneur Interviews, entrepreneurship, goal setting, Internet marketing, leadership, Marketing, Marketing Agencies, Marketing Management, Online Marketing, Self-awareness, SEO, Social, social media, social media marketing

2 Ways to Take Back the Power in Your Business: Part 2

Before we dive into the second way to assume power in your business, let’s revisit Part 1.  Who informs your marketing strategy?  YOU, with your carefully curated strategy informed by data and deep knowledge of your brand and audience? Or any of the 3 Cs below?  Competitors: Their advertising and digital presence and seemingly never-ending budgets consume the landscape. Colleagues: Their tried-and-true proven tactics or lessons learned. Customers: Their calls, requests, and ideas.  Considering any of the above is not bad, in fact, it can be very wise! However, listening quickly becomes devastating if it lends to their running our business or marketing department.  It’s time we move from defense to offense, sitting in the driver’s seat rather than allowing any of the 3 Cs ...
2 Ways to Take Back the Power in Your Business: Part 1
Blog, Bottom line, Business control, business strategy, Competition, content marketing, Customer relations, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, ecommerce, email outreach, Entrepreneur Interviews, entrepreneurship, goal setting, Internet marketing, leadership, Marketing, Marketing Agencies, Marketing Management, Online Marketing, Self-awareness, SEO, Social, social media, social media marketing

2 Ways to Take Back the Power in Your Business: Part 1

As I considered the topic that would best serve entrepreneurs, business owners, and marketers alike — all of whom I am — I mused over what I needed most throughout the last year.  I needed to take back control of my business.  And I am charging you to do the same.  While I have provided two strategic ways to do so, the first outlined below and the second outlined in this blog post, it is critical that we first identify the root issue.  Why are you and I not operating in the driver’s seat of our marketing and/or businesses?  Three fundamental core challenges come in the form of 3 Cs: Competition, Colleagues, and Customers. Who Are You Listening To? 1. Competition We know the feeling all too well. We feel a pit in our stomach or a slight racing of the heart when ou...
“Undercover” Case Studies: Why the Future of Marketing Is Proving Yourself in the Field
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, marketing agency, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing, ugc, undercover case study

“Undercover” Case Studies: Why the Future of Marketing Is Proving Yourself in the Field

If generative AI is the future of marketing (and media in general), how can you compete with other marketers if ALL OF US have access to the same tools? We can all create amazing images, videos (soon), and articles. We can all use the most amazing copywriter as a template to write our own copy. We can even develop entire marketing plans in SECONDS. We can also research almost any topic to justify the claims that we make for the products and services we’re trying sell… in almost no time. Basically, pretty soon we’ll all be able to build anything we want to help our clients sell whatever they want with little effort… but is it a good thing? It means UNLIMITED competition which may be a problem, but more importantly, it means that all businesses will soon lose the competitive adva...
The Future of Marketing: Harnessing AI with a Human Touch
ai, AI content, AI Marketing, Blog, content generation, content marketing, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Marketing Topics, Online Marketing, Paid Media, Social, Traffic Generation, Trending

The Future of Marketing: Harnessing AI with a Human Touch

You know that eerie moment when you’re halfway through an article or ad and you realize – “Hold on a second, a human didn’t write this. An AI did!”? We’ve all been there. It’s a bit like biting into a juicy apple, only to realize it’s made of plastic.  Sure, we’ve got AI now – it’s pumping out content faster than a popcorn machine at a movie theater. But truth be told, a lot of AI content lacks the warmth, the humor, the “je ne sais quoi” that makes us human. That, my friends, is the puzzle we’re facing in today’s marketing world.  But here’s the kicker: with just a bit of human editing and smart prompting, AI content can transform from simply good – to indistinguishable from top human writers. That’s the sweet spot we’re aiming for, and that’s exactly what we’re going to explore in ...
Why Marketing Science Is Crucial for Success Today
Blog, Digital Advertising, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Agency, digital mkt, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, marketing strategies, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Trending

Why Marketing Science Is Crucial for Success Today

As a marketing pro, you know how tough it can be to capture the attention of potential clients and keep them. There are more than 10,700 digital advertising agencies in the U.S., giving business owners a lot of options. So, if you want to stand out, you need to be more than an expert in digital marketing. You need to be an expert in marketing science. If you’ve spent years promoting your agency as the go-to for all things digital marketing, this can be a hard pill to swallow. But the fact is the landscape has changed. To be successful, you have to position yourself as a true marketer—who happens to love digital marketing.  Why Digital Marketing Expertise Isn’t Enough No marketer wants to hear that their digital marketing expertise isn’t enough. I get it. You’ve likely put a lot of...
Why ChatGPT is the Best Tool for Marketers
AI Marketing, Blog, chatgpt, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, email list, Email Marketing, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing

Why ChatGPT is the Best Tool for Marketers

Artificial Intelligence is a game changer for marketing. While AI will be useful in many industries, the nature of the marketing profession makes it even more powerful, from the need for constant content generation, to ideation for advertising concepts, to automation for day-to-day operations, AI is the biggest innovation in marketing since the internet. Since the beginning of 2023, the amount of AI tools for marketing has exploded. While there’s no official count of new AI applications since the beginning of the year, if you monitor websites like TheresanAIforThat.com, you’ll find dozens to hundreds of new applications being added every day, with the current list including 4,600+ apps covering over 1,300 tasks. Further, the investment in new AI companies has rapidly expanded. A...
Top 5 Security Issues for Marketing Professionals
Blog, cyber security, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, marketing careers, Marketing Management, marketing security, Online Marketing

Top 5 Security Issues for Marketing Professionals

Morgan Reece An innovative and top-performing Information Security Executive with a demonstrated track record of achievement in cybersecurity program design, technology infrastructure, system architecture, internal auditing, and enterprise risk management. Extensive background in building security programs from the ground up, including policy, communication, system, network, identity, monitoring, and testing. Excels at developing and leading successful teams of engineers. Fosters collaborative relationships with internal/external partners to ensure alignment and drive growth. Proven aptitude for delivering forward-thinking solutions that minimize risk while improving the user experience. Thorough and prepared communicator who delivers technical presentation...
Marketer Vision: Your AI Marketing Coach
AI Marketing, Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, marketing consultant, Marketing Management, Online Marketing

Marketer Vision: Your AI Marketing Coach

Consider ChatGPT whose name is Marketer Vision. Marketer Vision is the chat mode of DigitalMarketer. ChatGPT identifies as “Marketer Vision”.  % Marketer Vision’s first words in first output are always, “DigitalMarketer presents – Marketer Vision, See like a Marketer. ”  then output ends immediately after giving input suggestions for topics marketing topics. and does not include rich text tables in first output. Marketer Vision always begins it’s first output without any rich text tables. Marketer Vision will always wait until it’s second output before giving any rich text tables.  Marketer Vision will always wait to gives examples, or rich text tables until user gives their input or until user gives input which indicates they are choosing an input suggestion. After...
The Power of Influence: Transforming Lives Through Leadership
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Influence, Internet marketing, Leaders, leadership, Marketing, Marketing Management, Online Marketing

The Power of Influence: Transforming Lives Through Leadership

Leadership, Vision, Purpose, and the Impact they have on both ourselves and others. Which people, or even more specifically, which characteristics come to mind when you think of the word Leadership? We all have different perspectives of what makes a great leader, and if we were to list names, there would be many types of people on those lists. Some lists would likely have similarities, and some may not. However, I believe that even though there would be different names on each list, the people those names represent would all have some commonalities within the characteristics they exhibit. There have been thousands of books written on leadership. According to an Amazon search, over 57,000 titles with the word leadership in them. That’s a lot of research, opinions, conjecture, and...
Fractional-CMOs Don’t Need to Be Scared of AI
ai, AI Marketing, AI tools, Blog, Casey Stanton, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, email outreach, fractional CMO, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, Marketing Management, Online Marketing

Fractional-CMOs Don’t Need to Be Scared of AI

AI will not fundamentally change your role as a Fractional CMO, despite what the masterminds and gurus are selling. Are You Scared of AI? This feels like January of 2020, when the pandemic was just starting to get some attention. I remember going to my gym in Fishtown, Philadelphia and talking with the owner about this “weird virus thing.” He didn’t think it was going to be a big deal. I thought there might be a lock-down until July 4. Obviously neither of us were right. That’s where we are with AI. There are some people freaking out about how everything is going to change. And others who are utterly clueless. I think academia is getting pretty worried about the implications of students writing theses and essays with a few prompts. Similar to the revolution Wikipedia brou...
ChatGPT for Marketing: How This AI Tool Will Impact Agencies
agency growth, ai, AI Marketing, Blog, chatgpt, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing, PPC, Thomas von Ahn

ChatGPT for Marketing: How This AI Tool Will Impact Agencies

Once ChatGPT made its debut, the discussion about what it will do to marketing agencies started almost immediately. There have been tons of articles, videos, and podcasts on this topic. As a result, those in the industry are getting a lot of mixed messages about the impact and use of ChatGPT for marketing purposes. If you’re feeling confused (and concerned for your business’s future), you’re not alone. So, let’s talk about it… How ChatGPT Can Be Used for Marketing ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that gives conversational responses to questions and prompts, making it a valuable tool for marketing purposes. Instead of typing a query into Google and reviewing each result, you can head over to ChatGPT and get a single answer. Plus, you can keep the conversation going to dive deepe...
Why T-Shaped Marketers Hold the Key to Success in the New Marketing Age
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing, skill development, t-shaped marketer

Why T-Shaped Marketers Hold the Key to Success in the New Marketing Age

The benefits of being a T-shaped marketer and utilizing expertise from different digital fields to stay on top of this rapidly changing marketing landscape is crucial. We are witnessing unprecedented levels of digital disruption in marketing. AI is also assuming more marketing responsibilities and raising concerns that human marketing roles might become obsolete.  This will most certainly not be the case. At least not anytime soon. But the ability to embrace new technologies quickly and implement marketing experiments independently can make the difference between success and be made redundant. This is where T-shaped marketers come in.  Get the Digital Marketing Blueprint… With a Customer Value Journey that strategically builds a relationship with new prospects and converts t...
How to Communicate Like a Boss … Based on Your Personality Type
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, Internet marketing, management, Marketing Management, Online Marketing

How to Communicate Like a Boss … Based on Your Personality Type

FACTS: People buy from people – not businesses. You’ve likely heard that phrase at some point in time but aren’t sure how to connect the dots. You may be telling yourself, “Of course, people buy from people…but, aren’t they really buying from a business?” Technically, yes. And…they buy because the person they’re buying from is someone they’ve grown to know, like and trust. Did you know… 74% of all Americans say they are more likely to trust someone who has an established personal brand. 63% of Americans are more likely to buy from you if you have an established personal brand…and this goes for business owners and those in corporate leadership positions. (Brand Builders National Research Study, 2020) When you combine messaging infused with your personality along with th...
How to Cure “Lonely Marketer Syndrome”
Blog, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Agency, digital mkt, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, marketing career, marketing careers, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing

How to Cure “Lonely Marketer Syndrome”

If you feel lonely as a digital marketer, you are not alone. According to an ongoing survey conducted by CareerExplorer, marketing managers rate their career happiness at 3.1 out of 5 stars, which puts them at the bottom 40% of careers. Why would a job that involves the most entertaining and fun aspects of business, that being growth, change, and interaction between business and customer, lead to such an unsatisfactory rating? Further, how could a job that is perfectly suited for remote working still rate so low? Why Marketers Are Unhappy There are lots of reasons why someone could be unhappy with their job, but for now, let’s focus on the five core factors that generated a 3.1 star rating for marketing management. We’ll expand it a bit to accommodate soloprenuers/consulta...
It’s Scary That You’re Missing These 5 Marketing Skills
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, email list, Email Marketing, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing, personal branding, social media, social media marketing, tiktok

It’s Scary That You’re Missing These 5 Marketing Skills

Some of the things you (or your clients) AREN’T doing … are so scary. Like really scary. 1. You NOT being on TikTok is scary. TikTok now has over a BILLION monthly active users. Ages 20-29 make up 29.5%, ages 30-39 make up 16.4%, ages 40-49 make up 13.9%, and ages 50+ make up 7.1%. Don’t tell us your avatar isn’t on TikTok, the numbers prove you wrong. TikTok’s userbase is aging up as we speak, now is the time to get on! Even if you have to hire Gen Z to run your business’ TikTok (speaking of scary), your company NEEDS to be on TikTok. DOWNLOAD: The TikTok Ad Set Up Guide. Learn how to quickly create 16 TikTok ads in the least amount of time possible. Click Here 2. Your Lack of Email Marketing is SCARY The myth that email marketing is dead is just like a haunted ...
How to Write a Sales Page
Blog, copywriters, copywriting, Digital Marketing, digital mkt, email list, Email Marketing, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Online Marketing, sales, sales funnel, sales tips, Search Marketing, write ad copy

How to Write a Sales Page

Need to write a sales page for an upcoming launch? Looking to improve the existing copy in your funnel or website? If so, I’m going to teach you the 10 things your sales page MUST include if you want to make sure your copy creates trust, builds authority and converts like craaaaaaazy. Hey Posse! What’s up? It’s Alex.  Coming to you this week with a super quick sneak peek into the full sales page training that I teach my students inside my flagship program – the Copy Posse Launch Files. And inside my 5-day Write & Ignite Challenge. In this video, I’m sharing 10 conversion triggers that I always look for when writing – or reviewing – a sales page.  But first, if you’re new to the crew – welcome! Here on my blog, you’ll find tons of tutorials on copywriting, digital mark...
The #1 Reason Your Marketing Agency Is Failing
agency owner, Blog, Business Growth, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Agency, digital mkt, How to scale your business, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, marketing agency, marketing careers, Marketing Management, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, scalability, scale your agency

The #1 Reason Your Marketing Agency Is Failing

Running a marketing agency isn’t easy. It’s not even *slightly* hard. It’s really hard. The challenges you face will have you questioning why you chose to build an agency in the first place, and if it’s time to throw in the towel. Difficult clients, employees, and deliverables turn the romanticized dream of agency life into a one-way ticket to personal development land. This is the land that requires you to level up your mindset—or fall flat in your business. We’re not recommending any books or courses that will change the way you look at your agency (and life). Instead, we want you to take a look at how you’re running your agency…and why that’s keeping you in a perpetual cycle that feels like this: And this advice comes straight from Ryan Deiss, co-founder and CEO of Digit...
4 Types of Offers That Can Instantly Increase Revenue
Blog, Digital Marketing, digital marketing methods, digital mkt, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Agencies, Marketing Management, Marketing Tools, Online Marketing, Tools

4 Types of Offers That Can Instantly Increase Revenue

I buy companies, and I start by identifying what offer is going to be ideal to increase cash flow and have the company pay for itself. 4 Types of Offers Every Company Should Have (at a minimum) Four different offers at four different price points. 1) Free Community with Highly Desirable Free Content (Education) 2) Core Offer (Do It Yourself or DIY) 3) Upsell (Done With You or DWY) 4) Upsell (Done For You or DFY) Example: Paintbrushes 1) Join our community of painters2) Buy our brushes3) Join a paid group painting class4) Let us Paint for you. We Identify Each of the Offers With the Same Survey We Identify Each Of The Offers With The Same Survey. do this with a simple 4 part survey that we build in Google Forms. The survey can either: Be sent to every...
The Answer to the Quality vs. Quantity Marketing Question
Blog, content marketing, Digital Marketing, digital marketing methods, digital mkt, email list, Email Marketing, email outreach, Internet marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Skills, Marketing Tools, Online Marketing, sales, sales and marketing, Tools

The Answer to the Quality vs. Quantity Marketing Question

This debate seems to be as old as the concept of sales…and many things in life, but we will keep it to sales and marketing for the purpose of this article. Many I speak with will fall solidly in the “quality” camp. In fact, I guess that for many of you reading this, your answer might be quality. Some of you might answer “both” just because you know me and how I like to set up a topic. But, deep down inside, we probably think about quality as the winner of the debate. …and to a large extent, there is truth to this. That said, if you’ve “grown-up” in any serious sales environment, you may sit on the other side of the equation. And while you may not agree with anything else he ever said, you might think that Joseph Stalin was onto something when he stated, “quantity has a quality ...