Crafting a website that generates lots of attendees for an event takes imagination and some good old-fashioned common sense. You want potential attendees to be so inspired and excited to come that they’ll move heaven and earth to get there. Here are the 13 key ingredients that an event website must have to do just that:
Over a million subscribers. Five hundred thousand followers on social media. Oprah’s favorite newsletter.
These things didn’t seem like an achievable reality when Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin quit their jobs at NBC News to start theSkimm. With only two months of savings and zero experience starting a business, they weren’t sure what was in store for their startup.
Do you want the bad news or the good news first?
Let’s start with the bad: Email marketing databases naturally degrade by about 22.5% every year.
Whether your contacts switch companies, decide to purge an old address they don’t use anymore, or simply opt-out of your email communication, they’re gone … and they might not be coming back.
So, it turns out that Hollywood screenwriters have quite a lot in common with professional marketers.
First of all, there are thousands (if not millions) of both of them, all trying to make a living through forging a connection with an audience. Both the screenwriter and marketers’ job is to connect with a particular audience in order to increase sales, whether it’s box office tickets or machine parts, their jobs are very similar.
According to a study by Hearts and Wallets, there is a significant gap in trust between consumers and financial institutions.
In fact, only one in five investors reported that they actually trust their financial advisor.
While it’s easy for personality and passion to get lost in financial jargon and disclaimers, it’s clear that advisors need to refocus their approach if they want to attract and keep clients.
Nine months ago, I analyzed a report that would transform not only my role on the HubSpot blogging team, but also the whole blog’s editorial strategy. The results have been nothing short of eye-opening. And I’m not just talking about the findings from the report — I’m also talking about the business results we’ve generated from the shift we made in our blogging strategy because of those findings.
That shift is an ongoing internal project we call “historical optimization.” The goal? Update old blog content and generate more traffic and leads from it in the process.
Upselling and cross-selling have obvious benefits for ecommerce companies: bigger revenue. The problem is that savvy buyers see right through the “You may also like…” and often skip the additional purchase. To really see success with your product suggestions, there’s an integral part of the formula: customer delight. When you can convince the buyer that your suggestions are for their benefit, then you can master the art of upselling and cross-selling. So, how can you go about doing that?
Calling out other people’s grammar mistakes has become a favorite internet pastime.
From news articles and blog posts to emails and tweets, if there’s an error in there, someone’s going to remark on it. Especially if it’s made by a brand. (Hey, we’re guilty of it, too.)
And who could blame them? I also feel a certain sense of pride when I find a typo in a popular book.
Have you ever stopped to think about why you make certain purchases? What really goes into those decisions?
I do it all the time. I’m a marketer, after all.
And while this profession has enabled me with a good eye for the tricks of the trade, I’ve found that I’m still not immune to the influence of marketing.
Ever buy something and realize there were things you wish you knew before you handed over your credit card?
Maybe you wish you knew that those “comfy” shoes in the store would destroy your feet if you wore them out on the town all night. Or that you were going to score your dream job and need to commute 50 miles to work each way just a few months after you signed a new car lease with 10,000 miles per year.
It stinks, right?
