Fuel Lines

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

How to cut employee turnover in half. This is a guest article written by J ohn Paul Strong , the owner of the Birmingham-based advertising agency, Strong Automotive Merchandising. John Paul has developed a very robust onboarding process that I wanted him to share with you. Their original roster of 10 employees and eight clients has exploded today, growing to more than 115 full-time employees and 250 automotive dealers.

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Launching a marketing campaign without tracking its performance is just like a buying car with a punctured tire. It will not get you anywhere. Therefore, reviewing the campaign and tracking the metrics are important aspects of any email marketing strategy. This gives you an insight into how subscribers are resonating with the campaign and helps you optimize it based on numbers , not hunches.

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MAY 18, 2020

User-generated messages of love and unity are being displayed on digital Out of Home screens worldwide with social media amplification ensuring the messages are also seen by millions – at home. Talon Outdoor is launching “#SendingLove” a new global initiative to promote messages of love that unite communities all over the world during the fight.

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Ad Espresso

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

If you’re here, there’s a great chance that you’re wondering how exactly you can go about getting one of those lovely blue checkmarks next to the name of your account on Facebook. Getting verified on Facebook is a big deal, whether you’re a public figure or an emerging (or established!) brand. It tells your followers Read More.

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AdPulp

MAY 25, 2020

Howard Luck Gossage is a cult figure. He is considered by some of today’s practitioners, myself included, as one of the greatest creatives of all time. He converted an old firehouse in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco and began to “hold court” therein. Gossage was friends with Marshall McLuhan, Buckminster Fuller, and Tom […].

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JULY 31, 2020

Overall programmatic ads strategy may look different from, lets say, mobile marketing strategy. Nevertheless, like all advertising strategies, they share the same goal - to get the highest possible conversion rates from both new and returning customers. Full funnel marketing strategy is no exception. For eCommerce sites average.

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Gods of Advertising

AUGUST 21, 2020

You do not want to go quietly into that good night. Sometimes when your back aches and your eyes lose focus or the ringing in your ears become conspicuous you think you are going whether you like it or not. So you open a Monster and guzzle, the caffeine, taurine and guarana working their unsavory magic on your nervous system. You take your vitamins and supplements, including creatine and glutamine, two substances that are banned in professional sports.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Your number one objective should be to maintain, if not increase, your engagement with prospects. I’ve been working from home for almost thirteen years, but many of you are working from home for the first time. You’re having to adjust to a new work environment that includes kids, spouses, and pets. You’re probably having to develop new skills to successfully work remotely.

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Single Grain

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The e-commerce space is expanding at an astounding pace. In the first quarter of 2020, e-commerce accounted for 11.5% of all U.S. retail sales — a 14.5% increase over Q1 2019. For any business that is interested in this relatively new form of commerce and wants to expand its horizons into the digital sphere, the first step is to ask a simple question: How exactly do I create an e-commerce website?

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Single Grain

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This post was updated October 2020. “Infographics don’t work anymore.” “There are too many infographics out there. How is anyone going to notice mine?”. “They are too expensive, and we just don’t see the ROI.”. If you or your boss are saying any of these statements, you aren’t wrong. Like any marketing tactic, the infographic space is now saturated.

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Single Grain

JULY 14, 2020

SaaS (Software as a service) is a rapidly growing industry. There are over 15,000 SaaS companies in the market, which is projected to reach $157 billion by the end of 2020. With the ever-increasing number of SaaS companies, it is crucial for you to follow certain growth strategies to outdo your competitors. What Is SaaS? Software as a service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet.

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Single Grain

JUNE 26, 2020

Want to grow your organic traffic by 20-100%? Looking for SEO techniques that'll increase your rankings and send you free, qualified traffic? Try our powerful suite of SEO tools, ClickFlow, with a free 21-day trial. Click here to learn more or just get started. UPDATED! This post on effective SEO techniques has been refreshed for 2020. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Improve User Experience Across Your Entire Site.

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Single Grain

MAY 12, 2020

UPDATED! This post about the best types of video content that keeps people engaged has been updated for 2020. In 2020, consumers are watching more video content than ever before. Over the past few years, content marketing has undergone a huge transformation, and video has emerged front-and-center. Now, it’s arguably the most effective strategy you can use to connect with your audience.

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Single Grain

APRIL 17, 2020

Between the ongoing health aspect of the new coronavirus and the devastating economic side effects that have already come with it, it’s safe to say we’re in uncharted territory. The question we've been hearing from many people and businesses is: Is SEO still a good investment during the COVID-19 outbreak? Maybe you’ve seen a dip in organic traffic to your website.

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Single Grain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Have you ever tried hosting an online giveaway? Are there clear benefits? Should you host a giveaway? Well, if you are a brand that’s looking to increase website traffic drastically, then yes! Big brands often use giveaways to boost website traffic. And with those same giveaways, they increase social media followers, engagement, build email lists, get referral sales, and more.

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Single Grain

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

UPDATED: This post was expanded and updated for 2020! Artificial intelligence and its impact on different industries have been a hot topic of discussion for the past few years, and with good reason. The digital marketing space is facing fundamental strategic changes due to revolutionary new intelligent technologies. It shouldn't be difficult, however, as this dynamic industry has already been effective at adapting to new changes in technology as regards to social media, SEO and content marketin

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Single Grain

JUNE 2, 2020

NOW UPDATED! This post about the impact that social media has on business has been updated for 2020. Social media has had a huge impact on how businesses find and communicate with their audiences. Prior to social media, businesses had to travel to live events to find a targeted group of prospects. Unfortunately, the average cost to attend even a small business conference comes in around $1,000 , making it very difficult for startups to get in front of their target audience.

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Single Grain

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Anyone who has ever tried to launch a startup can agree to the simple truth: getting it off the ground is hard. Startups cannot settle for anything but enormous growth in a split second. In this digital world where endless content is available at your fingertips, startups must fight tooth and nail to get an edge over the competition and be noticed in the crowd.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Digital marketing involves using electronic media as a tool to reach a larger market base. Blogging, email marketing, social media marketing and pay-per-click promotions are perfect examples of digital marketing. Any form of marketing you see or receive through the internet, whether on your phone, laptop, or other electronic device, is part of the ever-evolving.

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Single Grain

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Realistically, not all of your marketing campaigns are going to generate the results you’re after. Some might fetch good results, while others might convert badly. But no matter what the performance of your campaign may be, tracking proper B2B marketing KPIs always helps you learn something so that you can improve the performance of your current and future campaigns.

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Single Grain

JANUARY 27, 2020

It is no longer news that retargeting is one of the most effective online marketing strategies. In fact, only 2% of users who visit your website for the first time are likely to convert, so businesses need a way to get the other 98% to come back and either make a purchase or complete a call to action. So far, retargeting has proven to be an efficient strategy in bringing back that other 98% that have already indicated an interest in your offer.

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Single Grain

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

One of the best ways to decrease digital marketing spend and increase sales is to generate more qualified clicks from the content that you already have. In other words, focus on increasing your click-through rates. . What Is Click-Through Rate (CTR)? Click-through rate (CTR) is the number of clicks you receive divided by the number of people who see your result in the organic search results, also known as impressions: For example, if 10 people look at the organic search results and five of those

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Single Grain

MARCH 9, 2020

If you’re serious about investing your marketing dollars into strategies that get results, building a sales funnel with tailored video messaging should be a strong part of your business growth plan. Video is not only the most powerful content medium that can effectively move your target audience along the stages of the sales funnel to become buyers, but it helps forge a connection and build a bond with potential customers.

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Single Grain

APRIL 6, 2020

Customer acquisition is a major goal for most businesses, and there are plenty of ways that brands go about finding, connecting with, and gaining new customers. Some customer acquisition methods are more effective than others. For example, referral marketing – a strategy in which brands incentivize loyal customers to promote their products or services via personal referrals (similar to word of mouth, except that WOM is organic) – will have significantly higher rates of success than cold calling

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Single Grain

MARCH 6, 2020

HEADS UP : If you're looking to boost your SEO traffic quickly, an easy way is by updating old content. Try our FREE tool , Content Decay , to check if you're losing traffic due to declining pages (so you can refresh those posts and win back that SEO juice!). Click here to get Content Decay for FREE. There’s one semi-tragic experience that every online blog will inevitably experience at some point.

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AdPulp

JULY 7, 2020

Agency MABU in Bismark, ND created a beautiful animated video for its pro-bono client, National Congress of American Indians. “Feather’s Story” is the first-person account of a child’s struggle with the negativity and chaos of the modern world. The combination of a child’s story, watercolors, stunning animation, traditional dance, and original song combine to make […].

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Promotional planning is becoming more and more necessary for big as well as small businesses around the world. A promotional plan highlights key elements of a company’s strategy and creates a roadmap of future tasks in a way that’s more likely to achieve business goals. In this post, we’ll use the example of running a promotion for restaurants as we take you through the essential steps to create and work with a promotional plan.

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to Campaign Monitor, customer acquisition is a top marketing challenge for start-ups, followed by lead generation: Surprisingly enough, the majority of start-ups dedicate only two hours or less weekly on marketing activities: To get more clients, you need to be serious about your marketing strategy and hire a top tech marketer or a digital marketing agency to help your business grow.

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Single Grain

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It should come as no shock that consumers these days are quite mistrustful of businesses and advertising. We’ve all gotten excited by an ad for some product that makes grand promises or looks a certain way – only to be quite disappointed once we actually buy it: This may be funny in some instances (like when it's not you), but it is incredibly frustrating for both customers and marketers.

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Ad Espresso

OCTOBER 23, 2020

It’s no secret that the world of buying and selling online is constantly changing. Keeping up with the latest and greatest trends in digital commerce is about as hard as, well, keeping up with the Kardashians. And just when you thought you had your ecommerce strategy nailed, there’s been a major paradigm shift. With the Read More.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

I recently came across a D&AD discussion in which Naresh Ramchandani argued the case for generalists. It reminded me of Howard Gossage, who — apart from being a wonderful copywriter — once set up Generalists Inc. as a sideline. Inspired perhaps by Marshall McLuhan (who he introduced to the wider business world) Gossage talked about.

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MAY 1, 2020

The UK was producing some brilliant creative work in the early 80s, but on the other side of the pond they were giving us a run for our money. I have always loved this, Ally & Gargano TV spot for Federal Express. ‘Fast-Paced World’ directed by the legendary Joe Sedelmaier and starring John Moschitta, AKA.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This new article in our Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of Adpulp’s patrons on Patreon. Please join us and help pay writers. For anyone struggling with what seems more like a scavenger hunt than a job hunt, I feel you. As a young creative striving to break into advertising […]. The post Dear Young Creatives, You Can Do This.

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Single Grain

JULY 16, 2020

Customer loyalty is a measure of how satisfied your customers are and how likely they are to share their experience with others: Existing customers are 70% more likely to buy a product or service than a new client. 36.5% of shoppers said they would spend more on products if they were loyal to a brand, even if they found cheaper options elsewhere. The performance of every company is now measured online (or will be soon), so you can’t really ignore customer loyalty.

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Single Grain

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

According to a survey by Havas , “people wouldn't care if 74% of the brands they use every day just disappeared.” Across the world, only 57% of brands are trusted on average ( and only 33% in North America!) : These figures are shocking, right? They shouldn't be. Today's shoppers place a lot more value on customer experience than ever before.

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Single Grain

APRIL 8, 2020

If you want to get the most out of Instagram these days, you need to go beyond just publishing photos. Videos drive the highest engagement on this network – 21.2% more interactions than images, according to one study: The same thing applies to ads: According to another study, video ads generally generate 7.5X more clicks than display ads. But again, just publishing any video won’t automatically get you sales.

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JUNE 26, 2020

WPP is merging Grey Paris into Ogilvy Paris – both still operating under separate brand names – in what may be the first of many such mergers among the big ad holding companies’ venerable creative networks. The merged agency will be integrated into Ogilvy’s office on rue Marbeuf. Ogilvy Paris co-presidents Emmanuel Ferry and Matthieu.

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