Archive for the 'marketing strategy' Category


Top 10 Reasons PPC is better than SEO

Friday, January 19th, 2007

1. You optimize a page for conversions, not search engines.
2. You don’t fear ‘The Dance’.
3. You determine the point of entry for your website.
4. You can easily change positions on a search results page.
5. You only pay for visitors.
6. You can easily test multiple offers.
7. Search engines offer support to help your ads rank and […]

Free trial power

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Subscription landing page test of some online newspaper:

Statistics
Paid offer
Free trial

Unique visits
5000
5000

Paid orders
24
154

Conversion
0.48%
3.08%

Increase in orders:
542%

(Free trial users had to enter their credit card info first)
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Another example of two-step marketing

Monday, March 27th, 2006

There are a lot of “ipod stickers” items on eBay, with price of $0.01 and free shipping - although their price is actually higher. But this allows to seller to record postal addresses of iPod owners and send them marketing materials, coupons, sales letters and so on. You can do the same to gather userbase […]

The 7 most common marketing mistakes

Monday, February 27th, 2006

1. Timing.
2. Failure to test your headline.
3. Failure to test your offer.
4. Having a good list.
5. Relying on a single communication.
6. Not measuring campaign effectiveness.
7. Failure to continue the dialogue.
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The 7 principles of Google marketing

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

· Results must be trackable.
· Promote trial.
· Let others speak for you.
· Data. Not hype.
· You’re smart. And your time matters.
· We’re serious. Except when we’re not.
· Big ideas move us.
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